177th separate anti-aircraft artillery division

As part of the army, from July 5, 1941 to December 6, 1941 as part of the country's air defense forces and from December 6, 1941 to May 9, 1945 as part of the Red Army

On June 22, 1941, it was subordinate to the Arkhangelsk air defense brigade region , with the outbreak of war it was transferred to the Svirsky air defense brigade region , and took up positions on the north-eastern coast of Lake Ladoga . In December 1941, it was transferred to the Leningrad Front , but in reality, until April 1942, it was subordinate to the country's air defense forces. In the spring, on the ice of Lake Ladoga, he was transported to the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, where in April 1942 he entered the disposal of the 54th Army and proceeded to cover its troops, governing bodies and equipment near Pogost

In August 1942 he was transferred to the 8th Army to participate in the Sinyavinsky operation , in which he took part. From the memoirs of the veteran of the division D.K. Grigoryev follows that "Under the Black River, we, too, nearly fell into a tight binding, but somehow we got out of there." ^[1] Until January 1944, it provided air defense for the forces of the 8th Army , during the Leningrad-Novgorod operation it covers the troops of the 54th Army near Lyuban , Tosno , and Oredezh .

Since June 1944, it has been covering up Soviet troops developing an offensive on the Karelian Isthmus during the Vyborg operation . After its completion and signing in September 1944, a truce with Finland , until the end of the war, is on the Soviet-Finnish border.

Submission

Formed in 1939 in Tomsk as part of the 166th Infantry Division .

As part of the army from July 15, 1941 to December 27, 1941.

Repeated the combat path of the division, actually destroyed in the Vyazemsky cauldron in October 1941.

It was officially disbanded on December 27, 1941.

Formed in October 1943.

The division included the 171st and 205th anti-aircraft batteries, each of four 37mm guns and the 172nd anti-aircraft battery of four 25mm guns.

As part of the army from November 4, 1943 to May 9, 1945.

From the moment of formation, the division was defended by Port Vladimir , later it was redeployed and on May 9, 1945 the division was deployed on the island of Kildin . ^[2]

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