374th Infantry Division

It was formed in August 1941 in the Siberian Military District in the Krasnoyarsk Territory (in the cities of Bogotol , Ilanskiy , Nazarovo ).

As part of the army from 12/18/1941 to 10/15/1942 and from 01/27/1943 to 05/09/1945.

In November 1941 she was immersed in the echelons and sent to the front. 11.29.1941 arrived in Vologda and unloaded. From the unloading places, part of the division marched on foot to the area of ​​the villages of Gruzino and Zvanka along the Volkhov River , passing about 700 kilometers.

From January 7 to January 13, 1942, he was advancing from the march to strongholds in the villages of Gruzino and Zvanka, suffering heavy losses, and failed to complete the task.

01/21/1942 the division without the 1242th Infantry Regiment (remaining on the defense at Vyya-Pshenichnoy) occupied a new area on the right flank of the army and from 01/26/1942 along with the 59th Infantry Brigade advanced in the direction of the village of Spasskaya Polist , Lesopunkt and the village of Mostki. She managed to get around the village, cut the railway and highway from Novgorod to Chudovo , but the stronghold itself was not taken. 03/15/1942 came under a strong enemy counterattack and was forced to retreat to the Bridges. Until the summer of 1942, it was fighting near the village of Spasskaya Polist , then in June 1942 it was relocated to the region of Myasnoy Bor , during the summer of 1942 it breaks out from the outside in the region of Myasnoy Bor, the surroundings of the 2nd shock army, from July 21, 1942 to July 22, 1942 it breaks out onto for a while the ring, through the battle formations of the division, about two thousand people came out. At the end of the operation, she went to the right bank of Volkhov, then relocated to the Bolshoy Kolosar area ( Zhikharevo station), where she took part in the unsuccessful Sinyavinsky operation. During the offensive, together with the 29th Tank Brigade, she was able to force the Neva , but was thrown back, suffered heavy losses (lost 500 people a day, on September 20, 1942, there were 784 people in the division), was assigned to the reserve, on the shore of Lake Ladoga , and then, in October 1942, she was completely withdrawn from the army, 10/10/1942 loaded into the train at the stations Zhikharevo , Voybokalo and sent to the Kalinin region where near Kalinin was completed, replenished and trained until January 1943. In January 1943, it was again directed to the Volkhov Front , units of the division disembarked on 02/06/1943 at a junction near the village of Khotovo and marched to the front line, in the vicinity of Zharok station, and then individual units moved to the stations of Pogost and Maluks , where they are fighting along with 50- m separate guards heavy tank regiment breakthrough

In April 1943, it was again relocated and occupied a site in the area of ​​the settlements of Karbusel , Voronovo, Porechye , near Sinyavino and Mgi , replacing the 378th Infantry Division . She took part in the unsuccessful Mginsky operation of the end of the summer of 1943, after which she was restored in the near rear and on the position defense until January 1944.

In January 1944, she went on the offensive during the Novgorod-Luga operation, on January 28, 1944 she cut the Moscow - Leningrad railway, distinguished herself during the liberation of Lyuban . Continued the attack on the Luga , waged heavy fighting on the Oredezh River . 02/11/1944 took part in the liberation of the stations Torkovichi, Oredezh and Batetskaya and went to the eastern bank of the Luga River, 12/02/1944 took part in the liberation of the Luga ^[1] . 02/23/1944, continuing the offensive, liberated the Strugi Reds . During the operation, the division moved west 220 kilometers, freeing 88 settlements.

Further, the division made a march to Pskov , but turned and headed towards the stations of Podsevy and the city of Dno . During April - June 1944, she fought on the Kopylovo - Gdov section along the eastern shore of Lake Peipsi , occupying a 40-kilometer strip along the front, and guarded the mouth of the Narva River. Then, for a month I stood near Narva , received a replenishment.

She took part in the Pskov-Ostrovskaya operation. 07/29/1944 the division attacked the station Anna, broke through the enemy’s defenses in the section Prokopyevsk - Lake Perkoni , then moved forward with battles across the territory of Latvia . ^[2]

From 09.10.1944, the division conducts direct battles for Riga , 10/12/1944 the division liberated the Jaunciems village, forced the Daugava River, crossed the Keshezers on the amphibians of the 285th separate motorized special-purpose battalion , the first started fighting for the city and the division took the center on 03.10.1944 at 03.00 Riga. Before the start of the battle for Riga, the division suffered serious losses, which led to the fact that the personnel of the regiments had to be combined into one consolidated, 1244th regiment, numbering 842 people, including six rifle companies of 60 people each, machine gun, machine gun and mortar companies, three regimental batteries, a communications company, a sanitary company, a reconnaissance and sapper platoons, business units, all units are incomplete. In the remaining regiments, there remained only directorates of regiments and battalions, as well as a small part of the personnel of economic units. They did not participate in the battles for Riga, they moved after the combined regiments in the second echelon. In total, the division on 06.10.1944 numbered a little more than 2.5 thousand soldiers and officers.

Since the fall of 1944, the division fought on the Courland Peninsula, in the Tukums area.

Disbanded in the summer of 1946.

374th Rifle Luban Red Banner Division

• 1242th Infantry Regiment
• 1244th Riga Rifle Regiment
• 1246th Infantry Regiment
• 942th artillery regiment
• 382nd separate fighter anti-tank division (from 06.26.1942)
• 441st Separate Reconnaissance Company
• 659th Separate Engineer Battalion
• 830th separate communications battalion (490th separate communications company)
• 464th Health Battalion
• 457th Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 494th Motor Company
• 233rd field bakery
• 802 Division Veterinary Hospital
• 1427th Field Post Station
• 750th box office of the State Bank

• Vitoshkin, Alexey Dmitrievich (09/18/1941 - 07/04/1942), Colonel
• Ermakov, Yakov Stepanovich (07/05/1942 - 07/10/1942), Colonel
• Drummers, Dmitry Ivanovich (07/11/1942 - 11/01/1942), Colonel
• Kolomiets, Stefan Vladimirovich (11/02/1942 - 07/11/1943), Colonel
• Semibratov, Vasily Konstantinovich (07/14/1943 - 08/09/1943), Colonel
• Popov, Viktor Yakovlevich (08/10/1943 - 10/25/1943), Colonel
• Volkov, Alexander Alexandrovich (10.26.1943 - 03.25.1944), Colonel
• Gorodetsky, Boris Alekseevich (03/26/1944 - 01/14/1945), Colonel
• Pavlin, Dmitry Ivanovich (01/15/1945 - 05/09/1945), Colonel

• A memorial stone in Riga on the spot from which, on October 12, 1944, the soldiers of the 374th Infantry Division began to force Kishezers.

• Reference book on the site of the club "Memory" of the Voronezh State University
• Directories and forum on Soldat.ru
• List No. 5 of the rifle, mountain rifle, motor rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War (inaccessible link)
• Division History