2nd Rifle Corps - combined-arms operational - tactical formation ( rifle corps ) of the Red Army of the USSR .
 2nd Rifle Corps | |
| Type of: | rifle |
| Type of army: | land |
| Number of formations: | 2 |
| In the army: | 13th army 20th Army |
| Commanders | |
| Ermakov, Arkady Nikolaevich | |
| Combat operations | |
| 1941: Cross-border battle in Belarus | |
Content
History
Formed in September 1922 in Moscow as the 2nd Army Corps on the basis of orders to the Moscow Military District troops No. 740/184 of June 10, 1922, No. 920/236 of July 18, 1922, No. 1133/388 of September 12, 1922. By order of the MBO troops No. 297 dated March 8, 1923 it was renamed the 2nd Rifle Corps [1]
He was a member of the Moscow Military District : Moscow (June 1922-1936), BVI (1936 - July 1938), Kalinin Military District : Kalinin , Velikiye Luki (July 1938 - July 1940), Pribovo : Libava , Karya-Ost, Dvinsk (July 1940 - April 1941). By June 1941 - as part of the Western Special Military District .
In the army from June 22, 1941 to August 20, 1941 .
According to pre-war plans [2] , the corps’s command stationed in Minsk was to be redeployed to Bielsk in the Bialystok ledge , where the 113th and 49th rifle divisions were to enter the new corps. Also , the 13th mechanized corps had to obey him before the arrival of the 13th Army , which both corps were supposed to be part of.
On June 22, 1941, the headquarters of the corps, without subordinate rifle units, returned from headquarters exercises in the Białystok region [3] . All corps units were stationed in Minsk, excluding the 151st corps artillery regiment , which was located in Zdanovichi . Upon arrival in Minsk, the 100th (since June 25, 1941) and 161st (since June 26, 1941) rifle divisions were included in the corps. [4] The corps was subordinated to the 13th Army of the Western Front
On the evening of June 25, 1941, the 100th Infantry Division, reinforced by the 151st Corps Artillery Regiment, advanced to the area north of Minsk , with the goal of covering the Minsk - Borisov highway from the north. The 161st Infantry Division remained in reserve near Minsk. On the morning of June 26, 1941, on a march, the division suffered losses from an airstrike, and failed to reach the designated positions. Nevertheless, units of the division entered the battle with units of the 7th Panzer Division , and retained their positions. But the main enemy forces bypassed the division from the open right flank and rushed to the highway. On June 27, 1941, the 100th Rifle Division was no longer attacked from the north-facing front, and it counterattacked with the regiment of the 161st Rifle Division for two days in the east direction in the area of Roevichi, Gorodok, Oshmyantsy, the German group, which left to the highway. [4] . On June 28, 1941, the enemy began to attack the right flank of the corps and on June 29, 1941, the corps connections, although they were unable to stop the ring closure around Minsk, they managed to get out of the ring formed around the corps, move to the southeast, and take positions at the Topilovo line, Volma, Smilovichi , having open his right flank. [5] . At the same time, fuel, ammunition and food were exhausted in the building. [6] On June 30, 1941, the corps was tasked with attacking the enemy and reaching the border of Ostroshitsky Gorodok, Papernya, Oshmyantsy, Zarechye. [7] However, the command allowed the withdrawal of the corps in the event of the advance of superior enemy forces at the Maly Stakhov, Slobodka border. And so it happened, by the end of the day on June 29, 1941, the corps occupied the Pekalin -Smilovichi-Kravcha line and suffered serious losses during the retreat. On June 30, 1941, the corps received an order to withdraw and organize defense along the Kurgan-Dubrovo-Cherven line, where the corps entered July 1, 1941. On the same day, the corps received a directive to withdraw by the morning of July 3, 1941 beyond Berezina . The corps retreated with battles, waged heavy battles for the crossings on the Berezina, but Chernyavka could not keep them. On July 4, 1941, the corps was reassigned to the command of the 20th Army and on that day was able to cross to the eastern bank of the river. On the night of July 5, 1941, after regrouping, the corps went over to the defense along the eastern coast of the Berezina at the Chernyavka-Zhurovka-Brodets front. [8] . On July 6 and 7, 1941, the corps successfully repelled weak enemy attacks, but on July 8, 1941, being covered from the flanks, it began to retreat to the Drut River. By July 10, 1941, the corps was driven back beyond the Dnieper in the Kopysya area, withdrew from the front line for the front line to the Suitcases area, and regrouped. On July 12, 1941, the corps was assigned the task, together with the 1st Motorized Rifle Division [9], to push the enemy back over the Dnieper . However, the blow failed, and opposite the counterattack, Soviet troops were driven back. On July 13, 1941, the remnants of the corps fought in the Gorky area and continued to hold onto the enemy, gradually retreating in the direction of the Monastery . During these battles, the corps was encircled in the Sakharovka region and withdrew from the encirclement. Since July 24, 1941, the corps administration, together with the 161st Infantry Division, has been withdrawn from combat and sent for reconstruction in the Gzhatsk region.
