38th Infantry Division

38th Infantry Don Red Banner Morozov-Donetsk Division named after A.I. Mikoyan Division. The period of the 38th Rifle Division (first formation) in the army during the Great Patriotic War from July 2, 1941 to December 27, 1941 ^[1] .

Formed in 1918 as the 2nd Don Infantry Division. In February 1919, as part of the 1st Army, the division took part in the hostilities in Bashkiria and Trans-Urals against the forces of Ataman Dutov . In 1920, it ensured the delivery of forests from the Caucasus to the Donbass by its troops. Then, as part of the 13th Army, it conducted military operations against the army of General Wrangel . Since October 1920, the division conducted military operations against the rebel army of Old Man Makhno .

In November 1920, the 2nd Don Infantry Division guarded the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov , the division headquarters at that time was deployed in Dzhankoy . The division included units of the disbanded 1st Don Infantry Division. From December 7 to 27, 1920 the 3rd brigade of the division took part in the defense of Melitopol .

Until June 1922, she fought against the rebel detachments of Maslak, Kamenyuk, Popov in the former Don region and Voronezh province.

In June 1922 it was renamed the 9th Don Infantry Division. In 1930, the division was part of the North Caucasus Military District , deployed in Rostov-on-Don, its units were located in Novocherkassk, Taganrog and Zernograd. In 1936, the 9th Rifle Division was renamed the 38th Don Red Banner Morozov-Donetsk named after A.I. Mikoyan Rifle Division. In August-September 1939, the 158th and 171st rifle divisions of the North Caucasian Military District were additionally formed on the basis of the division.

By the spring of 1941, the division was held on the so-called. six thousandth state. In May 1941, the division was withdrawn to Persian camps in the Rostov Region where it was deployed to full staff as part of the 34th Rifle Corps of the 19th Army . In late May - early June 1941, the formation, along with the other three rifle and one mountain rifle divisions of the North Caucasus Military District, was relocated to Ukraine. Having unloaded at the Bila Tserkva station, in the Kiev region, the division concentrated in the Trushka area.

With the outbreak of war, the army was transferred to the Western direction to the Rudnya, Orsha, Smolensk regions as part of the army. Parts of the division arrived in scattered groups, which were immediately introduced into battle during the Smolensk battle . The 29th (1st and 3rd battalions) and 343rd rifle regiments with attached batteries of the 214th artillery regiment and 134th VET division as part of the 129th rifle division of the 16th Army of the Western Front from 16 to 27 July fought in Smolensk. On August 5, several dozen people from the headquarters of the 343rd regiment with the banner of the regiment left the encirclement through the Soloviev crossing. The 2 rifle battalions of the regiment (during the battles near Smolensk 3 battalions were reduced to 2, despite the replenishment of 975 political fighters received on July 26 by the 129th division) remained in the 129th division, in which the 343rd rifle regiment existed in September 1941
The rest of the division (48th regiment, two companies of the 2nd battalion of the 29th infantry regiment, 70th orb) led by commander Colonel M.G. Kirillov , together with the 101st Panzer Division (arrived July 20) from July 17 fought fierce battles for Yartsevo, first against the advance detachment of the 7th German Panzer Division , then against its main forces. During the battles, Yartsevo changed hands eight times, but by the time the German offensive stopped, by August 2, she remained behind the 38th Infantry Division.

In August 1941, the division occupied the defense in the Yartsevo area, while at the same time restoring combat readiness - on August 16, the recreated 343rd Infantry Regiment returned to the division. On the basis of the remaining battalion of the 29th Rifle Regiment, a rifle regiment is deployed.

By the beginning of the Vyazemsky operation, the division had a strength of 9836 people, defending itself in the Yartsevo area in the first echelon of the 16th army in the direction of concentrating the main efforts of the association. The division’s defense sector was located outside the direction of enemy attacks. On October 6, the division was sent to the Vyazma area, as part of the 16th Army being created in the Vyazma direction to counter the enemy groups that had broken through. However, time was lost, the management of the 16th Army managed to avoid encirclement (it left for the Vyazma area on the orders of Konev’s comforter), and the 38th Infantry Division fell into the group of General Ershakov, in which it fought from October 9 to 12 trying to break out of surroundings. After the cessation of organized resistance, fighters and division commanders left the encirclement in separate groups. The group of the division commander, Colonel M. Kirillov, was unable to get out of the encirclement. On the basis of the division’s military personnel, the commander formed the partisan detachment “Death to Fascism”, the group of the chief of staff was able to break through to his troops.

By order of the People’s Commissar of Defense of December 27, 1941, the division was disbanded as perished on the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders.

