17th Guards Cavalry Division

The division was formed in 1920 as the 7th Turkestan Cavalry Brigade (the former 1st Turkestan Cavalry Brigade deployed from the 1st Orenburg Labor Cossacks Cavalry Regiment .).

In 1920, she participated in battles on the Eastern Turkestan and Trans-Caspian fronts, in 1921 - in the elimination of the Basmachi gangs of the Emir of Bukhara, Ibrahim-bek, in the Baysun , Dyushanbe ( Dushanbe ) Alim Pasha and others in the Samarkand region (January - April 1923) , in Western Bukhara (July - September 1923), in the Termez-Sharabad region (December 1923), in the Surkhan-Darya Valley (1925), in the Karakum operation (June - July 1926), against Djunaid Khan in Turkmenistan (October . - Dec. 1927), detachments that crossed from Afghanistan in the Aivarga region (May 1930), in operations against Ibrahim-bek and his capture (May - June 1931). By a decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces dated 05.11.1931, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .

By order of the SAVO troops No. 236/112 of September 27, 1932, the 7th Turkestan separate cavalry brigade was reorganized into the 7th Turkestan mountain cavalry division .

Since 1935 - the 7th Tajik Mountain Cavalry Division .

Noting the outstanding revolutionary achievements of the 7th Turkestan Red Banner Cavalry Mountain Division in the struggle for the creation and strengthening of Soviet power in Tajikistan, its active participation in the socialist construction of the republic, great achievements in the cultivation and military-technical and political training of national Tajik personnel, Central Executive The Committee of the USSR in connection with the 15th anniversary of the division decides: 1. To rename the 7th Turkestan Red Banner Cavalry Mountain Division into the 7th Tajik K asnoznamennuyu mountain cavalry division. 2. To award the division with the Order of Lenin. Chairman of the CEC of the USSR SS Petrovsky. Secretary of the CEC of the USSR I. Akulov. Moscow Kremlin. September 17, 1935

- No. 2xx of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of September 18, 1935

By order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 072 of May 21, 1936, the 7th Turkestan Order of Lenin, the Red Banner Cavalry Division, was renamed the 20th Tajik Mountain Cavalry Order of Lenin, the Red Banner Division .

By order of the USSR NCO of July 16, 1940 No. 0150, the 20th Tajik Mountain Cavalry Red Banner Division was renamed the 20th Mountain Cavalry Red Banner Order of the Lenin Division ^[1] .

Entered the Great Patriotic War as the 20th Mountain Cavalry Division.

During the war years

At the end of October 1941, the 20th Mountain Cavalry Division was redeployed from the Central Asian Military District to the Western Front.

On October 25, 1941, the division entered the battle of Moscow. By the Directive of the Supreme High Command Headquarters of November 12, 1941 from 12:00 on November 12, the 20th Mountain Cavalry Division in the Solnechnogorsk region was transferred from the reserve of the Supreme High Command to the Western Front. On November 14, 1941, the 20th Mountain Cavalry Division was transferred from the reserve of the Western Front to the 16th Army.

The division operated in the Solnechnogorsk direction.

At 9.30 a.m. on November 18, 1941, the division reached the Medvedkovo-Pristanino-Aksenovo line, where it took up defense. On November 19, 1941, the division entered the battle in the wedge direction. In subsequent battles, the division reflected the advance of the superior forces of the Nazi forces in the areas of Solnechnogorsk and Kryukovo station. On November 19, 1941, the division, together with the 8th Guards Rifle Division, fought stubborn battles with the enemy at the Medvedkovo-Aksenovo line. On the morning of November 21, 1941, the division fought with the enemy at the Filatovo-Kadnikovo-Savino line. On November 22, 1941, the division knocked out an enemy counterattack from the Nagovo area, held the Nagovo-Savino line.

On December 1, 1941, the division became part of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, Major General L. M. Dovator.

