55th Guards Rifle Division

55th Guards Rifle Irkutsk-Pinsk, Order of Lenin, three times the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov, II Class Division named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR

Formed on 12/18/1942 by transforming the 30th Infantry Regiment of Irkutsk, the Order of Lenin, the three-fold Red Banner Division named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR .

In the army from 12/18/1942 to 04/21/1944, from 05/28/1944 to 09/14/1944, from 10/13/1944 to 03/31/1945, from 04/20/1945 to 11/05/1945.

She took part in the liberation of the North Caucasus and the Taman Peninsula . On January 18, 1943, the 55th Guards Rifle Division (commander - guards, Major General B.N. Arshintsev) liberated settlements of the Adygei Autonomous Region of the Krasnodar Territory Krasnoarmeysky , Novy, Konsulov , Novo-Mogilevsky ), and on February 11, Worker released, and State Farm Otradny, February 12, Supovskiy ^[1] and Novy Sad, together with the 32nd Guards Rifle Division (commander - Guards Major General M. F. Tikhonov) ^[2] .

In November 1943, he took part in the Kerch-Eltigen landing operation , disembarking in the Opasnaya region, Enikale , fighting in the Kerch Peninsula until April 1944, then taking part in the Belarusian strategic operation , participating in the liberation of the Ivanovo and Luninets districts of the Brest region , Pinsk and Logishinsky district of the Pinsk region , eastern regions of Poland, in the East Prussia , Berlin and Prague offensive operations .

Participated in the liberation of cities: Novorossiysk , Hot Key, Kerch , Pinsk , the capture of Gumbinnen , Berlin.

After the war

In May - August 1945, the 55th Guards Rifle Division, as part of the 20th Infantry Corps of the 28th Army, marched from Czechoslovakia and Germany and concentrated at a permanent station in the Baranovichi military district in the city of Grodno.

Directive of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces No. Osh / 1/243666 of March 12, 1957 and Directive of the Commander of the BVO No. 03/00565 of April 19, 1957, the 55th Guards Rifle Division was reformed into the 55th Guards Motorized Rifle Division. ^[3] .

By order of the USSR Minister of Defense No. 00147 of November 17, 1964, in order to preserve the fighting traditions of the 55th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, its former military number was restored - 30 - and it became known as the 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Irkutsk-Pinskaya, Order of Lenin, three times the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov division named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.

Directive of the USSR Minister of Defense No. Org / 1/126386 of October 18, 1968 and Directive of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Org / 1/1165800 of October 19, 1968. The 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Division was expelled from the 28th Army of the Belarusian Military District and transferred in the composition of the Central Group of Forces in full force (headquarters in Zvolen , Central Slovakia).

February 26, 1990 in Moscow, an agreement was signed on the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops from the CSFR . The last echelons of the 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Division left the Czechoslovak Federal Republic in December 1990. The division was stationed in the cities of Maryina Gorka, Slutsk and in the village of Urechye of the Minsk Region of the Byelorussian SSR.

In 1992, the division became part of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, where it was reorganized into a separate mechanized brigade of the Guards and the BHWT Guards.

Since 2005, the successor is the 30th Guards Separate Mechanized Battalion as part of the 19th Guards Separate Mechanized Brigade. Orders and honorary titles of the division transferred to the 30th Guards. OMBAT.

• The Transcaucasian Front , the Black Sea Group of Forces , the 56th Army , as of January 1, 1943.
• The North Caucasus Front , the 56th Army - from 01/12/1943.
• The North Caucasus Front , the 37th Army , the 11th Guards Rifle Corps - on July 01, 1943.
• The North Caucasus Front , the 18th Army - on 10/01/1943.
• 7th Separate Army , 11th Guards Rifle Corps - 01/01/1944
• Maritime Army , 20th Rifle Corps - 04/01/1944
• 1st Belorussian Front , 28th Army , 20th Rifle Corps - 07/01/1944.
• Reserve Headquarters of the Supreme Command , 28th Army , 20th Rifle Corps - on 10/01/1944
• 3rd Belorussian Front , 28th Army , 20th Rifle Corps - 01/01/1945.
• Reserve Headquarters of the Supreme Command , 28th Army , 20th Rifle Corps - 04/01/1945

