71st Guards Rifle Division

71st Guards Rifle Kharkov-Vitebsk Order of Lenin, Red Banner Division.

• Voronezh Front , 21st Army - on 01/01/1943
• Voronezh Front , 6th Guards Army - from 05/01/1943
• Voronezh Front , 6th Guards Army , 22nd Guards Rifle Corps - 07/01/1943
• High Command Headquarters Reserve , 6th Guards Army - 10/01/1943
• 2nd Baltic Front , 6th Guards Army , 97th Rifle Corps - 01/01/1944
• 1st Baltic Front , 6th Guards Army , 23rd Guards Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1944
• 1st Baltic Front , 6th Guards Army , 2nd Guards Rifle Corps - 10/01/1944
• Leningrad Front , Courland Group of Forces , 6th Guards Army , 2nd Guards Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1945

• 210th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment
• 219th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 151st Guards Artillery Regiment
• 76th separate guards anti-tank fighter division
• 316th anti-aircraft battery (before 10.04.1943)
• 72nd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company
• 82nd Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
• 102nd Separate Guards Communication Battalion (until 25.12.1944 - 102nd Separate Guards Communication Company)
• 581st (74th) Health Battalion
• 78th Separate Guard Company Chemical Defense
• 720th (75th) motor transport company
• 656th field bakery
• 668th (68th) Division Veterinary Infirmary
• 60th Field Post Station
• 158th box office of the State Bank ^[1] .

• Sivakov, Ivan Prokofievich (03/01/1943 - 01/12/1944), Colonel , from September 15, 1943, Major General
• Babakhin, Nikolai Ivanovich (01/13/1944 - 06/05/1944), Colonel
• Sivakov, Ivan Prokofievich (06/06/1944 - 07/20/1944), Major General, (died July 20, 1944)
• Kuropatenko, Dmitry Semenovich (08/09/1944 - 09/25/1944), Major General
• Lozhkin, Nikolai Nikolaevich (09/26/1944 - 01/18/1945), Colonel
• Inozemtsev, Georgy Aleksandrovich (01/19/1945 - 05/09/1945), lieutenant colonel

• The Order of Lenin, the Red Banner and the honorary name "Kharkiv" were transferred by succession from the 23rd Kharkov Rifle Order of Lenin to the Red Banner Division;
• March 1, 1943 - “Guards”   - the honorary title was awarded by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR of March 1, 1943 for the courage shown in battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for stamina, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel;
• 07/10/1944 - "Vitebskaya" - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 0193 of July 10, 1944 for the difference in the battles during the liberation of the city of Vitebsk .

Division Awards:

• 210th Guards Rifle Polotsky ^[2] Red Banner Regiment
• 213th Guards Rifle Polotsky ^[2] Order of the Suvorov Regiment
• 219th Guards Rifle Polotsky ^[2] Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment

Heroes of the Soviet Union: ^[3]

