41st Rifle Corps

History

Formed in March 1941 in the Moscow Military District

In the army during the Second World War from June 22, 1941 to September 17, 1941.

After the outbreak of the war, it was transported by trains from Kostroma , Yaroslavl and Ivanovo through Velikiye Luki with the task of July 1, 1941 to take Pskov , the Island and the Exhibition for defense. However, on July 1, 1941, the unloading of trains at Pskov and Cherskaya stations only began. By the evening of July 2, 1941, 30 echelons arrived, by the morning of July 4, 1941, 59 echelons arrived, and 59 more echelons were en route. The corps finally arrived only on July 6, 1941, but by the evening of July 4, 1941, the 111th Infantry Division took battle on the outskirts of the Island, its defense was broken through and the German units occupied the city. On July 5, 1941, the 118th Infantry Division entered into battle with the 6th Panzer Division on the line of the Ostrovsky fortified area. The 111th Infantry Division during July 5, 1941, fights for the Island along with the 3rd Panzer Division , and even temporarily knocks the enemy out of the city. However, it should be noted that the corps connections were “spread out” over the fortified area, which prevented the creation of a more or less powerful defense. On July 5-7, 1941, the corps ’compound successfully restrains the enemy offensive by the 36th Motorized Division along the Novo-Pskov fortified area along the Velikaya River. The 235th Infantry Division was late with its arrival, by July 7, 1941 it had unloaded at the Krasnye Prudy station and immediately entered the battle. By that time , the 3rd Panzer Division , or rather its remnants, was subordinate to the corps. On July 7, 1941, corps formations were scattered along the line of defense in different directions.

During the night from July 7 to 8 and the day of July 8, 1941, parts of the corps, under pressure from the enemy’s mechanized mechanized units, went to Pskov with their left flank and by the morning of July 8, 1941 they occupied the front 15 kilometers south-west of Pskov - 10 kilometers south-east of Pskov and further along the northern bank of the Cherekh River. The headquarters of the corps was located 8 kilometers southeast of Pskov . On July 8, 1941, corps formations began to move beyond the Velikaya River, but the crossing was unorganized: divisions were only able to cross the river partially, and then the bridge was blown up prematurely, and a large number of soldiers were forced to sail and at hand at hand under enemy fire. As a result, the 111th and 118th divisions turned out to be disorganized and began to retreat to Pskov, and on July 9, 1941 left Pskov and began to retreat to Gdov . They tried to turn around on the Pskov-Luga highway, but were crushed. The blame for the abandonment of Pskov was, in particular, laid on the commander of the corps, Major General Kosobutsky, who fell under the tribunal and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Instead, Alexander A. Astanin , deputy engineer for the engineering structures of the commander of the 41st Rifle Corps, took over command and was personally responsible for organizing the defense of Luga.

See also Pskov Defense (1941)

Lost control and communication with higher headquarters, disparate parts of the corps were discovered only on July 13, 1941 under the Strugs of Krasnoye , Shchirsky and Luga .

From the report of Colonel Rubtsov to the Military Council of the North-Western Front of July 14, 1941.

Units 41 SK lost their organization and represent groups assembled from separate units and subunits, poorly armed. All types of supply of these parts are broken. Units require immediate withdrawal from the front in order to restore them and put them on alert. The headquarters of these units, including the headquarters of 41 SK, are not suitable for command and control of troops in their present form. Also require reorganization and replenishment.

The disorganized parts of the corps retreated to the Luga, parts of July 14-15, 1941 defended the first intermediate defense line along the Plyussa River, but by July 24-25, 1941 they moved to the second intermediate defense line in the Gorodets-Serebryanka area. By then, parts of the hull were put in order, replenished and organized.

Actually, the 41st Rifle Corps became the formation that formed the basis of the Luga Operational Group and led the defense on the Luga line . On August 10, 1941, the German offensive began, including on the Luga, and the corps entered into heavy fighting, gradually moving away to the Luga, but the defense of the corps was not broken anywhere. However, the German offensive developed on the flanks of the corps and on August 20, 1941 the corps was surrounded in the Meadow.

On the night of August 22, 1941, he began to retreat to the northern shore of the Meadow . On the night of August 23-24, 1941, the corps left Luga. By this time, parts of the corps occupied defenses along the front line: along the northern bank of the Luga River, Staritsa - Kemka - Sanatorium Zacherenye - Goryuchkovo - Torkovichi. The 111th Infantry Division, being in the reserve of the corps, occupied the Mshinskaya and Shuvalovsky districts. The headquarters of the corps from August 21, 1941 was located in the village of Pechenets. From that time until the middle of September 1941, the 41st Rifle Corps tried to get out of the encirclement near Luga with battles, following the swamps.

He broke through the encirclement in the vicinity of the villages of Vyritsa , Mina, Vvedenskoye on September 15, 1941, makes an attempt to break through the Mina-Kaushta highway, partly broke through, partly failed, including the corps headquarters and his commander could not break through (they left already at the end of September 1941 to the Lyuban region). It is impossible to establish reliably how many people from the entire corps could get reliably established.

From the research of I.I. Ivlev (Soldier.ru site)

“After an unsuccessful attempt to break through in the area of ​​Vyritsa (near the village of Mina), part of the troops went to Pushkin (177, 235 sd, the remainder of 24 td) - who did not get captured was released on September 22-24, 1941 (about 1.5 - 2 thousand people), a part on Tosno, Shapki, Pogost (mainly command of the corps) - went to 26-28.09.41, a part (111 cd) - forests in the direction of Lyuban, Apraksin Bora, south of Chudovo cr. "Volkhov, crossing 30.09.-05.10.41 (about 2.5 thousand people.)."

As early as September 17, 1941, the corps administration was disbanded, apparently seen as destroyed.

Battle

Command

• Kosobutsky, Ivan Stepanovich , Major General , from 03/14/1941 to 07/16/1941
• Astanin, Andrei Nikitovich , Major General , 07/16/1941 (actually took command on July 9-10, 1941)

History

The corps administration was formed on July 4, 1943 as part of the 3rd Army

In the army from July 4, 1943 to May 9, 1945.

Battle

Командование

• Тарасов, Сергей Павлович , полковник (с 16.06.1943 по 6.07.1943), врид
• Урбанович, Виктор Казимирович , генерал-майор , с 02.11.1944 — генерал-лейтенант (с 22.07.1943 по 31.12.1944)
• Петренко, Василий Алексеевич , полковник (с 1.1.1945 по 12.1.1945), врид
• Урбанович, Виктор Казимирович , генерал-майор , с 02.11.1944 — генерал-лейтенант (с 13.01.1945 по 09.05.1945)
• Якушов, Александр Васильевич , генерал-майор , (с ??.05.1952 по ??.07.1954)

• Боевой состав Советской Армии 1941—1945
• Перечень № 4 управлений корпусов, входивших в состав Действующей армии в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945 гг.
• Командный состав РККА и РКВМФ в 1941—1945 годах

• Бадиков Р. А. Оборона Псковского укрепленного района (1941 г.): постановка проблемы // Новейшая история России. 2013. № 2. С. 42-47.