On December 1, 1941, the division, together with the 4th Guards Cavalry Division, concentrated in the Kazaryevo-Dzhunkovka area.

On December 2, 1941, the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps was withdrawn to the army reserve. Participating in a counteroffensive near Moscow, the division fought in the areas of Istra, Apalshchina, Kubinka, Gorbovo and other areas.

On December 11, 1941, the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps of General L. M. Dovator, transferred from the 16th Army (the 3rd and 4th Guards and 20th Cavalry Divisions), was introduced into the breakthrough and hit the rear of Istra enemy groupings promoted the advance of the right flank of the army in the direction of Ruza.

On December 30, 1941, the division concentrated in the Karabuzino area as part of the 16th Army.

In January 1942, the 20th Mountain Cavalry Division was reorganized into the 20th Cavalry Division .

In August 1942, as part of the 20th Army, the division participated in the Rzhev-Sychev offensive operation . Subsequently, she made bold raids on enemy rear in the areas of the cities of Gzhatsk, Sychevka, Rzhev, and Bely. From November 1942 to January 1943, cavalrymen raided German rear to a depth of 380 km.

In February-March 1943, instead of the 20th Cavalry Division during the Sevsk offensive operation of the Central Front, the 7th Division, which arrived with the 19th Corps from the Far East, operated as part of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps.

In the 1st half of 1943, the division was consistently in the reserve of a number of fronts and the Supreme Command.

At the end of July 1943, the division was transferred to the Western Front (transferred to the Bryansk Front on July 30) and successfully conducted combat operations north of the city of Karachev and in the Dyatkovo direction during the Oryol offensive.

In September - early October 1943, as part of the 50th Army, then the front-line mobile group under the command of Lieutenant General M.I. Kazakov, and from September 30 - the 63rd Army, the division participated in the Bryansk offensive operation.

On September 18, 1943, the 20th Cavalry Division was transformed into the 17th Guards Cavalry Division for the difference in the battles during the crossing of the Desna River . .New numbering of units of the division was assigned on October 20, 1943.

October 20, 1943, cavalry guards of the division crossed the Dnieper River near the town of Loyev .

In November 1943, the division participated in the Gomel-Rechitsa offensive operation.

In January - February 1944, the division participated in the Kalinkovich-Mozyr offensive operation.

In July - August 1944, the division conducted offensive battles in the Lublin-Brest operation of the 1st Belorussian Front, during which July 22 crossed the Western Bug River in the area of Wlodawa and entered Poland.

On July 24, 1944, the division participated in the liberation of the city of Lukov ( Lukow ), and on July 31 - the city of Siedlec ( Siedlce ).

On August 12, 1944, the regiments were awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for the exemplary fulfillment of command tasks during the crossing of the Western Bug River and the capture of the cities of Lukov and Siedlec.

In the Warsaw-Poznan operation, the regiment, acting from the Magnuszew bridgehead, successfully advanced in the direction of Kutno , Bromberg ( Bydgoszcz ). For the crossing of the Vistula River and the seizure of the cities of Lodz , Kutno , Tomashev , Gastinin , Lynchitsa , the valor and courage shown by the guards cavalry regiments were awarded the Order of Suvorov, 3rd class .

In March 1945, the division participated in the destruction of the East Pomeranian enemy group.

In the Berlin offensive operation, the division crossed the Spree River twice and on April 25, together with other units, captured the important stronghold on the southeastern approaches to Berlin - the city of Shtorkov . On May 3, 1945, with battles, the division reached the eastern bank of the Elbe River near the city of Vilsnak , where it met Victory Day.

After the war

On October 13, 1945, by Ordinance of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces of October 13, 1945 No. Org / 1/600, the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps was disbanded. By December 1, 1945, according to the order of the NPO of the USSR No. 0013 dated 06/10/1945, the 17th Guards Cavalry Mozyr of the Orders of Lenin, Suvorov and Kutuzov was transformed into the 28th Guards Mechanized Division , which included, folded into regiments, the former 3rd I, 4th and 17th guards cavalry divisions of the corps.

