164th Infantry Division (2nd formation)

164th Infantry Division
	164th Infantry Division
	164th Infantry Division
Armed forces	USSR Armed Forces
Type of Armed Forces	land
The type of troops (forces)	infantry
Honorary titles	Vitebsk
Formation	1942 year
Dissolution (transformation)	1945 year
Awards
Continuity
Predecessor	435th Infantry Division
Successor	121st Motor Rifle Division (1957) → 164th Motor Rifle Division (1965)

Not to be confused with the 164th Infantry Division of the 1st formation

The 164th Infantry Division of the 2nd formation is a military unit of the USSR Armed Forces that took part in the Great Patriotic War .

Content

1 History
2 Composition
- 2.1 1945
- 2.2 1990
3 Commanders
4 Superior military units
5 notes
6 References

History

The division was formed from December 19, 1941 to April 18, 1942 in the village of Achit, Sverdlovsk Region ( UrVO ). Until July 1942, did not take part in hostilities, temporarily was part of the 1st reserve and 61st armies .

From July 16 to July 18, 1942, the division was redeployed to the area of the city of Volokolamsk and became part of the 31st Army of the Western Front .

She took part in the 31st army in the first Rzhev-Sychev operation , liberated the city of Zubtsov .

At the end of September 1942 it was withdrawn to the reserve for replenishment, later transferred to the 49th army .

Since April 1943, as part of the 33rd Army .

September 23, 1943 during the Smolensk-Roslavl operation liberated the town of Pochinok .

Between November 1943 and March 1944, she fought in the area of Vitebsk and Orsha as part of the 69th Rifle Corps of the 33rd Army .

On June 26-27, 1944, as part of the 84th Rifle Corps of the 39th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front, the division liberated the city of Vitebsk .

In the winter of 1944–45, as part of the 4th shock army in the Baltic.

In 1957, the division was reorganized into the 121st motorized rifle. In 1965, the number was changed to 164th. ^[one]

Composition

1945

control
531st rifle regiment
620th Infantry Regiment
742th Infantry Regiment
494th artillery regiment
230th separate anti-tank fighter division
244th Separate Reconnaissance Company
186th sapper battalion
213rd separate communications battalion (213th separate communications company)
140th Health Battalion
43rd separate chemical protection company
284th (172nd) motor transport company
448th field bakery
913th Division Veterinary Hospital
1669th Field Post Station
1090th field office of the State Bank

1990

control
227th Motor Rifle Regiment, Yerevan (31 T-72 , 43 BTR-70 , 6 BTR-60 , 3 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K )
344th Motor Rifle Regiment, Yerevan (31 T-72 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 1 BTR-70
349th Motor Rifle Regiment, Sovetashen (31 T-72 , 98 BMP-1 , 7 BRM-1K , 12 2S1 Gvozdika
1361st Motorized Rifle Regiment (without equipment)
117th Separate Tank Battalion, Etchmiadzin (31 T-72 , 4 T-54 , 3 BMP-1 , 1 BRM-1K , 5 BTR-70 )
973th artillery regiment, Balaovit (36 D-30 , 12 BM-21 Grad )
971th anti-aircraft artillery regiment
352nd Separate Missile Division
776th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion, Soviet
591st Separate Communications Battalion, Yerevan
116th Separate Engineering Battalion, Etchmiadzin
630th Separate Chemical Defense Battalion
170th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion
1556th Separate Logistics Battalion
Total: 128 tanks, 120 infantry fighting vehicles, 56 armored personnel carriers, 12 self-propelled guns, 36 guns, 16 mortars, 12 MLRS ^[2]

Commanders

Kasperovich, Peter G. (04/04/1942 - 08/12/1942), Colonel
Tsyganov, Nikolai G. (08/19/1942 - 03/03/1943), Colonel
Revyakin, Vasily Andreevich (01/01/1943 - 01/01/1944), Major General
Sinitsyn, Grigory Ivanovich (01/02/1944 - 01/27/1944), Colonel
Erokhin, Fedor Fedorovich (01/28/1944 - 01/29/1944), lieutenant colonel
Stanovsky, Semyon Ipatievich (01.30.1944 - 02.10.1944), Colonel
Sinitsyn, Grigory Ivanovich (02/11/1944 - 05/09/1945), Colonel

Superior military units

Subordination of the 164th Infantry Division (2nd formation) during the Great Patriotic War ^[3]
date of	Front (district)	Army	Body
01/01/1942	Ural Military District
05/01/1942	Reserve VGK Bet	1st reserve army
08/01/1942 year	Western front	31st Army
10/01/1942	Western front
11/01/1942 years	Western front	49th Army
05/01/1943	Western front	33rd Army
12/01/1943	Western front	33rd Army	65th Rifle Corps
01/01/1944	Western front	33rd Army	69th Rifle Corps
02/01/1944	Western front	33rd Army	65th Rifle Corps
03/01/1944	Western front	33rd Army
04/01/1944	Western front	33rd Army	65th Rifle Corps
05/01/1944	3rd Belorussian Front	39th army	5th Guards Rifle Corps
07/01/1944	1st Baltic Front	39th army	84th Rifle Corps
08/01/1944	3rd Belorussian Front	39th army	84th Rifle Corps
09/01/1944	1st Baltic Front	43rd army	84th Rifle Corps
10/01/1944	1st Baltic Front	4th strike army	84th Rifle Corps
02/01/1945	1st Baltic Front	6th Guards Army	84th Rifle Corps
03/01/1945	2nd Baltic Front	10th Guards Army	84th Rifle Corps
04/01/1945	Leningrad Front	6th Guards Army	84th Rifle Corps
05/01/1945	Leningrad Front	4th strike army	84th Rifle Corps

Notes

↑ Feskov V.I., Golikov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Slugin S.A. Armed Forces of the USSR after the Second World War: from the Red Army to the Soviet. Part 1: Ground Forces. - T .: Tomsk University Press, 2013 .-- S. 166. - 640 p. - ISBN 978-5-89503-530-6 .
↑ Lensky A.G., Tsybin M.M. Soviet ground forces in the last year of the USSR. - SPb. : B&K, 2001 .-- S. 199. - 294 p. - 500 copies.
↑ 164th Infantry Division of the 1941 formation

Links

[1] Feskov V.I., Golikov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Slugin S.A. Armed Forces of the USSR after the Second World War: from the Red Army to the Soviet. Part 1: Ground Forces. - T .: Tomsk University Press, 2013 .-- S. 166. - 640 p. - ISBN 978-5-89503-530-6 .

[2] Lensky A.G., Tsybin M.M. Soviet ground forces in the last year of the USSR. - SPb. : B&K, 2001 .-- S. 199. - 294 p. - 500 copies.

[3] 164th Infantry Division of the 1941 formation