25th Guards Rifle Division

25th Guards Rifle Sinelnikov-Budapest Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan of the Khmelnytsky Division

Formed at the Sonkovo station in the Kalinin region from 04/24/1942 to 07/12/1942 according to the Directive of the General Staff of the Civil Aviation Administration No. org / 2/783669 of 04/16/1942 by transforming the 2nd Guards Rifle Brigade .

In the army during the Great Patriotic War - from July 14, 1942 to May 11, 1945.

On July 11-12, 1942, the division left the place of formation on the Voronezh Front , arrived in the front on July 22, 1942. Until 04/04/1942 preparing for the defense of the line on the eastern bank of the Bityug River .

In August 1942, she participated in battles to seize bridgeheads on the Don River north of the city of Korotoyak , then in the Ostrogozh-Rossoshansk , Voronezh-Kastornenskaya , Kharkov offensive and defensive , Donbass , and Nizhnedneprovsk operations. On the night of September 26, 1943, the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment in the vicinity of the village of Voiskovoye crossed the Dnieper , captured and held the bridgehead, ensuring the crossing of the 6th Army's main forces to the right bank.

In 1944-1945 the division participated in the Kirovograd , Korsun-Shevchenkovskaya , Uman-Botoshansk , Iasi-Kishinev , Budapest , Bratislava-Brnovsk , Prague offensive operations. She took part in the liberation of the cities of Kharkov , Valka , Lozovaya , Sinelnikovo , Balta , Kotovsk , the capture of the cities of Budapest , Bratislava .

After the war, it was reorganized into a motorized rifle division. It was stationed in the city of Lubny ( Kiev Military District ).

In December 1964, the 25th Guards Motor Rifle Division was named after the legendary civil war hero V. I. Chapaev, and thus the division succeeded the traditions of both the 25th Guards Rifle Division and the one-dimensional 25th Chapaev Rifle Division , who died in the besieged Sevastopol and disbanded at the end of July 1942 (the banners of the units recessed in the Black Sea ).

In the post-war years, the 25th Guards Motor Rifle Division was one of two registered divisions of the Soviet Army , named after the commanders (along with Panfilov — the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after I.V. Panfilov ), was disbanded in the late 1990s.

• Reserve Supreme Command , 2nd Reserve Army - 07/01/1942
• Voronezh Front , 6th Army , - on 08/01/1942
• Voronezh Front, 40th Army , - on 01/01/1942
• Southwestern Front , 3rd Panzer Army - 03/01/1943
• Southwestern Front, 6th Army, - on 01/01/1943
• Southwestern Front, 6th Army, 26th Guards Rifle Corps - 08/01/1943
• 3rd Ukrainian Front , 8th Guards Army , - on 01/01/1943
• 3rd Ukrainian Front, 8th Guards Army, - as of December 1, 1943
• 2nd Ukrainian Front , 26th Guards Rifle Corps - 01/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 53rd Army , 26th Guards Rifle Corps - 02/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 53rd Army, - on 01/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 53rd Army, 26th Guards Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 53rd Army, 75th Rifle Corps - 07/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 53rd Army, - on 08/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, - on 01/10/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 7th Guards Army , 25th Guards Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1944
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 7th Guards Army, 30th Rifle Corps , - on 01/01/1945
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 18th Guards Rifle Corps , - on 02/01/1945
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 18th Guards Rifle Corps, - on 01/01/1945
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 7th Guards Army, 25th Guards Rifle Corps - on 04/01/1945
• 2nd Ukrainian Front, 7th Guards Army, 25th Guards Rifle Corps - 05/01/1945

1945

• control
• 73rd Guards Rifle Regiment
• 78th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 81st Guards Rifle Regiment
• 53rd Guards Artillery Regiment
• 29th separate guards anti-tank fighter division
• 20th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Battery (before 10.8.1942)
• 22nd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company
• 28th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
• 32nd Separate Guards Communication Battalion (from 5.5.1943 to 12.1.1944 - 34th Separate Guards Communication Company)
• 495th (31st) Health Battalion
• 30th Separate Guard Company Chemical Defense
• 572nd (26th) motor transport company
• 619th (23rd) field bakery
• 604th (33rd) division veterinary infirmary
• 891st Field Post Station
• 1674th (552nd) Field Office of the State Bank ^[1]

1990

• control
• 132nd Guards Motorized Rifle Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment, Lubny (10 T-64 , 9 BTR-60 , 2 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K ), 12 D-30 )
• 136th Guards Motorized Rifle Red Banner Regiment, Lubny (10 T-64 , 9 BTR-60 , 2 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K ), 12 D-30 )
• 426th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, Lubny (10 T-64 , 19 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 3 BTR-60 , 12 2S1 Gvozdika )
• 280th Tank Regiment, Goncharovskoye (31 T-64 , 2 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 12 2S1 Gvozdika , 29 MTLB T)
• 53rd Guards Self-propelled Artillery Regiment, Lubny (12 BM-21 Grad , 22 MTLB T
• 1175th anti-aircraft missile regiment
• 130th separate reconnaissance battalion, Lubny (10 BMP-1 , 7 BRM-1K , 6 BTR-60 )
• 34th Separate Communications Battalion, Lubny
• 28th Separate Engineering Battalion, Lubny
• 1090th Separate Logistics Battalion
• 350th separate repair and restoration battalion
• Total: 61 tanks, 50 infantry fighting vehicles, 9 armored personnel carriers, 24 guns, 24 self-propelled guns, 12 MLRS ^[2]