By a Directive of the General Staff of October 13, 1945, the 90th Guards Mechanized Regiment (formerly the 59th Guards Cavalry Regiment ) inherited the honorary name of the 17th Guards Cavalry Division - Mozyrskaya and its orders: Lenin, Suvorov 2nd class and Kutuzov 2nd class The 59th Guards Cavalry Mozyr Order of Lenin became known as the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment

The 28th Guards Mechanized Division received the honorary name Pomeranian and the Order of the Red Banner and Suvorov from the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps, and the 28th Guards Mechanized Pomeranian Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division became known. In 1957, the 28th Guards Mechanized Division was reorganized into the 40th Guards Tank Pomeranian Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division .

Facts

In the post-war period, the 291th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment was formed as part of the 26th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the 11th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Baltic Military District, to which the awards of the 61st Guards Cavalry Regiment were awarded the Order of Suvorov, 3rd class and the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

As part of the army,

• from 11/26/1941 to 02/16/1942
• from 07/17/1942 to 01/23/1943
• from 02/12/1943 to 04/30/1943
• from 07/18/1943 to 05/09/1945

List No. 6 : Cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions, which were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Pokrovsky A.P. - M .: Ministry of Defense, 1965. - 77 p.

17th Guards Cavalry Mozyr Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division

• 35th Guards Cavalry Sedletsky ^[2] Red Banner Orders of the Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment (former 22nd Cavalry Regiment);
• 59th Guards Cavalry Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment (former 103rd Cavalry Regiment);
• 61st Guards Cavalry Orders of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment (former 124th Cavalry Regiment);
• 250th Guards Artillery and Mortar Double Red Banner Regiment (1659 artillery and mortar regiment);
• 189th Tank Red Banner Regiment (from July 18, 1943);
• 38th separate guards air defense division (474 ​​separate air defense battalion, anti-aircraft battery);
• 250th Guards Artillery Park;
• 21st Separate Guards Engineer Squadron (7th Separate Engineer Squadron);
• 20th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Squadron;
• 19th Separate Guard Communications Squadron (27 separate communications half-squadrons);
• 18th Separate Guards Platoon of Chemical Defense;
• 16th Separate Health Squadron;
• 15th separate food transport.
• 14th separate platoon of fuel and lubricants;
• 5th pontoon-oars park;
• 313rd field automobile bakery;
• 20th Division Veterinary Hospital;
• 211st Field Post Station
• 225th box office of the State Bank

List No. 6 : Cavalry, tank, airborne divisions and directorates of artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, mortar, aviation and fighter divisions, which were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Pokrovsky A.P. - M .: Ministry of Defense, 1965. - 77 p. -

20 cavalry division:

• It was part of the Turkestan Front, from June 1926 - SAVO (division headquarters - the cities of Samarkand , Old Bukhara , from 1932 - Stalinabad ).
• from 11.26.1941 to 02.16.1942 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps

17th Guards Cavalry Division:

• 10/01/1943 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - Bryansk Front
• on 01/01/1943 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 65th Army - Belorussian Front
• 12/01/1943 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 61st Army - Belorussian Front
• 01.01.1944 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 61st Army - Belorussian Front
• 02/01/1944 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 61st Army - Belorussian Front
• 03/01/1944 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 61st Army - 2nd Belorussian Front
• 04/01/1944 - 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 2nd Belorussian Front
• from 05/01/1944 until the end of the war - the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps - 1st Belorussian Front .

