The 3rd Division of the NKVD troops for the protection of railway facilities is a military unit of the NKVD of the USSR before and during the Great Patriotic War .
 3rd Division of the NKVD troops for the protection of railway facilities  | |
| Troops: | NKVD |
| Type of army: | Security troops |
| Formation: | 03/08/1939 |
| Disbanding (transformation): | 02.11.1942 |
| Predecessor: | 4th Railway Brigade of the OGPU [1] |
| Successor: | 24th Division of the NKVD of the USSR on the protection of railways [2] |
| Fighting way | |
| 1941–1942: World War II | |
Content
History
By the Order of the NKVD of the USSR No. 00206, dated March 8, 1939, "On the reorganization of the Office of Border and Internal Troops", the 4th railway brigade of the OGPU troops was reorganized into the 3rd division of the NKVD troops for the protection of railway structures .
The division management and the 73rd regiment were stationed in Mogilev , the 76th regiment in Orsha , the 79th regiment in Bryansk-2 .
As of June 1, 1941, the division strength was 5,513 troops.
On June 22, 1941 the division was stationed:
- Division Management - Mogilev
- 53rd Regiment
- Office shelf - Great Luke
- 1st Company - Great Luke
- 2nd Company - Rzhev
- 3rd Company - Staraya Russa
- Reserve Company - Great Luke
- Regimental school - Great Luke
- Armored train No. 53 (it had a moto armored wagon company) - Velikie Luki, commander, senior lieutenant Lyapin, Vasily Nikolayevich [3]
- 73rd Regiment
- Regiment Office - Mogilyov
- 1st Battalion - Gomel
- 1st company - station Unecha
- 2nd company - Gomel
- 3rd Company - Zhlobin Station
- 2nd Battalion - Mogilev
- 4th Company - Osipovichi Station
- 5th Company - Mogilev
- Reserve company - Mogilyov
- Regimental school - Mogilyov
- Armored train No. 73 - station Mogilyov , commander Major Malyshev, Fedor Dmitrievich (the inaccessible link)
- Company for the protection of the station Resta
- 76th Regiment, Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tronin, Stepan Kapitonovich [4]
- Office shelf - Orsha
- 1st Battalion
- headquarters - Smolensk
- 1st Company - Orsha Station
- 2nd company - station Smolensk
- 3rd Company - Moscow
- The garrison of the railway bridge over the Moscow River at the station Fili .
- 6th Company - Minsk
- Garrison in Minsk for the protection of storerooms branch of the State Bank of the USSR [5] , radio station RV-10;
- The garrison in Smolensk for the protection of storerooms branch of the State Bank of the USSR
- 2nd Battalion
- headquarters - Polotsk
- 4th Company - Polotsk
- 5th Company - Polotsk
- Reserve company - Orsha station
- Regimental School - Minsk
- Armored train number 76 - station Orsha
- 79th Regiment
- Management of the regiment - station Bryansk-2
- 1st Battalion - Bryansk-2 station
- 1st company - station Bryansk-2
- 2nd company - station Kaluga
- 5th Company - Selco
- 2nd Battalion - Konotop
- 3rd company - Konotop station
- 4th Company - Lgov Station
- Reserve company - station Bryansk-2
- Regimental school - station Bryansk-2
- Headquarters of the State Bank - Minsk
- The commandant of the state bank - Smolensk
With the beginning of World War II, the division deployed in wartime states, in Gomel, the 1st battalion of the 73rd regiment was reorganized into the 78th regiment of the NKVD troops for the protection of railway structures, in the Ordzhonikidzegrad, the 79th regiment was reorganized into the 188th regiment of the NKVD troops for the protection of particularly important industrial enterprises, the 33rd separate reserve infantry battalion of the NKVD troops for the protection of railway structures was formed, the 53rd regiment in its composition formed the 1st and 2nd battalions, additionally took under protection 85 facilities on Kalinin railway th road . By order of the NKVD of the USSR No. 31 of 06/26/1941, the division entered into operational subordination to the head of the rear security guard of the Western Front .
