6th Rifle Corps (1st formation)

The corps administration was formed in Kiev in May 1922 . The corps was formed by order of the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Crimea No. 627/162 of May 23, 1922 in Kiev from parts of the Kiev and Kharkov military districts. The corps included the 15th and 51st rifle divisions. ^[1] In June 1922, the corps administration was relocated to Yelisavetgrad (now the city of Kropyvnytskyi ), where it was located until March 1923. Since March 1923, the corps administration was relocated to Odessa. In November 1923, in the 6th Rifle Corps, on the basis of units of the 15th and 51st SD, the 95th SD (territorial) was formed with control in the city of Pervomaisk of the Pervomaisky okrug of the Odessa province .

Commanders and fighters of the Red Army with a Maxim machine gun, late 1920s - early 1930s

On July 26, 1938, the Kiev Military District was transformed into the Kiev Special Military District , and army groups were formed in the district. The management of the Odessa Army Group was formed on the basis of the management of the 6th Rifle Corps in Odessa . Instead of the transferred control, a new corps management in Odessa was to be formed.

On September 16, 1939, the corps as part of the OdAG joined the Ukrainian Front . September 17, 1939, when the military campaign of the Red Army began in the eastern regions of Poland - Western Ukraine , the corps was part of the Odessa Army Group. As part of the army, the corps was from 17.09 . 1939 to 09/28 . 1939 .

To strengthen the troops of the front , the corps administration left rifle divisions , which were part of it in places of constant deployment, and departed in Yavorov near Lviv . On October 2, 1939, the command was part of the 6th Army of the Ukrainian Front.

By October 1939, the Ukrainian front was reinforced with new formations. As of October 2, 1939, the corps was part of the 6th Army of the Ukrainian Front . The composition of the corps: corps parts, the 7th Infantry Division and the 140th Infantry Division ^[2] .

The corps took part in the military campaign of the Red Army in the eastern regions of Poland - in Western Ukraine at the final stage.

The troops of the corps were replaced by the troops of the 96th, 97th rifle divisions of the 17th rifle corps in the middle reaches of the San River from Bilgoraj to Przemysl and served in the protection of the demarcation line ^[2] .

Composition (before WWII)

For 1922:

• Housing management
• 15th Infantry Division
• 51st Infantry Division

For 1925:

• Housing management
• 15th Infantry Division
• 51st Infantry Division
• 95th Infantry Division

For the year 1931:

• Housing management
• Case parts:

• 6th heavy artillery regiment - headquarters in Voznesensk
• 6th battalion of communications - headquarters in Odessa.
• 6th combat engineer battalion - headquarters in Odessa
• 6th Hydrotechnical Company - in Odessa

• 15th Infantry Division
• 51st Infantry Division
• 95th Infantry Division

On 07/07/1935:

• Housing management
• 6th Corps Artillery Regiment
• 15th Infantry Division
• 51st Infantry Division
• 95th Infantry Division

On 08/15/1938 - October 1939:

• Housing management
• 15th Infantry Division
• 51st Infantry Division
• 95th Infantry Division
• Rybnitsky fortified area (from 08.15.1938)
• Tiraspol fortified area (from 08.15.1938)

As of October 1939:

• Office Corps (in Yavorov )
• body parts
• 7th Infantry Division
• 140th Infantry Division

Submission (before WWII)

In 1941, the corps administration took submission of new rifle divisions. Office Corps was in Yavorov.

In the army from June 22, 1941 to September 25, 1941

On June 22, 1941, the corps administration was in Yavorov . The divisions included in its composition were: the 97th Infantry Division northwest of Yavorov , somewhat in the depth northeast of Yavorov the 159th Infantry Division , and further north-east of Yavorov the 41st Infantry Division .

Corps formations entered battle on June 22, 1941. The 41st Infantry Division occupied the Rava-Russian fortified area and held the defense in the same place where on June 23, 1941 they managed to stop the enemy’s advance. Moreover, parts of the 41st Infantry Division not only kept the area, but also drove off German troops , entered the territory occupied by Germany for more than three kilometers, at the end of the day were at the turn of Zhychka, Teniatisk (2 km south of Lyubich Krulevsk), Brusno-Nove, 97th Infantry Division - at the turn of Mloduv , Khotynets . On June 22, 194, the 159th Infantry Division was transferred from the Nemiruv region to the Mageruv region. On June 23, 1941, the enemy concentrated his efforts on a wedge between the 159th and 97th , creating a threat to encircle the units of the army. By the evening of June 24, 1941, the gap between the divisions reached 40 kilometers, where the enemy troops entered and by the evening of that day occupied Nemiruv .

