149th Infantry Division (2nd formation)

The formation began in late 1941 in Ryazan (October Town) from conscripts of Ryazan, Ryazan, Tula and Moscow regions. 02/15/1942, an order was received to send the division into the army. 02/18/1942 the last echelons of the division left Ryazan. It entered the battle almost from the wheels 02/28/1942 in the area of ​​the Kaluga villages of Vesniny and Lyubovka. At this line the division fought, alternating offensive and defensive battles until 03/27/1942, whence it went on the offensive. In general, until the spring of 1943, she conducted private operations in the area south of Belev .

At the beginning of 1943 she participated in battles in the Oryol direction, fought for the city of Dmitrovsk-Oryol .

Participating in the Battle of Kursk , reflected the enemy’s blow from the Sevsk region. In the fall of 1943 he participated in the Chernihiv-Pripyat operation , in the autumn of 1943 crossed the Dnieper in the Loev area.

In 1944 she participated in the Zhytomyr-Berdychiv offensive operation and the Lviv-Sandomir offensive operation , liberated Poland.

In 1945, participated in the Berlin strategic operation and the Prague operation .

Forced the Desna , Sozh , Dnieper , Western Bug , Wisla , Oder and Neisse rivers .

The last hostilities took place in the suburbs of Prague .

The division has 27 Heroes of the Soviet Union, 10 full gentlemen of the Order of Glory.

149th Infantry Novograd-Volyn Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division

• Moscow Military District - on 01/01/1942
• Western Front , 61st Army - 03/01/1942.
• Bryansk Front , 61st Army - on 05/01/1942.
• Western Front , 61st Army - 07/01/1942.
• Central Front , 65th Army - 03/01/1943.
• Central Front , 65th Army , 18th Rifle Corps - 07/01/1943.
• The Central Front , the 65th Army , the 27th Rifle Corps - on 10/01/1943.
• Belarusian Front , 65th Army , 18th Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1943.
• Belarusian Front , 65th Army - on 12/01/1943.
• 1st Ukrainian Front , 13th Army , 24th Rifle Corps - 01/01/1944.
• 1st Ukrainian Front , 13th Army , 102nd Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1944.
• 1st Ukrainian Front , 3rd Guards Army , 76th Rifle Corps - 05/01/1944.
• 1st Ukrainian Front , 3rd Guards Army , 120th Rifle Corps - 10/01/1944.
• 1st Ukrainian Front , 3rd Guards Army , 76th Rifle Corps - on 01/01/1945.

• 479th Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 568th Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 744th Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 314th artillery regiment
• 271st separate anti-tank fighter division
• 130th Separate Reconnaissance Company
• 233rd separate combat engineer battalion
• 149th Separate Communications Battalion (28th Separate Communications Company)
• 226th Health Battalion
• 510th Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 106th Motor Company
• 526th field bakery
• 891st Division Veterinary Hospital
• 1720th Field Post Station
• 1082th (1083th) field office of the State Bank

• Fedyunkin, Ivan Fedorovich (02/02/1942 - 05/10/1942), Colonel
• Volkov, Andrei Nikolaevich (10/06/1942 - 10/25/1942), Colonel
• Fedyunkin Ivan Fedorovich (10/26/1942 - 04/04/1942), Colonel
• Orlov, Andrey Arkhipovich (11/05/1942 - 12/01/1942), lieutenant colonel
• Volkov Nikolai Lvovich (12/02/1942 - 06/04/1943), Colonel
• Orlov, Andrey Arkhipovich (06/05/1943 - 05/11/1945), Colonel, from 02/11/44 major general