The division during the Great Patriotic War performed the tasks of protecting the Western Railway , Kalinin Railway , Moscow-Kiev Railway , Belarusian Railway , road bridges , and the military rear of the Western, Kalininsky , Bryansk fronts. Separate units , subunits , armored trains and sniper division teams took an active part in the hostilities on the Western, Bryansk front, in the defense of Mogilev , in the Moscow battle .
By the beginning of the fighting, the division consisted of armored trains No. 53, No. 58 (former Polish No. 55 "Bartosh Glovatsky"), No. 73 and No. 76. On June 23, 1941, the division commander received a directive from the chief of troops of the NKVD who regulated the new conditions . The main task for them was determined to provide fire support to defending small units. Armored train No. 53 was supposed to cover the Polotsk railway junction , armored train No. 76 went to Molodechno to support the 9th Cavalry Division , No. 73 remained at the Belarus station .
Their combat biography was very short. Within a few days, German dive bombers and tanks destroyed the armored train No. 73, and on the Baranavichy-Poogorel station, German armored train No. 58 was broken by German tanks.
On June 26, 1941, a company of motorcycle armored wagons of the 53rd railway regiment of the NKVD, which had previously been deployed on the Kalininskaya railway, as part of two motorized wagons, arrived in Polotsk to cover the railway junction. On July 10, 1941, one of the moto armored wagons was cut off by the enemy on the stretch of Polota - Dretun . Wehrmacht sappers managed to mine and blow up the railway line. After the ammunition ran out, the team blew up the moto armored wagon.
The armored train No. 76, which survived in the battles on the western border, got to the encirclement near Bryansk. This time he was unlucky: cut off from his troops and sustained heavy damage, he was blown up by his team. Armored train No. 53 died later in the battle at the Tunnel station [6] .
Division in the army from 06/26/1941 to 01/10/1942.
In the period from 09/03/1941 to 11/09/1941, she wore the name of the Directorate of the NKVD troops guarding the rear of the Bryansk Front. Part of the division guarded the military rear of the Bryansk Front (the 53rd regiment — 22A ; the 76th regiment — 20A ; the 78th regiment — 21A ). [7]
Composition
- 53rd Railway Regiment
- 58th Railway Regiment
- 73rd Railway Regiment
- 76th Railway Regiment
- 188th Regiment of the NKVD Troops for the Protection of Particularly Important Industrial Enterprises [8]
Commanders
- Kiselev, Vasily Ivanovich , a brigade commander - (03/08/1939 - 06/22/1941)
- Istomin, Vasily Nikolayevich , Colonel - (06/22/1941 - 02/02/1942)
Notes
- ↑ Formed on 12/21/1932 by order of the OGPU USSR No. 1266 / s. The brigade headquarters was stationed in Kaluga. The brigade included the 7th Kalininsky separate railway battalion of the internal guard of the NKVD of the USSR, the 76th Moscow – Belarus – Baltic railway regiment of the internal guard of the NKVD of the USSR, the 20th railway regiment of the OGPU of the USSR. The brigade performed the tasks of protecting the Kalinin, Moscow – Belarus – Baltic, Western, Moscow – Kiev railways.
- ↑ In the army until 04/01/1944. Disbanded in 1946. After the end of the war, she guarded the Western Railway.
- ↑ After the end of the war he continued his service. In 1954, with the rank of captain, he graduated from the Military Academy of MTO
- ↑ Creator of one of the first registered detachments. The fate is unknown
- ↑ Building destroyed during World War II
- ↑ Drogovoz IG. Fortresses on Wheels: The History of Armored Trains. - Minsk: Harvest, 2002. - 352 p., Il. Circulation 5100 copies. ISBN 985-13-0744-0 .
- The list of directorates, formations, units, subunits and institutions of the NKVD troops that were part of the Army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
- ↑ The troops of the NKGB-NKVD during the Second World War (inaccessible link) . The date of circulation is December 10, 2018. Archived December 25, 2016.