Combat composition of the 38th SD on June 22, 1941

• The 29th Novocherkassk Rifle Regiment (commander - Lt. Col. Bovda M.P.), in the battles near the Smolensk Regiment, commanded by Major Nikishkin I.F.
• 48th Zernograd Rifle Regiment (commander - Major Sheremet P.I., commissar - senior battalion commissar A.F. Tolstopyatenko - before being appointed to the post, was commissar. ^[2] )
• 343rd Rostov Rifle Regiment (commander - Major Aukhimik M.I., died on July 31, 1941 when leaving the encirclement)
  • 1st Rifle Battalion (commander - Captain Vishnyakov I.I.)
• 214th artillery regiment
• 240th howitzer artillery regiment (commander - Major N. Bazalenko)
• 134th military police station, 124th ozad, 70th rb (commander - captain G. Kolesnikov), 132nd sapp, 122nd obs, 50th update, 52nd medical battalion, 135th atr ( 117th atb), 77th groin, 193rd pps, 657th pkg

Division commanded

• 1918 - Mukhoperets, Ivan Mikhailovich
• from 1920 to March 1923 - Kolchigin, Bogdan Konstantinovich
• from March to October 1923 - Fabricius, Jan Fritsevich
• until February 11, 1938 - brigade commander Vogel, Yan Yanovich
• from May 19, 1938 until mid-October 1941 - Colonel Kirillov, Maxim Gavrilovich
• October 1939 to February 1940 - Lieutenant Colonel Dodonov, Mikhail Yakovlevich ^[3]
• from December 2 to December 27, 1941 - Major General Naydenov, Vasily Ivanovich

Chiefs of Staff

• from August to December 1941 - Lt. Col. Panasyuk, Korney Pavlovich

Liberated Cities

• July 19, 1941 - Yartsevo .

Member of

• in June 1941 - of the 19th Army
• in July 1941 - Operational group of the Yartsevo direction ( K.K. Rokossovsky's group)
• from August 1941 - 16th Army

The 38th Rifle Division of Stalingrad (second formation) was formed in 1941. From March 1, 1943 - the 73rd Guards Rifle Division.

The period of stay in the army during the Great Patriotic War from April 10, 1942 to February 5, 1943 ^[1] .

The formation was formed in the winter of 1941-42 in the Central Asian Military District in Alma-Ata , as the 460th Infantry Division. March 31, 1942 renamed the 38th Infantry Division. In March 1942, the 38th Rifle Division left Kazakhstan westward, where in May 1942, as part of the 28th Army of the South-Western Front, it participated in the Kharkov offensive operation. In June 1942, she fought defensive battles at the borders of the North Donets and Oskol rivers. In July 1942, the remnants of the division were withdrawn under Stalingrad in the Buturlinovka area (Rynok village) to restore combat effectiveness.

Since the end of July 1942, the division has been fighting on the distant approaches to Stalingrad, including in the Abganerovo region, reflecting the advance of the Goth tank army in Stalingrad. Since the end of August 1942, it was entrenched on the southern outskirts of the city - in the area of ​​Elhi, Krasnoarmeyskoye, where it defended itself before the start of the counteroffensive.

During the counterattack, the division was most distinguished in the battles of January 1943, as a result of which on March 1, 1943 the division was transformed into the 73rd Guards Stalingrad Division.

Combat composition of the 38th SD as of March 1942

• 29th Rifle Regiment
• 48th Rifle Regiment
• 343rd Rifle Regiment
• 214th artillery regiment
• 134th military police station, 124th zenbatr, 70th pp, 160th min, 12th sapp, 122nd obs, 135th atr, 52nd medical battalion, 172nd arkhz, 77th pkhp

Division commanded

• from December 23, 1941 to January 19, 1942 - Major General V. Naydenov. (died 01/29/1942)
• from January 19 to March 31, 1942 - Colonel A. Kazimirov
• from March 31 to June 13, 1942 - Colonel Dotsenko N.P. (killed 06/13/1942)
• from June 15, 1942 to March 1, 1943 - Colonel (from February 3, 1942 - Major General) Safiulin G. B.

Liberated Cities

• January 15, 1943 - Basargino .
• January 22, 1943 - Voroponovo
• February 2, 1943 - Stalingrad ( Volgograd )

Member of

• in May-July 1942 - of the 28th Army
• in August 1942 - of the 64th Army
• in January 1943 - of the 57th Army

The 38th rifle Dniester Red Banner Division (third formation) was formed in the spring of 1943.

The period of stay in the army during the Great Patriotic War from July 9, 1943 to May 11, 1945 ^[1] .
The formation was formed in May 1943 on the basis of the rifle brigade in Rossosh in the Oryol Military District.

