The 15th Infantry Division is a combined - arms formation ( formation , infantry division ) of the Red Army of the USSR Armed Forces , which took part in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars .
| 15th Infantry Sivash-Stettin Order of Lenin, twice the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and the Red Banner of Labor of the Ukrainian SSR Division (15 pr) | |
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| Awards |     |
| Honorary titles | Sivash, Stettinskaya |
| Troops | land |
| Type of army | rifle |
| Formation | August 1941 |
| Disbanding (transformation) | 1957 |
| Predecessor | 15th Motorized Division |
| Successor | 15th Motorized Rifle Division (1957) → 6063th military equipment storage base (1992) → 187th weapons and equipment storage and repair base (2009) |
 External images | |
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 | Map of the combat path of the division. |
Content
Full name
The full valid name at the end of the Great Patriotic War - the 15th rifle Sivash-Stettin order of Lenin twice the Red Banner Order of the Suvorov and Labor Red Banner division
Civil War
On June 30, 1918, Order No. 7 of the commander of the 1st Army of the Eastern Front formed an infantry division from various detachments [1] . It was originally called the Inzenskaya Revolutionary Division . The basis of it were the Red Army units and volunteer detachments, which had departed under the pressure of the White Czechs from Syzran to the area of Art. Inza Moscow-Kazan railway In December 1918, the Inzensky Revolutionary Division was renamed the 1st Inzensky Infantry Division [1] .
On April 30, 1919, the division was renamed the 15th Inzensky Infantry Division , according to the orders of the commander of the Southern Front (order No. 728) and the commander of the 8th Army (No. 276) [1] . Fought in the composition of the shock group Selivacheva .
In 1920, according to the order of the Revolutionary Military Council (PBC) of the Southern Front, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [1] .
By order of the troops of the 6th Army of the Southern Front No. 76, dated December 2, 1920 , on the basis of the order of the Commander -in- Chief of November 25, 1920 No. 692 / op 1585 / ш, the formation of the 1st rifle division was incorporated into the 15th Inzenskaya rifle division .
On January 5, 1921, by the order of Leonid Trotsky , Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council , the 15th Inzensky Red Banner Infantry Division was given the honorary title Sivashskaya [1] .
Peacetime combat training
In 1921, the formation was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor [1] .
1922 From April 21 to May 27, the division was part of the South-Western Military District [2] [3] .
On May 1, the Red Army division took the military oath [2] .
On May 23, the compound was included in the 6th Infantry Corps . On May 27, the division, consisting of the 6th sk, became part of the Ukrainian Military District [2] .
In 1924 , according to the order of Leonid Trotsky, the division was transferred to a single organizational structure. The number of rifle regiments in it is reduced from nine to three [2] .
In 1926, the division participated in maneuvers in the Ukrainian military district [2] .
February 29, 1928 The 15th Infantry Division was awarded the Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner [1] .
By order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 538 of September 24, 1929, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, which was produced in 1920.
As of January 1, 1930, the division was part of the 6th infantry corps.
On January 10, 1936, the division was awarded the Order of Lenin [1] .
On July 26, 1938, the division became part of the Odessa Army Group of the Kiev Special Military District [2] .
For August 25, 1939 division board in the city of Nikolaev the regional center of the Nikolaev area . The command of the division formed a new 15th sd in the city of Nikolaev, as well as the 124th rifle division in the city of Kirovograd , the 169th rifle division in Odessa [4] [5] .
In September 1939, the 15th rifle division was reorganized into the 15th motorized division (from September 1939 to August 6, 1941).
Great Patriotic War
As part of the 12th Army , being surrounded in the Umansky boiler near the village of Podvysokoe , on August 6, 1941, the 15th motorized division was again reformed into the 15th rifle division. During the ensuing battles, the division was almost completely destroyed.
The 15th Infantry Division was assembled again in the region of Dnipropetrovsk in September-October, where it resisted with the remnants of the 230th and 74th infantry divisions .
On October 1, 1941, the 15th Tank Brigade contributed to the counterattacks of the 15th Infantry Division in the area of the Shevchenko hamlet , acting by two T-34 platoons [6] .
As a result of the fighting, 4 medium tanks of the enemy were destroyed, 2 armored vehicles were destroyed, up to 120 soldiers and officers were killed [6] .
On October 2, 1941, at 16:30, the battalion of the 15th Tank Regiment and the motorized rifle-and-machine-gun battalion of the 15th Tank Brigade attacked the enemy in the area of Kazachiy Guy [6] .
As a result of the battle, the battalion of the 15th tank regiment destroyed 22 medium enemy tanks and up to 250 soldiers and officers [6] .
