313rd Infantry Division

Formed in the period from June 15 to July 20, 1941 in Izhevsk and Votkinsk ^[1] ( Ural VO ) as part of the implementation of the Decree of the State Defense Committee of the USSR No. 48ss, dated July 8, 1941 ^[2] . In Izhevsk, the formation, training and coordination of subdivisions of 313 sd took place in the territory of the Park of Culture named after SM Kirov . The combat readiness of the formation was determined by August 1, 1941 ^[3] , with the location of the city ​​of Izhevsk UASSR . Upon completion of the formation of the directive of the General Staff No. 001357, dated August 28, 1941, it was sent to the Karelian Front (to Petrozavodsk ) and entered the active army on September 5, 1941.

During September 1941, the 313rd fought with the troops of the Finnish Karelian army advancing on Petrozavodsk. After the abandonment of Petrozavodsk by directive of the High Command Command No. 002952, dated October 13, 1941, was transferred from the 7th Separate Army to the Medvezhiegorsk OG of the Karelian Front. From December 1941 she occupied the positional defense to the west of Medvezhegorsk .

From 3 to 10 January 1942, the division participated in the unsuccessful Medvezhiegorsk offensive operation . Later on, until the summer of 1944, it was in positional defense .

As part of the Svir-Petrozavodsk offensive operation ( June 21 - August 9, 1944), the division as part of the 32nd army initially attacked Petrozavodsk , and after the liberation of this city - to the west, towards the Soviet-Finnish border. With the participation of the formation, in addition to Petrozavodsk, the cities of Medvezhegorsk ( June 23, 1944), Kondopoga (June 28, 1944), Suojärvi (July 13, 1944) were liberated. For the difference in the liberation of the Petrozavodsk division, the honorary name Petrozavodskaya was given.

After the conclusion of an armistice with Finland, the division on November 2, 1944, was withdrawn to the reserve of the Supreme Command Headquarters and redeployed to Northern Poland as part of the 19th Army . On January 29, 1945, the division re-enters the army, having entered the 2nd Byelorussian Front together with other units of the 19th Army.

In the course of the 1945 campaign as part of the East Pomeranian operation, the 313rd Infantry Division takes part in the Coinitz-Kezlinsky ( February 10 - March 6, 1945) and Danzig ( March 7 - 31, 1945) offensive operations. With the participation of the 313rd Infantry Division, on March 28, 1945, Gdynia was liberated. In the bloody battles for Gdynia, a significant part of the division personnel was killed.

The division was disbanded in connection with the demobilization of the USSR , the directive of the Supreme Command Headquarters No. 11097, dated May 29, 1945.

• Ural VO - in July - August 1941
• in reserve RHC Stakes - in August - early September 1941
• Karelian Front , 7th Army - from 09/05/1941 to 09/24/1941
• 7th Separate Army - from 09/24/1941 to 10/13/1941
• Karelian Front , Medvezhyegorsk Task Force - from 13/10/1941 to 03.10.1942
• Karelian Front , the 32nd Army - from 03/10/1942 to 09/01/1944
• Karelian Front , 32nd Army , 135th Rifle Corps - from 09/01/1944 to 11/02/1944
• 19th Army , 132nd Rifle Corps - in reserve Headquarters of the Supreme Command - from 02/11/1944 to 01/29/1945
• 2nd Belorussian Front , 19th Army , 132nd Rifle Corps - from 01/29/1945 to April 1945
• 2nd Belorussian Front , 19th Army , 134th Rifle Corps - from April 1945 to 05/29/1945

• management ( headquarters )
• 1068th Infantry Order of the Suvorov Regiment
• 1070th Infantry Order of the Suvorov Regiment
• 1072th Infantry Order of the Suvorov Regiment
• 856th Artillery Regiment
• 372nd Separate Anti-Tank Division
• 396th anti-aircraft battery (588th separate anti-aircraft artillery division ) - until 05/25/1943
• 202nd reconnaissance battalion
• 596th Battalion
• 751st separate communications battalion (761st separate communications battalion, 867th separate communications company )
• 241st Medical Battalion
• 394th Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 290th motor transport company
• 521st (444th) field bakery
• 690th Division Veterinary Infirmary
• 956th field postal station
• 840th field ticket office of the State Bank

• 07/10/1941 - 10/16/1941 Pavlovich, Anton Alexandrovich , Major General
• 10/17/1941 - 11/19/1941 Petrov, Alexander Pavlovich , Colonel
• 11.20.1941 - 02.27.1944 Golovanov, Grigory Vasilyevich , Colonel
• 02.28.1944 - 03.03.1945 Tsygankov, Nikifor Fomich , Colonel
• 03/05/1945 - 05/09/1945 Asafiev, Vasily Andrianovich , Colonel

• Kopylov, Vasily Ivanovich , captain, company commander of the 1072th infantry regiment.

• In Izhevsk, in the Kirov culture park, in 1975, the Obelisk “The Sword of Sword” was installed, in the year of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Great Victory, in honor of the 313rd Petrozavodsk division .
• September 5 in Pryazhinsky district is commemorating the Day of the Fighters of the 313rd Rifle Division , defenders of the Pryazhinsky District during the Great Patriotic War ^[4]
• Museum 313 pr in the municipal public educational institution of Medvezhiegorsk district "Povenets secondary school".

• Resolution State Committee of Defense of the USSR № GKO-207ss, dated July 19, 1941, "On the formation of new divisions."
• Book of Memory, Volume No. 7, - Izhevsk : Udmurtia , 1994 , p. 364.
• Krapivin V.I. 313th Petrozavodskaya / V.I. Krapivin. - 2nd ed., Isp. And add. - Petrozavodsk: Karelia, 1971. - 192 p.: Ill.

• Reference book on the site of the club "Memory" of the Voronezh State University
• Combat path of the 313rd Infantry Division (inaccessible link)