Since July 1943, the compound became part of the army. In September 1943, as part of the 40th Army of the Voronezh Front, distinguished herself in offensive operations in the Kharkov direction. Subsequently, as part of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, she participated in the liberation of Ukraine (including the Uman-Botoshansk operation in 1944), the Budapest offensive operation in October 1944, and subsequent operations.

On April 8, 1944, the division was given the honorary name Dniester, on April 24, the compound was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Division combat strength in May 1943

• 29th Rifle Regiment
• 48th Rifle Regiment
• 343rd Rifle Regiment
• 214th artillery regiment
• 134th Separate Anti-Tank Division
• 70th Separate Reconnaissance Company
• 132nd Separate Engineer Battalion
• 122nd Separate Communications Battalion
• 135th motor transport company
• 52nd Health Battalion
• 172nd Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 459th field bakery
• 924 Division Veterinary Hospital
• 1075 Field Post Station
• 1101 field office of the State Bank

List No. 5 Rifle, mountain rifle, motor rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Gylev A. - M .: Ministry of Defense. - 218 p.

Division commanded ^[4]

• from May 9 to August 10, 1943 - Colonel Sklyarov, Sergey Fedorovich
• from August 11 to September 8, 1943 - Lieutenant Colonel Esipov, Philip Stepanovich
• September 9-29, 1943 - Colonel Bogdanov, Alexander Vladimirovich
• from September 30, 1943 to January 17, 1944 - Colonel Korotkov, Andrei Danilovich
• from January 18 to March 22, 1944 - Colonel Krymov, Margazian Galliulovich
• from March 23 to September 4, 1944 - Major General Timoshkov, Sergei Prokofievich
• September 5-21, 1944 - Colonel Sazhin, Mikhail Nikolaevich
• from September 22 to October 8, 1944 - Major General Timoshkov, Sergei Prokofievich
• from October 9 to November 13, 1944 - Colonel Sazhin, Mikhail Nikolaevich
• from November 14, 1944 to May 9, 1945 - Major General Timoshkov, Sergei Prokofievich

• April 8, 1944 - Dniester - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 081 of April 8, 1944 for distinction in battles with the German invaders;
• April 24, 1944 -   Order of the Red Banner - awarded by decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 24, 1944 for exemplary performance of the combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown.

Division Awards:

• 29th Rifle Order of the Suvorov Regiment
• 48th Infantry Transylvanian ^[5] Red Banner Regiment
• 343rd Rifle Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment
• 214th Artillery Order of Kutuzov Regiment

Distinguished Warriors

38th Infantry Division 3rd formation:
Heroes of the Soviet Union: ^[6]

• Beruashvili, Georgy Ivanovich , Red Army soldier, squad leader of the 132nd separate combat engineer battalion.
• Biketov, Ivan Vladimirovich , major, chief of artillery of the 48th Infantry Regiment.
• Bilanishvili, Georgy Ivanovich , major, deputy commander of the 343rd Infantry Regiment.
• Gavrilov, Kuzma Antonovich , Red Army soldier, telephone operator of the 703rd separate communications company.
• Gusakov, Pyotr Yevtikhievich , senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 343rd rifle regiment.
• Zhurba, Pavel Pavlovich , Red Army soldier, squad leader of the 132nd separate combat engineer battalion.
• Zykov, Nikolai Nikitovich , lieutenant, company commander of the 132nd separate combat engineer battalion.
• Kalugin, Alexander Mikhailovich , Red Army soldier, gunner of the 214th artillery regiment.
• Kuzminov, Mikhail Yakovlevich , major, commander of the 48th Infantry Regiment.
• Kunitsyn, Pyotr Nikolaevich , senior sergeant, detachment commander of the 132nd separate combat engineer battalion.
• Medin, Nikolai Mikhailovich , lieutenant, company commander of the 29th Rifle Regiment.
• Mikheev, Mikhail Vitalievich , senior lieutenant, company commander of the 48th Infantry Regiment.
• Obukhovsky, Ivan Denisovich , a Red Army soldier, shooter of the 29th Infantry Regiment.
• Olenich, Ivan Ivanovich , junior lieutenant, commander of a telephone platoon of the 703rd separate communications company.

  Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. ^[7] .

• Korolev, Vasily Yakovlevich , junior sergeant, commander of the rifle company 343 rifle regiment.
• Mayboroda, Nikolai Yakovlevich , senior sergeant, reconnaissance platoon of foot reconnaissance 343 rifle regiment.

Liberated Cities

• September 11, 1943 - Gadyach
• September 18, 1943 - Lubny

Submission

• in August 1943 - the 23rd Rifle Corps of the 47th Army
• in September 1943 - the 47th Rifle Corps of the 40th Army

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