2 troop tanks, 2 motorcycles, 5 vehicles and 7 mortars were taken as trophies; prisoners were captured: 1 officer and 2 corporals, documents with the headquarters of the 2nd tank regiment of the 16th tank division of the Wehrmacht were captured [6] .
Trophy rifle weapons were transferred to the 15th Infantry Division [6] .
The 15th Infantry Division received an order to withdraw to the line that was more than 200 kilometers from the line. She retreated with rearguard battles, losing in night transitions up to two hundred people per transition. As a result, the fighting was fixed by the end of November 1941 at the Troitskoe-Novozvanovka-Popasnaya line, with 74th on the left flank and 230th rifle divisions to the right. Unsuccessfully, due to the lack of complete set and the absence of heavy weapons, she led offensive battles at Vyskriva, Novo-Atamanskoe during January-March 1942
After replenishment and reshaping, it was transferred to the 37th army and took part in the Izyum-Barvenkovo operation . In April - May she was assigned to the rear in the town of Bobrov of the Voronezh region for rest and re-formation.
In June 1942 the division was transferred to the 13th Army of the Bryansk Front .
On 28 June 1942, the division defended itself in the area of the Cheremisinovo station. Under the blows of the German tank group Weichs, the division retreated to the Kshen River. Subsequently, the division retreated to the area of the settlement of Terbuny, Lipetsk region. After the start of the German operation, "Friedericus" was torn into two parts. One went to Voronezh and participated in the battles for this city. The second part went through Kastornaya, Millerovo to Rostov and partly to Stalingrad. All the remaining summer and the whole autumn of 1942, the division held a defense near Turbuny. The personnel retreating to the south was withdrawn from the division, mostly destroyed, captured, and included in other formations of the Caucasian Front .
In January 1943, the division launched an offensive during the beginning of the Voronezh-Kastornoye operation .
In April 1943, the division occupied a defense sector near the village of Olkhovatka in the northern sector of the Kursk Bulge .
On July 4, 1943, the scouts of the Varyukhin Regiment received information about the beginning of the German offensive on the morning of July 5, 1943.
In the future, the division took part in the Chernigov-Pripyat, Gomel-Rechitsa operations, Kalinkovichi-Mozyr, Belarus, Mlavsko-Elbing, East Pomerania, Stettin-Rostok offensive operations. "For the mastery of the main city of Pomerania and the large seaport of Stettin" - the Order of the Supreme Command No. 344 of April 26, 1945 was given the honorary name "Stettinsky". [7]
In May 1945, the 15th Rifle Division ended its victorious march to the west near the city of Rostock on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
| date | Front District | Army | Housing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/01/1941 | South Front | 12th army | |
| 03/01/1942 | South Front | ||
| 04/01/1942 | South Front | 37th Army | |
| 05/01/1942 | South Front | ||
| 06/01/1942 | Bryansk Front | 13th army | |
| 02/01/1943 | Central front | 13th army | |
| 07/01/1943 | Central front | 13th army | 29th infantry corps |
| 08/01/1943 | Central front | 70th Army | 29th infantry corps |
| 09/01/1943 | Central front | 61st army | 29th infantry corps |
| 11/01/1943 | Belorussian Front | 61st army | 29th infantry corps |
| 12/01/1943 | Belorussian Front | 61st army | 89th Rifle Corps |
| 03/01/1944 | 2nd Belorussian Front | 61st army | 89th Rifle Corps |
| 04/01/1944 | 2nd Belorussian Front | 61st army | |
| 05/01/1944 | 1st Belorussian Front | 61st army | |
| 07/01/1944 | 1st Belorussian Front | 65th Army | 18th infantry corps |
| 12/01/1944 | 2-1 Belarusian Front | 65th Army | 18th infantry corps |
In the post-war period
In December 1945, it reorganized into the 15th mechanized Sivash-Stettin Order of Lenin twice the Red Banner Order of the Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor division and redeployed to Kirovokan ( Armenian SSR ) as part of the Transcaucasian Military District (ZVO).
In 1957, the Order of Lenin was twice transformed into the 15th motorized rifle Sivash-Stetta Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov and the Red Banner of Labor division (15 masters) as part of the 7th Guards Army (7th Guards.) ZVO.
In 1992, the 15th division of the motorized detachment of 7 Gv.A was brought to the territory of Russia - the city of Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk region, the Trans-Baikal Military District .
On September 1, 2009, on its base, the 187th Sivash-Stettin Order of Lenin was formed twice the Red Banner Order of Suvorov and the Red Banner of Labor the base for storing weapons and equipment (187 BHIRVT, military unit 21431, Central Military District ).