•   Abduzhabbarov, Sadik , Red Army Guards, shooter of the 219th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944 for distinction when crossing the Western Dvina .
•   Gaidym, Ivan Yakovlevich , guard captain, company commander of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Dolgov, Vladimir Konstantinovich , guard lieutenant, platoon commander of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Kabanov, Pavel Antonovich , commander of the machine-gun compartment of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment, guards senior sergeant, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944 for distinction when crossing the Western Dvina.
•   Kislitsyn, Alexei Nikitovich , Guard Major. Awarded on July 22, 1944 for distinction when crossing the Western Dvina.
•   Konovalov, Fedor Fedulovich , commander of a sapper platoon of the 82nd Separate Guards Engineer Battalion, guard junior lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was conferred on 07/22/1944 for the distinction during crossing the Western Dvina, the organization of the crossing.
•   Kononov, Nikolai Ivanovich (12/03/1911 - 06/24/1944), commander of a machine-gun platoon of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment, guard junior lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was conferred posthumously on March 24, 1945 for the distinction in crossing the Western Dvina .
•   Kostromtsov, Pyotr Stepanovich , (07/22/1917 - 08/10/1944), assistant commander of a communications platoon of the 102nd guards separate communications company, guard senior sergeant. The title was conferred on 07/22/1944 for the distinction in crossing the Western Dvina.
•   Lyapkin, Anatoly Gordeevich , guard corporal, submachine gunner of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on July 22, 1944.
•   Malyshev, Ivan Ermolaevich , guards senior sergeant, head of the radio station of the 102nd guards separate communications company. The title was awarded on July 22, 1944.
•   Motin, Ivan Nikitovich , guard foreman, machine gun crew commander of the 219th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was conferred on 07/22/1944 for the distinction in crossing the Western Dvina .
•   Puzikov, Anatoly Mikhailovich , guard junior sergeant, commander of the assault division of machine gunners of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944.
•   Sabashnikov, Ananiy Vasilievich , company commander of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment, guards senior lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944 for fighting in the vicinity of Sirotino station and distinction during the crossing of the Western Dvina .
•   Sivakov, Ivan Prokofievich , (02/02/1901 - 07/27/1944), guards major general, division commander, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944.
•   Smetnev, Yakov Mikhailovich , guard foreman, sniper of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944. as opposed to forcing the Western Dvina .
•   Spolnik, Grigory Ivanovich , guard sergeant, division commander of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on July 22, 1944.
•   Tolmachev, Alexei Emelyanovich , Red Army guards, scout of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on July 22, 1944.
•   Fedyunin, Alexander Kuzmich , Guard Major, commander of a rifle battalion of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was conferred on 07/22/1944 for the distinction in crossing the Western Dvina .
•   Tsygankov, Vasily Evdokimovich , commander of the intelligence department of the 72nd guards separate reconnaissance company, guard sergeants, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on July 22, 1944 for distinction when crossing the Western Dvina .

  Cavaliers of the Order of Glory of 3 degrees: ^[4]

• Vidov, Ferapont Nikiforovich , Guard Senior Sergeant, gun commander of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Voitov Dmitry Fedorovich , Guard Senior Sergeant, Scout of the 213rd Guards Rifle Regiment. He was re-awarded by order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 535 of September 13, 1996.
• Golikov, Anatoly Efimovich , guard junior sergeant, commander of the 219th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Gribkov, Nikolai Nikolaevich , guard sergeant, commander of the foot reconnaissance unit of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment. Died of his wounds on April 27, 1945.
• Kravchenko, Mikhail Nikitovich , guard foreman, commander of the machine gun department of the machine gun company of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Peller, Vladimir Izrailevich , guard foreman, foreman of the company 210 Guards Rifle Regiment. Hero of Socialist Labor .
• Prokopenko, Vasily Alexandrovich , guard foreman, commander of the 219th Guards Rifle Regiment. He died in battle on July 23, 1944.
• Rud, Alexey Vasilievich , guard corporal, sapper 82 of the separate guard engineer battalion. He died in battle on September 18, 1944.
• Sesnev, Nikolai Ivanovich , guard foreman, commander of the easel machine guns 210 guards rifle regiment.
• Subbotin, Ivan Pavlovich , guard foreman, commander of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Tonkoshkur, Fedor Yakovlevich , guard junior sergeant, commander of the 210th Guards Rifle Regiment. Yagnyuk, Nikolai Terentyevich, guard junior sergeant, gunner of the easel machine gun of the 219th Guards Rifle Polotsk Regiment of the 71st Guards Rifle Kharkov - Vitebsk Division.

• Kharkov-Vitebsk Rifle Division // WWII 1941-1945: Encyclopedia / Editor-in-Chief of the Army General, Professor M. M. Kozlov . - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1985.- P.769
• Kharkov-Vitebsk Rifle Division // Soviet Military Encyclopedia in 8 volumes. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1976-1980, Volume 8, S.364-365.
• Born in battles: Fighting route of the 71st Guards Rifle Order of the Vitebsk Order of Lenin of the Red Banner Division / Egorov V. F., Kazakov A. Ya., Kochenyuk A. S., Yaraev R. Sh. - M.: Military Publishing, 1986. - 168 with.

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• 71th Guards Rifle Division on the site "Memory of the People 1941-1945"
• The historical form of the 213th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 71th Guards Rifle Division on the site "Memory of the People" 1941-1945 "