1945

• 164th Guards Rifle Order Regiment
• 166th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 168th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 126th Guards Artillery Regiment
• 62nd Guards Independent Self-Propelled Artillery Division (62nd Separate Guards Anti-Tank Division)
• 72th anti-aircraft battery (until 04/25/1943)
• 57th Separate Guards Intelligence Company
• 63rd Separate Guards Sapper Battalion
• 85th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Communications Communications Company
• 444th (61st) medical battalion
• 59th Separate Guards Company Chemical Protection
• 624th (58th) trucking company
• 594th (56th) field bakery
• 540th (54th) divisional veterinary infirmary
• 81st field postal station
• 341th box office of Gosbank
• 389th Voentorg (trade and domestic enterprise)
• Editorial and printing house of the Krasnoarmeyskaya Pravda division newspaper.

List No. 5 of rifle, mountain rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Gylev A. - M .: Ministry of Defense. - 218 s.

1988

• Division Management (Zvolen)
• The 164th guards motorized rifle regiment of the Order of Suvorov (Elshava);
• The 166th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Red Banner (Komarno);
• The 168th Guards Motorized Riflemen Gumbinnensky Red Banner Regiment (Ruzomberok);
• 30th Guards Tank Vyborg, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Regiment (Oremov Laz);
• 75th Separate Tank Battalion (Oremov Laz),
• The 126th Guards self-propelled artillery Red Banner Regiment (Roznava);
• 404th Separate Missile Division (Komarno);
• 144th anti-aircraft missile regiment (Oremov Laz) - in November 1990, the 144th anti-aircraft missile regiment was withdrawn to the Turkestan military district in Kyzyl-Arvat village of the Turkmen SSR as part of the 58th motorized rifle division to replace the disbanded 999th anti-aircraft artillery regiment. ;
• The 823rd anti-aircraft missile regiment became part of the 30th Guards. MSD instead of the 144th anti-aircraft missile regiment, which went to TurkVO .
• The 205th separate anti-tank artillery division (Sturovo);
• 20th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (New Castles);
• The 85th Guards Separate, Order of the Red Star communications battalion (Zvolen);
• The 63rd Guards Independent Engineering Battalion (Sturovo);
• 205th Separate Chemical Protection Battalion (New Locks)
• The 1054th separate material support battalion (Rimavská Sobota);
• 81st Separate Repair and Repair Battalion (Rimavska Sobota);
• 11th separate medical battalion (Zvolen),
• Separate helicopter squadron (Slyach airfield),
• Separate Commandant Company (Zvolen);
• Editorial and printing house of the divisional newspaper “Soviet warrior” (Zvolen).

In December 1990, the last echelons of the division departed from Czechoslovakia. The division arrived in the settlement of Maryina Gorka, Pukhovichsky district, Minsk region to the place of the disbanded 8th Guards Tank Division. ^[four]

1990

The 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Division Irkutsk-Pinskaya, the Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, three times the Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov, the division named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR:

• Division Management: 1 PDP-3, 1 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR, 1 PU-12 ^[5]
• The 164th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, Order of Suvorov, II degree ( Maryina Gorka ): 22 T-72 , 4 BMP-2 , 2 BRM-1K , 122 BTR-60, 12 2S1, 12 2S12, 2 PRP-4, 5 R- 145YM, 2 PU-12, 1 MT-55A ;
• The 166th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Red Banner Regiment (Maryina Gorka): 22 T-72, 4 BMP-2, 2 BRM-1K, 1 BTR-60, 2 2S1, 12 2S12, 2 BMP-1KSH, 1 PRP-3, 1 PRP -4, 3 RCM, 2 PU-12, 2 R-145BM, 1 MT-55A;
• 168th Guards Motorized Riflemen Gumbinnensky, Red Banner Regiment (Maryina Gorka): 22 T-72, 4 BMP-2, 2 BRM-1K, 58 BTR-70, 61 BTR-60, 12 D-30, 12 PM-38, 2 PRP-4 , 4 R-145BM . 2 PU-12, 1 MT-55A;
• 30th Guards Tank Vyborg, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Regiment ( Ureche ): 64 T-72, 14 BMP-2, 2 BMP-1K, 6 BTR-60, 12 2S1, 2 BMP-1KSH, 1 PRP-3, 1 PRP-4, 3 RCM , 2 R-145BM, 2 PU-12 , 4 MT-55A;
• The 126th Guards self-propelled artillery Red Banner Regiment ( Slutsk ): 12 2С3, 24 Д-30, 12 Grad , 2 PRP-3, 2 PRP-4, 9 1В18 , 3 1В19 , 1 Р-145БМ, 1 Р-156БТР ;
• 823rd anti-aircraft missile regiment;
• The 205th separate anti-tank artillery division (Slutsk): except for PT-armament 1 PDP-3, 14 MT-LBT ;
• 20th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Ureche): 10 BMP-2, 7 BRM-1K, 6 BTR-60, 2 R-145BM, 1 R-156BP;
• The 85th Separate, Order of the Red Star, communications battalion (Maryina Gorka): 8 P-145BM, 1 P-156BTR;
• 63rd separate engineering and sapper battalion (Urech'ye): 1 RPM , 2 UR-67 ;
• The 1054th separate material support battalion;
• 81st separate repair and recovery battalion;
• 11th separate medical battalion.
• Editorial and printing house of the divisional newspaper “Soviet warrior”.