•   Avorsky, Nikolai Ivanovich . Commander of the 3rd battalion of the 479th rifle regiment. The title was awarded on September 23, 1944 for forcing the Vistula River.
•   Alekseev, Grigory Alekseevich (1903-1943), shooter of the 744th Infantry Regiment, private . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on 10/30/1943 for the battle of 10/16/1943 when crossing the Dnieper near the village of Shitsy (Loevsky district of the Gomel region). (participated in repelling enemy counterattacks while holding the bridgehead, personally knocked out several tanks. He was wounded several times, but did not leave the battlefield) A. Alekseev is one of the famous 8 Alexeyev brothers whose mothers have a monument in Zavolzhsk .
•   Artemyev, Nikolai Mikhailovich , shooter of the 479th Infantry Regiment, Red Army soldier. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Babak, Pyotr Korneevich , commander of the 479th infantry regiment, lieutenant colonel. The title was awarded on September 23, 1944 for forcing the Vistula River.
•   Borisov, George Alekseevich . Assistant Platoon Commander, 130th Separate Intelligence, Senior Sergeant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded in June 1945 for the battle of February 1945 in the Glogau region (he scouted the enemy’s defense, captured the non-commissioned officer, and on the same day held a battalion along the explored route)
•   Bykov, Alexei Vasilievich , sapper of the 568th Infantry Regiment, Red Army soldier. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Gorelik, Zinovy ​​Samuilovich , commander of the rifle company of the 568th rifle regiment, senior lieutenant.
•   Zhidkikh, Alexander Petrovich , sapper of the 1st combat engineer company of the 233rd separate combat engineer battalion, Red Army man. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Zolotarev, Ivan Fedorovich , deputy commander of the rifle battalion of the 479th rifle regiment, senior lieutenant. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Zuev, Ivan Dmitrievich , chief of artillery of the 479th Infantry Regiment, major. The title was awarded posthumously on December 24, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Zuev, Ivan Fadeevich , commander of the sapper platoon of the 586th rifle regiment, senior sergeant. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kachurin, Ivan Andreevich , the commander of the division of machine gunners of the 479th infantry regiment, sergeant. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Kislov, Peter Mikhailovich . Deputy battalion commander for the political part of the 568th Infantry Regiment, senior lieutenant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on January 15, 1944 for the battle of October 16, 1943 when crossing the Dnieper . (As part of the assault group, he was among the first to cross the river near the village of Shitsy (Loevsky district of the Gomel region), carried the fighters into the attack, ensured the capture of the bridgehead. He was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield).
•   Krivenko, Semyon Ustinovich , shooter of the 568th Infantry Regiment, Red Army soldier. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Latyshev, Vladimir Fedorovich , company commander of the 744th Infantry Regiment, lieutenant. The title was awarded October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper posthumously.
•   Litvinenko, Nikolai Nikitovich , shooter of the 744th Infantry Regiment, Red Army soldier. The title was awarded October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper posthumously.
•   Morgun, Nikolai Ivanovich , commander of the mortar platoon of the 568th Infantry Regiment, senior lieutenant. The title was awarded on October 30, 1943 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Ovinnikov, Sergei Mikhailovich (1922-1943). Gun commander of the 314th artillery regiment, sergeant . Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumous). The title was awarded on September 29, 1943 for the battle of August 11, 1943 in the battle for the city of Dmitrovsk-Oryol (Oryol Oblast). (he rolled out a direct-fire gun, opened fire on the building where the enemy firing points were located, destroyed them, thereby contributing to the advancement of units).
•   Polovinkin, Vasily Vasilievich , platoon commander of a machine gun company of the 744th Infantry Regiment, junior lieutenant. The title was awarded on January 15, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper
•   Popov, Stepan Ivanovich , battery commander of the 314th artillery regiment, senior lieutenant. The title was conferred posthumously on June 27, 1945 for fighting on the River Neisse.
•   Pugachev, Terenty Davydovich . Shooter of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 744th Infantry Regiment, a Red Army soldier. Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on 10/30/1943 for crossing the Dnieper near the village of Shitsy, Loevsky district.
•   Raevsky, Grigory Nikolaevich (1911-1944), commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 744th Infantry Regiment, corporal. The title was awarded on January 15, 1944 for crossing the Dnieper.
•   Sagaidachny, Pavel Porfirevich , commander of the intelligence department of the 314th artillery regiment, senior sergeant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on 02.21.1945 for the battles during the crossing of the Vistula from 04 to 12.08.1944 (he crossed the river 8 times, delivering important intelligence).
•   Khukhlov, Mikhail Nikolaevich . Head of the radio company communications company 568th Infantry Regiment, sergeant . Hero of the Soviet Union . The title was awarded on 10/30/1943 for the battle of 10/16/1943 when crossing the Dnieper near the village of Shitsy (Loevsky district of the Gomel region). (as part of the company, he crossed the Dnieper and ensured uninterrupted communication during the battle on the bridgehead)

  Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. ^[one]

• Balabanov, Nikolai Mikhailovich , sergeant , senior scout of the 314th artillery regiment.
• Bundin, Pavel Leontyevich , junior sergeant , gunner of the 744th mortar regiment.
• Bykov, Nikolai Ivanovich , private , machine gunner of a separate anti-aircraft machine gun company of 479 rifle regiment.
• Gerasimov, Sergey Ivanovich , senior sergeant, commander of the 76 mm guns of the 314th artillery regiment
• Datuev, Abdurazak Alibekovich , senior sergeant , gunner of the 568 rifle regiment.
• Degtev, Sergey Sergeyevich , gunner of a 45-mm gun; the commander of the 76-mm gun of the 271st separate anti-tank fighter division, sergeant , senior sergeant . He was awarded: on November 25, 1943, the Order of the 3rd degree for the battle on November 18, 1943 south of the city of Rechitsa , on June 14, 1944, the Order of the 2nd degree for the battle on December 21, 1943 at the Chopovichi railway station (Malinsky district of the Zhytomyr region) and June 27 .1945 of the Order of the 1st degree for the battles of February 16-19, 1945 for the city of Khristianstadt , February 24, 1945 for the village of Markensdorf and February 27, 1945 for the village of Zaensdorf ( Germany )
• Ivanov, Vladimir Nikolaevich , gun calculation number of the 45-mm gun of the 271st separate anti-tank fighter division, junior sergeant . He was awarded: 11/25/1943 Order of the 3rd degree for the battle on 11/18/1943 south of the city of Rechitsa , 02/02/1944 Order of the 3rd degree for the battle of 12/24/1943 at the railway station Chopovichi (Malinsky district of Zhytomyr region) and 06/14/19 .1944 of the Order of the 2nd degree for the battle of 06/02/1944 in the vicinity of the railway station Stary Brody (Ratnovsky district of the Volyn region). He was rewarded with the Order of Glory of the 1st degree on 08.19.1955.
• The cat, Mikhail Pavlovich , private, head of the radio station communications company 568 rifle regiment.
• Marupov, Zubaydulo, private, gunner of the 45-mm gun 568 rifle regiment.
• Starostenkov, Mikhail Viktorovich , senior sergeant, gun commander of the 314 artillery regiment.

• 01/03/1944 - the honorary name "Novograd-Volynskaya" - assigned to commemorate the victory and for the difference in the battles during the liberation of Novograd-Volynsk .
• 02/07/1944 - awarded the Order of the Red Banner  
• ??. ??. ???? - awarded the Order of Suvorov 2 degrees  
• ??. ??. ???? - awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2 degrees  

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