86th Infantry Division (1st formation)

The division was deployed in Kazan by order of the troops of the Privolzhsky military district No. 1086/1810 dated May 23, 1922 from the 1st Kazan separate rifle brigade (in turn, formed earlier on the basis of the rifle brigade of the 16th rifle division and the reserve rifle brigade of the city of Saransk ) as 1st Infantry Division . Order RVSR No. 2414/455 of October 18, 1922 she was given the name of the 1st Kazan Infantry Division, in December 1923 was transferred to the territorial position. By order of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR No. 167 of July 29, 1930, the division was given the name of the CEC of the Tatar ASSR. By the order of NKO No. 072 of May 21, 1936, the division was renamed the 86th Kazan Rifle Division named after the Central Election Commission of the Tatar ASSR. On October 3, 1939, the 111th Infantry Division was formed on the basis of the part of the personnel of the division, and the remainder was reorganized into a motorized rifle division. By the order of NKO No. 0150 of July 16, 1940, it was again reformed into a rifle one and renamed into the 86th Kazan Infantry Division named after the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tatar ASSR. ^[one]

She took part in the Winter War , for which she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .

On June 22, 1941, the division was stationed in Ciechanowiec , with the division headquarters located in the defense section of the neighboring left, 113th rifle division , and part of the division were to defend the section Tsekhanovets - Chizhev . All the artillery of the division was at the training camp in Chervon Bor, southwest of Lomza.

As part of the army from June 22, 1941 to September 19, 1941.

June 22, 1941 unleashed hostilities in the entire strip of the division. The 113th Infantry Division was scattered on the march and Tsekhanovets was essentially no one to defend. According to one of the versions, the regimental school of the 330th rifle regiment, divisions of the headquarters of the division and the 96th separate communications battalion defended in Tsekhanovets. According to another version, after shelling the city, the command of the division in a panic left the city. One way or another, Tsekhanovets was lost on the first day of the war, and an unimpeded offensive of the enemy troops began along the left flank of the division. Meanwhile, the division, having managed to occupy the forces of the 169th rifle regiment, the defenses of the 64th fortified area held a defense west of Zambruva. In the afternoon, the 124th Howitzer Artillery Regiment contributed to the defense with fire. At the start of the war, the 330th Infantry Regiment of the division was on the march from Zambruva to Ciechanovec and was hastily transferred to the Chizhev area, where it entered the battle in cooperation with the divisional intelligence officer and the border guards, and on the first day of the war Chizhev kept the defense. However, in the second half of the day, the regiment’s defense was broken through, and by the 330th and 284th infantry regiments a counter-attack was organized, which was unsuccessful. By the evening of June 22, 1941, the battle stopped and late in the evening the division's order to withdraw was received.

The division, in an orderly manner, retired to the line of the Narew River in the Surazh - Lapi area . On June 24, 1941, its positions were subjected to a powerful air and artillery strike and the positions of the division were broken. The enemy rushed to the northeast. On the morning of June 25, 1941, the division was located in the Ukhovo area, Doctors, near the town of Lapa , essentially being surrounded. The only way out for her was through Bialystok . On June 26, 1941, the division went there, leaving a barrier on the Narew, who fought off several attacks and spent all the ammunition, blew up the guns and went east. At the same time, the 330th Infantry Regiment, which was cut off from the division in Narew, was going out independently on the night of June 27, 1941. Along the way, scattered units of the 13th Infantry Division and more than a company of tanks of the 25th Panzer Division joined the regiment. ^[2]

East of Bialystok, the division was hit by an air raid that brought particularly heavy losses to the remnants of both artillery regiments. Ultimately, the remnants of the division were finally destroyed west of the Zelvianka River.

The division was officially disbanded on September 19, 1941.

• 169th Infantry Regiment of the Red Banner
• 284th Infantry Regiment
• 330th Infantry Regiment
• 248th Artillery Regiment
• 383rd Howitzer Artillery Regiment
• 128th Anti-Tank Division
• 342nd separate anti-aircraft division
• 109th reconnaissance battalion
• 120th Separate Sapper Battalion
• 95th separate communications battalion
• 14th Medical Battalion
• 20th motor battalion
• 31st Field Bakery
• 32nd Divisional Repair Shop
• 366th Field Mail Station
• 626th field ticket office of the State Bank

•   Zashibalov, Mikhail Arsentievich , Colonel (from May 14, 1940 to June 30, 1941)

• Bolesov, Ivan Yegorovich , junior commander, tank driver of the 62nd tank regiment.
• Vazetdinov, Gimazetdin Vazetdinovich , junior lieutenant, commander of the company of the 330th Infantry Regiment.
• Grisyuk, Anton Stepanovich , lieutenant, company commander of the 330th Infantry Regiment.
• Dmitriev, Maxim Vasilyevich , foreman, senior tank driver of the 109th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion.
• Dotsenko, Vasily Danilovich , senior political officer, military commissar of the battalion of the 330th rifle regiment.
• Yeliseyev, Alexander Nikolaevich , lieutenant, commander of a platoon of anti-tank guns of the 284th rifle regiment.
• Zashibalov, Mikhail Arsentievich , Colonel, Commander of the 169th Infantry Regiment.
• Ibragimov, Khabibulla Ibrahimovic , junior lieutenant, commander of the artillery battery of the 128th anti-tank battalion.
• Klypin, Nikolai Yakimovich , senior lieutenant, chief of staff of the battalion of the 62nd tank regiment.
• Nigmatullin, Gafiyat Yarmukhametovich , junior political instructor, deputy political instructor of a motorized rifle company.
• Pislegin, Victor Kuzmich , Red Army soldier, tower rifleman of the 62nd tank regiment.
• Puzanov, Lev Illarionovich , senior lieutenant, commander of the 2nd battalion of the 169th rifle regiment.
• Rakhimov, Bakiy , the Red Army man , machine gunner of the 109th reconnaissance battalion.

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