Total (as of 11.19.1990): 130 T-72 tanks, 254 BTR (64 BTR-70, 190 BTR-60), 36 BMP-2, 15 BRM-1K, 36 2S1, 12 2S3, 36 D-30, 36 120 mm mortars, 12 "Grad".

• 12/18/1942 - 01/11/1944 - Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards. Colonel , from 01.23.1943 - Guards. Major General Arshintsev, Boris Nikitich   (died 11/01/1944 from a direct hit by an artillery shell at a height of 115.5 in the area of ​​the city of Kerch as the commander of the 11th Guards Rifle Corps of the Separate Maritime Army).
• 01/30/1944 - 3/4/1944 - Guards. Col. Murashov, Pavel Alexandrovich
• 03/05/1944 - 03/24/1944 - Chief Colonel Semenov, Sergey Ivanovich
• 03/25/1944 - 05/11/1945 - Hero of the Soviet Union gu. Major General Turchinsky, Adam Petrovich  
• 1946-1950 - Guards. Major General Danilyuk Vasily Danilovich,
• 1950-1952 - Guards. Major General Esin Ivan Nikitovich,
• 1952-1954 - Guards. Major General Bulatov Fatykh Garipovich,
• 1954-1955 - Guards. Major General Isakov Philip Anisimovich,
• 1955-1958 - Hero of the Soviet Union gu. Major General Andryushchenko Vladimir Kuzmich,
• 1958-1961 - Guards. Colonel Milenin Georgy Borisovich,
• 1961-1964 - Guards. Major General Karpov Vasily Ivanovich,
• 1964-1968 - Guards. Major General Bolduev Foma Lukyanovich,
• 1968-1969 - Guards. Major General Malofeev Alexey Evgenievich,
• 1969-1970 - Guards. Major General Abalints Viktor Petrovich,
• 1970-1974 - Guards. Major General Grishagin Averky Leonidovich,
• 1974-1976 - Guards. Major General Nalivaichenko Ivan Nikolaevich,
• 1976-1978 - Guards. Major General Kozlov Alexander Mikhailovich,
• 1978 - 1982 - Guards. Major General Kuzmin Fedor Mikhailovich,
• 1982-1985 - Guards. Major General Kazantsev Victor Germanovich,
• 1985-1987 - Hero of the Soviet Union gu. Major General Kuznetsov Yuri Viktorovich,
• 1987-1991 - Hero of the Soviet Union gu. Major General Neverov Vladimir Lavrentievich,
• 1991-1992 - Guards. Major General Nikolay Alekseevich Seenshov.

