The 97th Guards Rifle Poltava Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Bogdan of the Khmelnytsky Division (later the Guards Mechanized Brigade ) is the rifle division of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the military unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
| 97th Guards Rifle Poltava Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan of Khmelnytsky Division ( 97th Guards SD ) | |
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| Honorary Items | "Poltava" |
| Troops | land |
| Type of army | infantry |
| Formation | May 4, 1943 |
| Predecessor | 343rd Infantry Division (1st formation) |
| Successor | 97th Separate Guarded Mechanized Poltava Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Bogdan of the Khmelnitsky Brigade |
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It was formed on the basis of the 343rd Infantry Division of the 1st formation .
Content
History
1943 - 1991
It was created on May 4, 1943 by renaming the 343rd Infantry Division of the 1st formation. In her new capacity she participated in battles for Poltava [1] . In commemoration of the liberation of Poltava by decree of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of September 23, 1943, No. 22 was awarded the honorary name "Poltava" [2] . As part of the 5th Guards Army, she participated in battles on the Kursk Bulge , the liberation of the Left-Bank Ukraine , Kirovograd , Uman-Botoshansk , Lviv-Sandomir , Sandomierz-Silesia , Lower Silesia , Upper Silesia , Berlin and Prague . [1] . The war ended as part of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps . For military merits, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the orders of Suvorov 2nd degree and Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree. About 8 and a half thousand of its soldiers were awarded orders and medals, 12 were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union [1] .
In the post-war period, it remained a rifle force, and in 1957 it was reorganized into a motorized rifle division, retaining the regiments of the Great Patriotic War. [3] . At the beginning of 1991 she was headquartered in Slavut as part of the 13th separate Red Banner Army of the Carpathian Military District . The division had a reduced T-72 tank fleet, one of the three motorized rifle regiments was equipped with an armored personnel carrier, the rest had no armored vehicles. Artillery was represented by mortars, MLRS and 84 self-propelled artillery mounts [3] .
After 1991
After the independence of Ukraine, the division became part of the armed forces of Ukraine .
After the creation of the Western Operational Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 1997, the division was reorganized into the 97th separate mechanized Poltava Order of the Red Banner, Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade with all the previously awarded honorary names and state awards [4] .
On October 30, 2004, in connection with organizational and staffing measures, the 97th separate mechanized brigade (military unit A-1766) was disbanded [5] .
Battle
As of 1943-1945
[6] | As of 1991
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Periods of joining the army
- July 10, 1943 - June 25, 1944
- July 13, 1944 - May 11, 1945
Division commanders during World War II
- Guard Major General Usenko, Matvey Alekseevich (05/04/1943 - 05/12/1943, died 05/12/1943)
- Guard Colonel Kashlyaev, Vasily Yakovlevich (05/13/1943 - 05/30/1943),
- Guard Colonel Antsiferov, Ivan Ivanovich (06/01/1943 - 04/19/1944, from September 25, 1943, Major General),
- Guard Lieutenant Colonel Lashkov, Mikhail Ivanovich (04/20/1944 - 05/22/1944),
- Guard Major General Ivan Antsiferov (05/23/1944 - 10/08/1944),
- Guard Colonel Golub, Efrem Mikhailovich (10/09/1944 - 12/28/1944),
- Guard Colonel Garan, Anton Prokofievich (12/29/1944 - 05/11/1945).
Division Awards
- May 4, 1943 - Guards - an honorary title was awarded by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 202 of May 4, 1943 [8] for the courage shown in battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for stamina, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel;
- September 23, 1943 - “Poltava” - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief for the difference in battles with the German invaders during the liberation of the city of Poltava ;
- ? - Order of the Red Banner - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary performance of the combat missions of command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time;
- January 1944 - Order of Suvorov II degree - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders, the liberation of the city of Kirovograd [8] and the valor and courage shown at the same time;
- ? - Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary performance of the combat missions of command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and courage shown.
Division Awards:
- 289th Guards Rifle Wislen [9] Order of Kutuzov Regiment,
- 292nd Guards Rifle Order of the Red Star Regiment,
- 294th Guards Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment,
Distinguished Warriors
Heroes of the Soviet Union: [10]
- Ageev, Filipp Pavlovich , guard foreman, commander of a fire platoon of the 292nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Vishnevsky, Mikhail Grigoryevich , Guard Major, battalion commander of the 292nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Zhezhere, Alexander Efimovich , guard sergeant, machine-gun commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Koryachko, Karp Dmitrievich , guard captain, commander of a machine gun company of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Marinich, Ivan Ivanovich , guards senior sergeant, gun commander of the 76-mm gun battery of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Nasardinov, Gafar Nazarovich , guard senior lieutenant, commander of a rifle company of the 294th guards rifle regiment.
- Naumenko, Yuri Andreyevich , guard lieutenant colonel, commander of the 289th guards rifle regiment.
- Rozanov, Ivan Grigoryevich , Guard Major, commander of the 232nd Guards Artillery Regiment.
