103rd Guards Rifle Division

The division was formed in accordance with the order of the High Command Headquarters No. 0047 dated December 18, 1944 from the 13th Guards Airborne Division in December 1944 in Bykhov , while the brigades that were part of the airborne division became regiments of the division, namely:

• The 3rd Guards Airborne Brigade became the 317th Guards Rifle Regiment;
• The 5th Guards Airborne Brigade became the 322nd Guards Rifle Regiment;
• The 324th Guards Rifle Regiment was formed on the basis of the remnants of brigades after their reorganization into regiments.

January 1, 1945, when the presentation of the Battle Banner took place, is considered the day of formation of the compound.

As part of the army from February 21 to May 11, 1945.

From Bykhov in February 1945 it was transported by military trains to Krakow , from where it was transferred to Budapest through the cities of Buzau and Ploiesti . From March 16 to April 1, 1945, the division fought fiercely near Lake Balaton, fought along the northern coast of Lake Balaton , participated in the liberation of the cities of Veszprem on March 23, 1945, Devecher March 26, 1945, Sarvar March 28, 1945, Szombathely March 29, 1945, April 2, 1945 freed Glognits , then fought on the streets of Vienna , at the end of April she was west of Vienna in the Austrian Alps , chasing the retreating enemy troops .

On April 28, 1945, the division completed the hostilities and was assigned to rest and staffing in the vicinity of the city of Baden . On May 6, 1945, the division marched in the direction of Vienna, and by the morning of May 8, 1945 it concentrated in the area of ​​the city of Traufeld . May 12, 1945 units of the division entered the city of Trebon

In 1946, the formation was again reorganized into an airborne division with the preservation of the military number - 103, all awards, honorary titles and the birthday of the formation. The place of deployment is the city of Vitebsk and the Vitebsk region . (see 103rd Guards Airborne Division )

After the war, the full name is the 103rd Guards Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division .

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• 317th Guards Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 322nd Guards Rifle Order of Kutuzov Regiment
• 324th Guards Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 52nd Guards Division Artillery Brigade
• 116th Guards Separate Anti-Tank Division
• 105th Guards Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
• 112th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Company
• 130th Guards Engineer Battalion
• 187th Guards Separate Communications Battalion
• 175th Health Battalion
• 114th Guards Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 274th Motor Company
• 245th field bakery
• 320th Division Veterinary Hospital
• 3177th Field Post Station
• 1993th box office of the State Bank ^[1]

• Stepanov, Sergey Prokhorovich (12/18/1944 - 05/11/1945), Colonel
• Epin, Efim Pavlovich (June 1945 - August 1946), Major General

• Kirpichenko, Vadim Alekseevich , fought in the division, subsequently lieutenant general of the FSB , head of the illegal intelligence department of the KGB of the USSR , first deputy chief of intelligence of the KGB of the USSR, honorary professor of the Foreign Intelligence Academy of the SVR.
• Khakimov, Ahiyar Khasanovich , fought in the division, later the people's writer of the Republic of Bashkortostan , secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR.

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• Dovgich, A. Shlyakh on Zahіd. // EuroAtlantic . - 2005. - No. 2.
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• Memory: Guest-documentary chronicle of Vitebsk: At 2 pr. Prince 2nd / Red. cal .: G.P. Pashkoў (gal. red.) і іnsh .. - Mn. : BelEn, 2002 .-- S. 479. - 648 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 985-11-0246-6 . (in Belorussian)

• Directory on the website of the club "Memory" Voronezh State University
• Bektasov K. U. Notes of the radio operator. - Almaty
• List No. 5 of the rifle, mountain rifle, motor rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
• Forum on Soldier.ru
• Forum on Desantura Roux
• 103rd Guards Airborne Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 2nd Degree Division named after the 60th anniversary of the USSR
• History of 103 Airborne Division (1944-1991)
• The composition of the airborne troops before the collapse of the USSR
• B.A. Kostin. Margelov
• 103rd Guards Rifle Division (inaccessible link)