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division commander

• 02.13.1938 - ??. 01.1941 Shapkin Timofey Timofeevich , Lieutenant General
• 01/17/1941 - 11/28/1941 Stavenkov Anatoly Vasilievich, Colonel
• 11/29/1941 - 12/18/1941 Tavliev Mikhail Petrovich, lieutenant colonel
• 12/19/1941 - 03/20/1942 Arsenyev Evgeny Petrovich, Colonel
• 03/21/1942 - 10/13/1945 Kursakov Pavel Trofimovich , Colonel, from 22/22/1943 Major General

•   Order of the Red Banner - awarded by Decree of the CEC of the USSR of November 05, 1931;
•   Order of Lenin - awarded by Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of September 20, 1935 in connection with the 15th anniversary of the division;
•   "Guards" - an honorary title awarded by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR on September 18, 1943 for distinction in battles during the crossing of the Desna River . The 20th Cavalry Division was transformed into the 17th Guards Cavalry Division;
• "Mozyr" - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 07 of January 15, 1944 - for the difference in battles with the German invaders and the liberation of the cities of Mozyr and Kalinkovichi
•   The Order of Suvorov, 2nd class, was awarded by decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces of February 19, 1945 - for exemplary performance of command tasks in battles with the German invaders, for the capture of the cities: Lodz , Kutno , Tomaszow (Romashov), Gostynin , Lenchitsa and the valor and courage shown at the same time ;
•   Order of Kutuzov II degree - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces of April 26, 1945 - for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with German invaders in the capture of the cities of Stargard , Naugard , Poltsin and the valor and courage shown.

Several thousand soldiers were awarded orders and medals, 13 were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union ^[4] .

Awarded at least the following orders of the USSR:

• Order of Lenin - 13
• Order of the Red Banner - 90
• Order of Suvorov I degree - 1
• Order of Kutuzov II degree - 1
• Order of Suvorov III degree - 9
• Order of Kutuzov III degree - 4
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky III degree - 10
• Order of Alexander Nevsky - 23
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree - 184
• орден Отечественной войны II степени — 321
• орден Красной Звезды — 961
• орден Славы I степени — 1
• орден Славы II степени- 25
• орден Славы III степени — 508

(Данные о награждениях взяты из приказов 17 гвардейской кавалерийской дивизии, 2 гвардейского кавалерийского корпуса, 61 армии,Западного и Брянского фронтов, Белорусского , 1 Белорусского и 2 Белорусского фронтов, указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР, размещенных на сайте "Электронный банк документов «Подвиг народа в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг» Министерства обороны РФ).

  Герои Советского Союза:

• гвардии сержант Ахмедов, Фатулла , командир расчёта противотанкового ружья 61 гвардейского кавалерийского полка
• гвардии красноармеец Воронцов, Александр Никифорович , пулеметчик 59 гвардейского кавалерийского полка
• гвардии подполковник Гладков, Василий Дмитриевич , командир 35 гвардейского кавалерийского полка
• гвардии подполковник Кратов, Дмитрий Николаевич , командир 250 гвардейского артиллерийско-миномётного полка.
• гвардии капитан Лямин , командир батареи 250 гвардейского артиллерийско-миномётного полка.
• младший лейтенант Никандров, Василий Никандрович , командир взвода 189 танкового полка. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 24 марта 1945 года. Звание присвоено посмертно.
• гвардии старший сержант Плеханов, Николай Алексеевич , механик-водитель 189 танкового полка. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 31 мая 1945 года.
• гвардии красноармеец Попов, Иван Михайлович , наводчик орудия 35 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 31 мая 1945 года.
• гвардии лейтенант Распопов, Пётр Михайлович , командир взвода 59 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 31 мая 1945 года.
• гвардии лейтенант Савостин, Константин Дмитриевич , командир взвода 35 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 24 марта 1945 года. Звание присвоено посмертно.
• гвардии красноармеец Силаев, Иван Сергеевич , сабельник 61 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.
• гвардии капитан Слободян, Митрофан Лукьянович , партийный организатор 59 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.
• гвардии сержант Тихомиров, Степан Михайлович , командир пулемётного расчёта 61 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.

  Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. ^[5]

• Загузин, Семён Спиридонович , гвардии сержант, командир пулемётного расчёта 35 гвардейского кавалерийского полка. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 24.03.1945 года.

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