Awards
| order / title | date | awarded for that |
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Order of the Red Banner | Order approved - (Order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 538 of 09/24/1929)? - awarded by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee for combat differences when forcing the Sivash | |
| RVSR Order No. 73 for combat differences when forcing the Sivash | ||
Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Ukrainian SSR | for active assistance to the population of the Nikolaev province in the sowing campaign | |
Honorary Revolutionary Red Banner | Resolution of the Central Election Commission of the USSR in connection with the 10th anniversary of the Red Army and for military merits during the Civil War. | |
The order of Lenin | Resolution of the USSR Central Election Commission to commemorate the 15th anniversary of forcing the Sivash and successes in military and political training | |
Order of Suvorov 2nd class | awarded the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 10, 1944 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time. | |
| The honorary title was given by order of the Supreme Commander No. 0108 dated June 4, 1945 to commemorate the victory won and for the difference in battles during the capture of the city of Stetten |
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Awards of the regiments of the division:
- 47th Infantry Gdansk [10] Red Banner Regiment
- 321st Infantry Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment
- 676th Infantry Order of the Suvorov Regiment
- 203rd Artillery Order of the Kutuzov Regiment
Composition
The period of the Great Patriotic War
- control
- 47th Infantry Regiment
- 321st Infantry Regiment
- 676th Infantry Regiment
- 8th Artillery Regiment (until 9/25/1941)
- 203rd Howitzer Artillery Regiment (until November 4, 1941)
- Order of the 203rd Artillery Regiment (from 21.4.1942)
- 81st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from 11/16/1941 to 01/15/1942)
- 166th Anti-Tank Division
- 425th anti-aircraft artillery battery (114th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion) - until 29.4.1943
- 550th Mortar Division (from 12/19/1941 to 10/20/1942)
- 77th Separate Intelligence Company
- The 5th Ski Battalion (from 11/05/1943 to 04/30/1944)
- 75th separate sapper battalion
- 527th separate communications battalion (182nd separate communications company)
- 96th Medical Battalion
- 79th Separate Chemical Defense Company
- 156th motor battalion
- 43rd Motor Company
- 324th Field Bakery (61st Field Dairy Plant)
- 170th Divisional Veterinary Infirmary
- 182nd Divisional Artillery Workshop
- 77th field postal station
- 357th field ticket office of Gosbank
Periods of entry into the Army:
- August 6, 1941 - May 9, 1945 [11]
1990
- control
- 343rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, Kirovakan (10 T-72 , 75 BMP-1 , 5 BRM-1K , 12 D-30 , 15 MT-LB T)
- 348th Motorized Rifle Regiment, Dilijan (10 T-72 , 2 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 3 BTR-60 , 12 D-30 , 15 MT-LB T)
- 353rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, Kirovakan (10 T-72 , 5 T-54 , 12 BTR-70 , 3 BTR-60 , 2 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 12 D-30 , 15 MT-LB T)
- 132nd Tank Regiment, Kirovakan (31 T-72 , 3 T-54 , 9 BMP-1 , 4 BRM-1K
- 1068th Artillery Regiment, Kirovakan (38 D-30 , 12 BM-21 Grad )
- 1029th anti-aircraft artillery regiment
- 692nd Separate Missile Division
- 767th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, Kirovakan
- 527th separate communications battalion, Kirovakan
- 324th Separate Engineering Battalion, Kirovakan
- 621st Separate Chemical Protection Battalion
- 169th Separate Repair and Recovery Battalion
- 1542nd separate material support battalion
- Total: 69 tanks, 101 infantry fighting vehicles, 18 armored personnel carriers, 74 guns, 3 mortars, 12 MLRS [12]
Commanders
- (Head of Division) from June 30, 1918 to November 14, 1919 - Latsis, Yan Yanovich
- from November 14 to November 29, 1919 - temp. Sirotkin, Alexander Savelevich
- November 29, 1919 to February 18, 1920 - Sangursky, Mikhail Vladimirovich
- from February 18 to June 19, 1920 - Sedyakin, Alexander Ignatievich
- from June 19 to July 22, 1920 - temp. Lepin, Edward Davydovich
- July 22 to August 3, 1920 - Solodukhin, Petr Andrianovich
- From August 3, 1920 to October 18, 1921 - Raudmets, Ivan Ivanovich
- from May 7, 1922 to September 15, 1922 - Germanovich, Markian Yakovlevich
- April 15, 1930 to July 1935 - Tarasenko, Vladimir Vasilyevich
- from July 1935 to January 11, 1936 - a brigade commander (from 11/26/1935) Grechkin, Alexey Alexandrovich
- January 11, 1936 to June 8, 1937 - brigade commander Gudkov, Dmitry Ivanovich
- from June 8, 1937 to February 27, 1938 - brigade commander Ischenko, Yakov Andreevich
- May 9, 1940 to June 4, 1940 - Kombrig Krivoshein, Semen Moiseevich
- From June 4, 1940 to March 11, 1941 - Kombrig Solomatin, Mikhail Dmitrievich
- from March 11, 1941 to August 9, 1941 Major General Belov, Nikolai Nikanorovich (died)
- From September 4, 1941 to June 25, 1943 - Colonel (from 10/01/1942 Major General) Slyshkin, Afanasy Nikitovich
- From June 26, 1943 to July 14, 1943 - Colonel Janjgava, Vladimir Nikolaevich
- From July 15, 1943 to August 7, 1943 - Colonel Bulgakov, Vasily Ivanovich
- from August 8, 1943 to March 28, 1945 - colonel (from 03.06.1944 Major General) Grebennik, Kuzma Evdokimovich
- March 29, 1945 to March 1946 - Colonel Varyukhin, Andrei Petrovich [13]
Distinguished Warriors
- Borisyuk, Ivan Ivanovich , junior lieutenant , platoon commander of the 45-mm cannons of the 676th rifle regiment.