- Steblevsky, Alexey Kuzmich , Guard Major, battalion commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Usenko, Ivan Romanovich , Guard Junior Sergeant, machine-gun commander of the 294th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Kharitonov, Alexander Danilovich , guard colonel, commander of the 294th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Shestakov, Aleksei Andreyevich , guards senior lieutenant, commander of a rifle company of the 294th guards rifle regiment.
Knights of the Order of Glory of the Three Degrees [11]
- Akinshin, Alexander Vasilievich , guard junior sergeant , gunner of the battery mortar 120-mm mortars 289 guards rifle regiment
- Afanasyev, Vladimir Andreyevich , guards senior sergeant , calculation commander of the 82-mm mortar of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment
- Vinogradov, Alexander Fedotovich , Guard Senior Sergeant , machine-gun commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Volkov, Vasily Dmitrievich , guard sergeant , commander of the rifle division of the 289th guards rifle regiment.
- Goroshko Ivan Grigoryevich , guard sergeant, commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946. Deprived of all awards for treason. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 30, 1950.
- Daryev, Grigory Nikitovich , guard sergeant , commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Ischenko, Ivan Ilyich , Private Guard, scout of the 294th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Kapustin, Pyotr Efimovich , guard sergeant , mortar calculation commander of the 120 mm mortar battery of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Karpov, Sergei Polikarpovich , Guard Senior Sergeant , 82 mm mortar commander of the 292th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Katana, Ivan Antonovich , private guard, reconnaissance platoon of foot reconnaissance 289 guards rifle regiment.
- Kuzmin, Stepan Alekseevich , guard junior sergeant , division commander of the 100th separate guards reconnaissance company.
- Maksimov, Mikhail Andreevich , guards senior sergeant , calculation commander of the 76 mm gun 104 of the separate guards anti-tank artillery battalion.
- Matroi, Ivan Kupriyanovich , guard sergeant , commander of the rifle division of the 289th guards rifle regiment.
- Migun, Pyotr Semyonovich , guards senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Mutigullin, Abdulla Mutigulovich , guard sergeant, commander of the 292th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Mukhametdyanov, Minkasim , Guard Junior Sergeant, mortar calculation commander of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Nesterenko, Nikolai Dementievich , guard sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 100th separate guards reconnaissance company.
- Sanfirov, Pyotr Pavlovich , guard sergeant, commander of the sapper platoon branch of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Skorobogatko, Vasily Sergeevich , guards senior sergeant, commander of the calculation of 82-mm mortar 292 guards rifle regiment.
- Sterpool, Yakov Logvinovich , privates guards, machine gun 289 guards rifle regiment.
- Tremasov, Pavel Nikolaevich , guard junior sergeant, commander of the 110 separate guards engineer battalion.
- Trofimov, Sergey Petrovich , guard junior sergeant, commander of the calculation of the 82-mm mortar of the 289th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Yurchenko, Fyodor Markovich , guards senior sergeant, commander of the calculation of the 45-mm gun 289 Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Yazov, Alexander Mitrofanovich , guard senior sergeant, commander of a submachine gun company 289 guards rifle regiment.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. - under. ed. N.V. Ogarkova. - Military Publishing House, 1983. - S. 573. - 863 p. - ISBN BBK 68ya2 V63.
- ↑ Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of September 23, 1943 No. 22. Orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union: Collection. - M .: Military Publishing, 1975.S. 46-47. Electronic version on the website of the Mikhail Grachev Library
- ↑ 1 2 97th Guards Motorized Rifle Poltava Red Banner Orders of the Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnytsky Division (Slavuta) on the unofficial website of the 13th Army (unavailable link) . Date of treatment May 10, 2012. Archived October 12, 2011.
- ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine “On streamlining the assignment of honorary titles to military units and institutions” of October 30, 2000 N 1173/2000 (inaccessible link)
- ↑ The Department of Defense is responsible. V. Buffoon. Information resource "Slavuta". 02/15/2004
- ↑ The army. Lists of troops. List No. 5. Rifle, mountain-rifle, motor-rifle and motorized divisions.
- ↑ Lensky A.G., Tsybin M.M. Soviet ground forces in the last year of the USSR. - SPb. : B&K, 2001 .-- S. 143. - 294 p. - 500 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 Historical form of the division
- ↑ Order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 0295 of September 1, 1944
- ↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union. A Brief Biographical Dictionary in two volumes - M .: Military Publishing House, 1987.
- ↑ Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. A Brief Biographical Dictionary - M.: Military Publishing House, 2000.
Literature
- Samchuk I.A. Guards Poltava. - M .: Military Publishing, 1965 .-- 300 p.
- Chuykov V.I. Battle of the century . - M .: Soviet Russia, 1975 .-- 317 p.
- Zhadov A. S. Four years of war . - M .: Military Publishing, 1978.- 334 p.
- Poltava Rifle Division // WWII 1941-1945: Encyclopedia / Editor-in-Chief of the Army General, Professor M. M. Kozlov . - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1985.- P.435