In the early days of August, the corps received the status of a separate one and became part of the Reserve Front , uniting the 258th , 280th and 290th rifle divisions, the 753rd and 761st artillery regiments of the PTO; also included the 151st corps artillery regiment
On August 16, 1941, the corps administration turned to the formation of the 50th Army .
Battle
| date | Front | Army | In composition (shooting) | Other parts, including dowels | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/22/1941 | Western front | - | 100th Infantry Division , 161st Infantry Division | 151st corps artillery regiment , 86th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion , 5th separate combat engineer battalion , 10th separate communication battalion | |
| 07/01/1941 | Western front | 13th army | 100th Infantry Division , 161st Infantry Division | 151st corps artillery regiment , 86th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion , 5th separate combat engineer battalion , 10th separate communication battalion | |
| 07/10/1941 | Western front | 20th Army | 100th Infantry Division , 161st Infantry Division | 151st corps artillery regiment , 86th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion , 5th separate combat engineer battalion , 10th separate communication battalion | |
| 08/01/1941 | Western front | 19th Army | 50th Infantry Division 161st Infantry Division | 151st corps artillery regiment , 86th separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion , 5th separate combat engineer battalion , 10th separate communication battalion |
Corps commanders
- Reliable, Dmitry Nikolaevich (from 19.10.1922 to 1923) [10]
- Belov, Ivan Panfilovich (until 1925) [11]
- Fedko, Ivan Fedorovich (November 1925 - February 1927) [11]
- Putna, Vitovt Kazimirovich (February - June 1927) [11]
- Sokolov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (comcor) (1927 - October 1928) [11]
- Levichev, Vasily Nikolaevich (October 1928 - September 1929) [11]
- Kutyakov, Ivan Semenovich (April 1931 - December 1935) [11]
- Zyuz-Yakovenko, Yakov Ivanovich (February 1936 - June 1937) [11] , division
- Smirnov, Ilya Kornilovich (June - December 1937) [12]
- Kuznetsov, Vasily Ivanovich (March - July 1938) [12]
- Bakunin, Fedor Alekseevich (February - October 1939) [13]
- Morozov, Vasily Ivanovich (October 1939 - July 1940) [12]
- Ermakov, Arkady Nikolaevich (from July 29, 1940 to August 29, 1941), Major General [14] [15]
Notes
- ↑ Central State Archive of the Soviet Army (since June 1992 the Russian State Military Archive). In two volumes. Volume 2. Guide. 1993 Archived October 17, 2013.
- ↑ Directive of the General Staff of the Red Army of 1941 No. 503859 / ss / s.
- ↑ Beginning of the war from the journal of operations of the Western Special District | Public Organization of Veterans (Disabled) of the War and Military Service of the Republic of Tatarstan
- ↑ 1 2 Alexey Isaev. The battle for Minsk. Attempts to counter the Goth group. Unknown 1941. Blitzkrieg stopped. Russian history. Library
- ↑ Operational report of the headquarters of the Western Front No. 10 by 20 hours on June 29, 1941 on the progress of military operations of the front troops
- ↑ Combat report of the commander of the 2nd Rifle Corps No. 2 dated June 28, 1941 to the commander of the troops of the Western Front on the fighting of the corps Archived on August 22, 2013.
- ↑ Combat order of the commander of the 13th Army No. 2 dated June 29, 1941 TO the defense of the Minsk fortified area Archived on August 18, 2013.
- ↑ Operational report of the headquarters of the Western Front No. 21 at 8 p.m. July 5, 1941 on combat operations of the troops of the Front Archived on September 17, 2013.
- ↑ Combat reports for July 11, 1941
- ↑ Soloviev D. Yu. All generals of Stalin. - M., 2019 .-- ISBN: 9785532106444. - S.62-63.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cherushev N.S. , Cherushev Yu.N. The executed elite of the Red Army (commanders of the 1st and 2nd ranks, comcor, divisional commanders and their equal): 1937-1941. Biographical Dictionary. - M .: Kuchkovo field; Megapolis, 2012 .-- 496 p. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0217-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Command and commanding staff of the Red Army in 1940-1941: Structure and personnel of the central apparatus of the NPO of the USSR, military districts and combined arms armies: Documents and materials / Ed. V.N. Kuselenkova. - M. - St. Petersburg. : Summer Garden , 2005 .-- 272 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-94381-137-0 .
- ↑ Collective of authors . World War II: Comcor. Military Biographical Dictionary / Edited by M. G. Vozhakin . - M .; Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Field, 2006. - T. 1. - 672 p. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
- ↑ Command of the corps and divisions of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 .. - M .: Edition of the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze, 1964.
- ↑ The command staff of the Red Army
Links
- The combat structure of the Soviet Army
- List No. 4 of the departments of the corps that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
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