- Varyukhin, Andrei Petrovich , Colonel, Commander of the 47th Infantry Regiment.
- Volkov, Mikhail Prokofievich , senior sergeant, commander of machine-gun crew of the 47th rifle regiment.
- Gushchin, Fedor Lavrentievich , Red Army soldier, commander of the 321st rifle regiment.
- Zorkin, Vasily Petrovich , corporal, submachine gunner of a company of submachine gunners of the 676th rifle regiment.
- Ivanov, Konstantin Sergeevich , corporal , intelligence officer of the 77th separate reconnaissance company.
- Kagamlyk, Grigory Sergeevich , sergeant , commander of a detachment of a company of anti-tank guns of the 47th rifle regiment.
- Kalabin, Alexey Ivanovich , lieutenant, commander of a machine-gun company of the 321st rifle regiment.
- Kuznetsov, Semyon Andrianovich , sergeant, intelligence officer of the 77th separate reconnaissance company.
- Leladze, George Davidovich , captain, battalion commander of the 321st rifle regiment.
- Lysenko, Alexander Akimovich , senior lieutenant, deputy commander of the battalion of the 321st rifle regiment. [14] [15]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15th Sivash-Shttinskaya twice Red Banner Rifle Division . The appeal date is April 8, 2012. Archived June 6, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kiev Red Banner. 1979
- ↑ Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. 1984
- ↑ RGVA, f. 40442, op. 2a, d. 125 ..
- ↑ The site of the Red Army. Encyclopedia. Chronicle of major events and organizational events. 1939.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Battle log 15 tbr
- ↑ Orders of the Supreme Commander in the period of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union: Collection. - M .: Voenizdat, 1975. S. 470.
- ↑ 15th Infantry Division . rkkawwii.ru. The appeal date is July 11, 2019.
- Sivash-Stettin Infantry Division / Soviet military encyclopedia in 8 volumes. - M .: Voenizdat, 1976-1980, volume 7, p.339,340
- ↑ Order of the Supreme Commander No. 082 of May 17, 1945
- ↑ List No. 6 Cavalry, armored, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, antiaircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Pokrovsky A. P. .. - Moscow : Ministry of Defense, 1965. - 77 p.
- ↑ Lensky A.G., Tsybin M.M. Soviet ground forces in the last year of the USSR. - SPb. : B & K, 2001. - p. 198. - 294 p. - 500 copies
- ↑ The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komdivy. Military biographical dictionary. - M .: Kuchkovo Pole, 2014. - T. 3. - p. 389–391. - 1000 copies - ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3 .
- ↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union. A brief biographical dictionary in two volumes - M .: Voenizdat , 1987.
- ↑ Holders of the Order of Glory of three degrees. A brief biographical dictionary - M .: Military Publishing , 2000.
Literature
- N.V. Ogarkov. Soviet Military Encyclopedia. - Moscow : Military Publishing , 1997. - T. 7. - p. 339-340. - 687 s. - 106 000 copies
- Civil war and military intervention in the USSR. Encyclopedic reference. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1983.
- Red Banner Kiev. Essays on the history of the Red Banner Kiev Military District (1919-1979). Second edition, revised and updated. Kiev, publishing house of political literature of Ukraine, 1979.
- Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. M., Military publishing house , 1984. P.763-UkrVO; p.838-Yu-ZapVO;
- Sivash-Stettin Infantry Division // Great Patriotic War 1941-1945: Encyclopedia / Editor-in-Chief, General of the Army, Professor M. M. Kozlov. et al. / - M., Soviet Encyclopedia, 1985.-C.651
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Links
- The site of the Red Army. Encyclopedia. Chronicle of major events and organizational events. 1939.