• Bezverkhov, Yakov Petrovich (1942), guard colonel
• Shafarenko, Pavel Mendelevich (1942-1943), guard colonel, since November 27, 1942, guard major general
• Dashkevich, Adam G. (1943), guard colonel
• Bilyutin, Kondraty Vasilievich (September 1943, WID), Guard Colonel
• Krivolapov, Grigory Arkhipovich (1943-1944), Guard Major General
• Korkin, Nikolai Petrovich (1944), Guard Colonel
• Peremanov, Alexander Mikhailovich (1944-1945), Guard Colonel

• April-May 1942 -   "Guards" - the honorary title was awarded by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR during formation;
• 05/03/1942 -   Order of the Red Banner - the order was received during the formation of the 2nd Guards Rifle Red Banner Brigade;
• 09/23/1943 - "Sinelnikovskaya" - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Glanokomandiry of September 3, 1943 to commemorate the victory and the difference in the battles during the liberation of the city of Sinelnikovo ;
• 02/13/1944 -   the order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, II degree - awarded by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of February 13, 1944 for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command at the front of the struggle against the German invaders in the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky operation and the valor and courage shown in this;
• 04/05/1945 - "Budapest" - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 064 of April 5, 1945 to commemorate the victory achieved and the difference in battle during the capture of the city of Budapest ;
• 05/17/1945 -   Order of Suvorov, II degree - awarded by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 17, 1945 for exemplary performance of combat missions of command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and courage shown.

Division Awards:

• 73rd Guards Rifle Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment
• 81st Guards Rifle Budapest ^[3] Regiment
• 53rd Guards Artillery Budapest ^[3] Regiment

Heroes of the Soviet Union ^[4] :