On June 25, 1941, the 41st Infantry Division and the 159th Infantry Division held the defended positions, the 97th Division, together with the 3rd Cavalry Division and parts of the 4th Mechanized Corps, were tasked to restore the situation with a short strike to the German flank units advancing along the highway to Yavorov and reach the border of Drogomysl , Swidnica, Moranets.

Despite the fact that the fortified area was maintained by divisions, the morale of the corps troops left much to be desired: during the period from June 22 to 25, 1941, about 5,000 deserters were detained, 100 people were shot.

The attack of the 97th division was unsuccessful, and although on June 26, 1941, the 41st Infantry Division and the 159th Infantry Division defended the area, they were already forced to leave their positions and begin a planned retreat, as there was a threat to the environment. The disorganized and battered 97th Infantry Division was concentrated in the Stazhisk area, the highway and the forest south.

By the morning of June 28, 1941, the 41st Infantry Division and the 159th Infantry Division retreated to the line of Zhulkev, Glinsko, Fuyna, the 97th Infantry Division moved to the section height 316, the southern outskirts of Lozin, height 337, 350, the eastern coast of Janowski Stav , Stradch.

On June 29, 1941, the state of the Military Corps by the 6th Army Council was characterized as follows:

The only rifle corps is not very combat-ready, it requires replenishment and rest.

The 41st Infantry Division suffered significant losses and needs replenishment.
The 159th Infantry Division lost its command, was disorganized by aviation and completely uncompetitive, requiring staffing.
The 97th Infantry Division suffered significant losses, lost leading command personnel and requires withdrawal to the rear for replenishment.

Conclusion: the 6th Rifle Corps does not represent a full-blooded compound and has little combat effectiveness.

By June 30, 1941, parts of the corps were somewhat replenished, in particular, the 159th Infantry Division , replenished with a motorized rifle regiment that day, led unsuccessful battles already on the eastern outskirts of Lviv .

Since July 1, 1941, the corps, under the threat of encirclement, is retreating to Ternopol , constantly repulsing enemy attacks, with the task of taking up positions in the Izyaslav and Starokonstantinovsky fortified areas by July 5, 1941

By July 10, 1941, it was withdrawn from the battles for recreation, staffing and formation in the area of ​​the White Church .

Already on July 16, 1941, without completing manning, taking up positions on the Ros River west of the Bila Tserkva again entered the fighting, delivering a counterattack to the northwest in the Popelny region - however, under the counterattack of the German 9th Panzer Division, the corps not only did not advance, but and began to move east.

July 17, 1941, conducts battles on the outskirts of the White Church , was forced to leave the city, which was recaptured the same day, but by evening the building was knocked out of the White Church . He made unsuccessful counterattacks several times, while at the same time parts of the corps hardly repelled tank attacks between the White Church and Fastov .

July 24, 1941 goes on the offensive on the White Church, July 25, 1941 under the counterattack of the German 11th Panzer Division was forced to retreat to the Dnieper 30 kilometers from previously occupied positions. From July 26 to July 28, 1941 it again undergoes a massive blow, departs even closer to the Dnieper

Until August 7, 1941, a relative calm was established on the front of the corps. On August 7, 1941, the corps, with the support of the 186th anti-tank regiment , the 109th and 229th corps of artillery regiments and 30 tanks of the 12th Panzer Division, went on the offensive, providing the right flank of the army's strike force, advanced several tens of kilometers, but then was forced to turn troops north, in the direction of Kiev , on the flank of enemy troops. After the offensive, the corps as a combat unit ceased to exist, that is, only control remained from the corps, and the corps' formations were directly subordinate to the army.

On September 25, 1941, the corps was officially disbanded.

Corps commanders:

• Dybenko, Pavel Efimovich (May 1922 - October 1922);
• Voskanov, Gaspar Karapetovich (1923- June 1924)
• Avksentievsky, Konstantin Alekseevich (June 1924 - March 1925);
• Gryaznov, Ivan Kensorinovich (1929-1930)
• Repin, Vasily Ivanovich (from 08/08/1936 to 07/23/1938), division commander
• Muzychenko, Ivan Nikolaevich (from 04/27/1940 to 07/26/1940)
• Alekseev, Ivan Ivanovich (from 07.29.1940 to 08.19.1941), Major General , was captured
• Lopatin, Anton Ivanovich (from 08.20.1941 to 08.25.1941), Major General .

Deputy corps commanders for political affairs:

• Veklichev, Georgy Ivanovich , assistant corps commander for political affairs (1929-1930). (8, p. 6)

Corps management commanders:

• Adamovich, Vladimir Alexandrovich , chief of artillery of the 6th sk, brigade commander, (05.17.1939). (9-line 22)

• Richter, Boris Stefanovich , major general , chief of staff of the corps, after his capture on June 28 , 1941 , collaborated with the German invaders, head of the Warsaw Abwehr school.

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