• 12/18/1942 -   "Guards" - an honorary title awarded by the Order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 390 of December 18, 1942 for showing courage in battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for perseverance, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel.
• 09/16/1943 -   Order of Suvorov II degree - awarded by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 16, 1943 for the exemplary performance of combat tasks of command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time.
• 07/23/1944 - “Pinskaya” - the honorary title was given by the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 0209 of July 23, 1944 for distinguishing battles during the liberation of the city of Pinsk ;
• 1972 - Pennant of the Minister of Defense of the USSR "For courage and military prowess" - awarded by order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR;
• 1978 -   Order of the October Revolution - awarded the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Rewards of divisions:

• 164th Guards Rifle Order of the Suvorov Regiment;
• The 166th Guards Rifle Regiment of the Red Banner;
• 168th Guards Rifle Gumbinnensky ^[6] Red Banner Regiment;
• The 126th Guards Artillery Red Banner Regiment.

•   Alekseenko, Konstantin Savelevich , guard sergeant, commander of the rifle squad of the 164th guards rifle regiment.
•   Arshintsev, Boris Nikitovich , Guards Major General, division commander.
•   Akhmedov, Jamil Mamed oglu , guard lieutenant, platoon commander of the 168th Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Butkov, Leonty Anisiforovich , Guards Senior Lieutenant, Company Commander of the 164th Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Volkov, Vasily Pavlovich , guard junior sergeant, gunner 82 mm mortar 164 Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Anatoly Anisimovich Volosatov, Guards Senior Sergeant, Mortar Commander of the 168th Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Dumbadze, Noah Iosifovich , Red Army Guards, shooter of the 166th Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Zhukov, Peter Sergeevich , guard major, battalion commander of the 164th guards rifle regiment.
•   Zagorodnev, Vasily Ivanovich , guard captain, commander of a company of anti-tank rifles of the 62nd Guards separate anti-tank and anti-tank battalion.
•   Ivanov, Fyodor Mikhailovich , guard captain, battalion commander of the 166th guards rifle regiment.
•   Kalinin, Tikhon Ignatievich , guard major, commander of the 62nd separate guards anti-tank battalion. Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).
•   Korchmaryuk, Pavel Sergeevich , guard captain, battalion commander of the 164th guards rifle regiment.
•   Lebedenko, Ivan Ivanovich , guard sergeant, commander of the calculation of the 82-mm mortar 166 Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Litvinov, Vasily Mikhailovich , guard senior sergeant, commander of the 166th Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Litovchik, Tikhon Yakovlevich , guard foreman, commander of a detachment of a company of machine gunners of the 166th Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Lopatin, George Dorofeevich , commander of a platoon of anti-tank guns of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 166th Guards Infantry Regiment, Guard Lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for courage shown on June 27, 1944 when crossing the Ptich River ( Bobruisk region)
•   Malka, Ivan Trofimovich , Guard Senior Sergeant, Branch Commander of the 166th Guards Rifle Regiment. The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the courage shown on June 27, 1944 when crossing the river Ptich.
•   Mustafayev, Bekir Dursun ogly , shooter of the 164th Guards Rifle Regiment, the Red Army Guard. Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded 16/05/1944 for the courage shown in the battles on the Kerch Peninsula.
•   Petrov, Alexey Andreevich , Guard Senior Sergeant, Gunner of the 76-mm cannon of the 166 Guards Rifle Regiment.
•   Prigara, Alexander Yakovlevich , a submachine gunner of the 164th Guards Rifle Regiment, the Red Army Guard. Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded 16/05/1944 for the courage shown in the battles on the Kerch Peninsula.
•   Roman, Sergey Demyanovich , rifleman rifle company of the 168th Guards rifle regiment, the Red Army guard. The title was awarded on March 24, 1945 for the courage shown in the battles for the liberation of Belarus.
•   Dmitry Grigorievich Sergienkov, sniper of the 166th Guards Rifle Regiment, Corporal of the Guard. Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on 06.27.1945 for courage shown in battles in Germany from 12/15/1944 to 02/20/1945 and street battles in Berlin
•   Charushnikov, Alexander G. , artillery gunner 616 Guards Rifle Regiment, Guard Sergeant . Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory . Награждён за бои на Керченском полуострове, бои на реке Нарев и бои в Восточной Пруссии.
• Щербатых Семен Федорович, командир пулеметного взвода 3-го стрелкового батальона 164-го гвардейского стрелкового полка, гвардии лейтенант. Кавалер ордена Отечественной войны II степени, приказ 30/н от 30.06.1944 г., дважды кавалер ордена «Красная Звезда», приказ 50/н от 31.10.1944 г., приказ 341 от 06.04.1945 г.

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