•   Andreev, Semyon Alekseevich - guard sergeant, anti-tank rifle calculation commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , was awarded 02.22.1944 for heroism shown in the battles during the crossing of the Dnieper .
•   Antonov, Konstantin Mikhailovich - guard junior lieutenant, party organizer of the battalion of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , was awarded 02.22.1944 for the heroism shown in the battles during the crossing of the Dnieper .
•   Artyukh, Alexander Andreevich - guard junior sergeant, mortar gunner of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , was awarded March 19, 1944 for the heroism shown during the crossing of the Dnieper.
•   Badanin, Vasily Ivanovich - Red Army Guards, shooter of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , was awarded March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Badrutdinov, Minulla Badrutdinovich - guard sergeant, shooter of the 78th Guards Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , was awarded posthumously March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Balashov, Mikhail Efimovich - Red Army Guards, sapper of the 28th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion, was awarded posthumously March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Balyaev, Alexei Andreevich - Red Army Guards, shooter of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , awarded March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Belyaev, Vladimir Prokofievich - guards senior sergeant, gun commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, was awarded 02.22.1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Bilyutin, Kondraty Vasilievich - Guard Colonel, commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union , was awarded on June 19, 1943 for the able command of the regiment in the third battle for Kharkov.
•   Boltushkin, Alexander Pavlovich - guards senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter Lieutenant Shironin was awarded posthumously 05/18/1943.
•   Bukaev, Ivan Prokofievich - Red Army Guards, shooter of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter of lieutenant Shironin , awarded on 05/18/1943.
•   Vernigorenko, Ivan Grigoryevich - guards senior sergeant, division commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter Lieutenant Shironin , awarded May 18, 1943.
•   Veselov, Vasily Ivanovich - guard sergeant, unit commander of the 28th guards separate combat engineer battalion. He was awarded posthumously March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Vizgalin, Ivan Pavlovich - Red Army Guards, shooter of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter Lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Golosov, Vasily Ivanovich - Guard Lieutenant, commander of a sniper company of the 81st Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Grishko, Pavel Savvovich - Guard Lieutenant, platoon commander of the 81st Guards Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union . Awarded on 04/28/1945 (near Budapest he called upon artillery fire). Forever enlisted in the lists of military personnel.
•   Grudinin, Vasily Semenovich - guard sergeant, commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter Lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Derbushev, Fedor Mikhailovich - Red Army Guards, anti-tank rifle calculation number of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Dreval, Vasily Timofeevich - guard captain, deputy battalion commander for the political part of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Dudin, Leonid Nikitovich - Guard Major, battalion commander of the 81st Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Durnov, Ivan Alekseevich - Guard Red Army, marksman of the 81st Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Efremov, Mikhail Efremovich - guards senior sergeant, assistant commander of a sapper platoon of the 81st guards rifle regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Zhazykov, Kuzhabay - guard sergeant, assistant commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 22nd separate guards reconnaissance company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1945.
•   Zaveryukha, Nikolai Andreyevich - Red Army Guards, marksman of the 2nd battalion of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (03/19/1944, posthumously).
•   Zevakhin, Valentin Sergeevich - Guard Senior Lieutenant, Deputy Battalion Commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944.
•   Zimin, Sergey Grigoryevich - guard foreman, detachment commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter Lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Zlobin, Yakov Dmitrievich - Red Army Guards, marksman of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter of Lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Ilyin, Nikolai Sergeyevich - Red Army Guards, orderly of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Isakov, Vasily Leonovich - Red Army Guards, marksman of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter of lieutenant Shironin , awarded May 18, 1943.
•   Kabalin, Ivan Andreevich - Guard Sergeant, commander of the mortar company of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kazakevich, Pavel Konstantinovich - guard colonel, commander of the 81st Guards Rifle Regiment. He was awarded posthumously 06/19/1943 for the battles in the city of Kharkov .
•   Kashcheev, Tikhon Gavrilovich - guard junior sergeant, commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kiryanov, Nikolai Ivanovich - guard sergeant, commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, fighter platoon lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Kiselev, Sergey Semenovich - guards senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 11/11/1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kosmin, Evgeny Aleksandrovich - Red Army Guards, sapper of the 28th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion. He was awarded posthumously March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kraiko, Aleksey Ivanovich - Red Army Guards, marksman of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter of lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Krivolapov, Grigory Arkhipovich - guards major general, division commander. Awarded March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kuvin, Ivan Ivanovich - Red Army Guards, sapper of the 28th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion. He was awarded posthumously March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kuznetsov, Mikhail Petrovich - guard junior sergeant, commander of the sapper platoon squad of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Likhachev, Ivan Ilyich - Red Army Guards, radio operator of the communications company of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Mironov, Pyotr Moiseevich - Red Army Guards, marksman of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Nechipurenko, Sergey Vasilievich - Guard sergeant-major, commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, fighter platoon Lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Nikolaenko, Alexander Nikolaevich - Guard foreman, mortar crew commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded March 19, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Ovsyankin, Mikhail Ivanovich - Guard Senior Sergeant, commander of the foot reconnaissance platoon division of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Pavlov, Vasily Mikhailovich - Red Army Guards, marksman of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, platoon fighter of lieutenant Shironin , was awarded posthumously on May 18, 1943.
•   Panganis, Igor Vladimirovich - guard sergeant, gun commander of the 73rd Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1945 (posthumous). Forever enrolled in the lists of personnel of the military unit.
•   Petukhov, Ivan Dmitrievich - guard captain, battalion commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Awarded 02/22/1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Potemkin, Alexei Nikolaevich - Guard Major, commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union (awarded March 19, 1944).
•   Pryanichnikov, Nikolai Ivanovich - guard junior lieutenant, commander of a platoon of anti-tank rifles of the 2nd battalion of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944.
•   Yarosh, Otakar - over-lieutenant (captain posthumously), commander of 1 company of 1 separate Czechoslovak infantry battalion . Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 17, 1943 (posthumous). The first citizen of a foreign country who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

  Cavaliers of the Order of Glory of 3 degrees. ^[five]

• Asmolov, Dmitry Kalinovich , guard sergeant , unit commander of the 28th separate guards combat engineer battalion.
• Beletsky, Arkady Efimovich , guard sergeant , commander of the reconnaissance division of the 81st Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Kalinichenko, Nikolai Yegorovich , guard junior sergeant , unit commander of the 28th separate guard engineer battalion.
• Kirilenko, Vasily Filippovich , guard junior sergeant , mortar company calculation commander of the 73rd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Konovalov, Nikolai Ivanovich , guards senior sergeant , commander of the sapper platoon branch of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Korolev, Vasily Ignatievich , guard foreman , commander of the foot reconnaissance platoon department of the 73rd Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Loboda, Andrey Avtonomovich , guard sergeant, reconnaissance platoon, horse reconnaissance, 78th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Martynov, Vladimir Georgievich , guard sergeant, unit commander of 22 separate guards reconnaissance companies. Died of his wounds on May 7, 1945.
• Shulyachenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich , Private Guard, reconnaissance 73rd Guards Rifle Regiment.

• The senior lieutenant Z. A. Khrapinovich, the famous Soviet actor Zinovy ​​Gerdt , served as a guard in the 81st Guards Rifle Regiment of the division, as the chief of the engineering service.
• The chief of staff of the division was Major General of the Red Army and Brigadier General of the Polish Army S. S. Zaikovsky .
• As head of the chemical service of the 53rd Guards Artillery Regiment , Zhemaitis fought in the ranks of the division , Sergey Georgievich - later a Soviet science fiction writer and editor.

The newspaper "Stalin's Guard" was published. Editor - Major Astapov Mikhail Iosifovich (1913-1978)

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