46th Guards Rifle Division

The 46th Guards Rifle Division dates back to the 174th Rifle Division (2nd formation) , formed in 1942.

Battle Path

For the courage shown in the battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for stamina, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel on October 10, 1942 it was transformed into the 46th Guards Rifle Division ^[1] .

The division became part of the 3rd strike army , received the rank of guards all regiments of the division: the 508th regiment became the 135th guards, the 494th - 139th, the 628th - 141st, 730th - 97th guards artillery regiment.

For successful actions during the capture of Korotoyak, a significant part of the personnel of the compound was awarded government orders and medals. On the occasion of the successful implementation of the Korotoyak operation, the division was visited by the front commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union N.F. Vatutin, and congratulated on the great success. He heartily congratulated Colonel Karapetyan and requested that the division be awarded the honorary title of the guard. The division commander, Colonel S.I. Karapetyan, was presented for awarding the Order of Kutuzov II degree, he was awarded the military rank of Major General .

Since November 1942, the division as part of the 5th Rifle Corps takes part in battles in the Velikiye Luki , Nevel area .

The division participated in the liberation of Latvia .

The division ended the war as part of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps of the 6th Guards Army of the Leningrad Front, blocking the Kurland group of enemy troops in the Priekule area.

In July 1945, the 46th Guards Rifle Red Banner Division was disbanded.

• 135th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 139th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 141st Guards Rifle Regiment
• 97th Guards Artillery Regiment
• 51st Separate Guards Anti-Tank Fighter Division
• 42nd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company
• 50th Separate Guard Engineer Battalion
• 68th Separate Guard Communications Battalion
• 522nd Separate Health Battalion
• 48th Separate Guards Chemical Defense Company
• 606th (47th) motor transport company
• 636th (52nd) field bakery
• 639th (45th) division veterinary infirmary
• 1526th Field Post Station
• 1416th box office of the State Bank

• Since November 1942, the division was part of the 5th Rifle Corps .
• In 1945, as part of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps of the 6th Guards Army of the Leningrad Front.

The division was commanded by:

• Major General Karapetyan, Sergei Isaevich , May 4, 1942 - February 7, 1944;
• Major General Nekrasov, Ivan Mikhailovich , February 8 - May 15, 1944;
• Colonel Vasiliev, Kuzma Andreevich , May 16 - November 22, 1944;
• Major General Savchuk, Valery Ivanovich , November 23, 1944 - after May 19, 1945.

Division Chief of Staff:

• Guard Colonel Kotik, Boris Lvovich - November 1944 - after May 19, 1945

The regiments of the division were commanded

135th Guards Rifle Regiment:

• Shaplyuk Feodosiy Grigoryevich (03/28/1943 - 03/04/1944), suspended (?);
• Petushkov Nikolai Ivanovich (12/00/1943 - 04/04/1944) (?);
• Bogdanov Mikhail Dmitrievich (04/04/1944 - 05/12/1944), wounded;
• Kapustin Alexander Semenovich (05/23/1944 - 06/15/1944);
• Koshelev Nikolay Alexandrovich (08/09/1944 - 02/01/1945);
• Baidak Anton Nikiforovich (02/01/1945 - 02/01/1945);
• Tochilkin Mikhail Gavrilovich (02/03/1945 - 07/13/1945);
• Korenevsky Nikolay Alexandrovich (10.19.1945 - 05.17.1946).

139th Guards Rifle Regiment:

• Abilov Imanhan Shirmammedovich (12/05/1942 - 05/12/1944), three times wounded;
• Dobzhikov Fedor Lvovich (10/10/1942 - 02/07/1944), wounded;
• Mikhailov Mikhail Maksimovich (02.14.1944 - ??. 05.1944), suspended;
• Zorin Vladimir Alexandrovich (05/18/1944 - 05/23/1944);
• Tarasov Vasily Vasilyevich (from 05.23.1944);
• Kruglikov Evsei Zinovievich (07.20.1944 - 10.31.1944);
• Vladimirovsky Arkady Naumovich (10/27/1944 - 03/18/1945), died 03/18/1945;
• Sahakyan Gurgen Bakshievich (from 11.22.1944) (?);
• Ozersky Veniamin Markovich (04/23/1945 - 01/31/1946);
• Yaremchuk Methodius Platonovich (from 24.02.1946).

141st Guards Rifle Regiment:

• Romanenko Pavel Viktorovich (04/30/1942 - 08/23/1943);
• Shkurenko Nikolay Ivanovich (07/25/1943 - 12/21/1944), died 12/21/1944;
• Zhdanovich Ivan Alekseevich (08/12/1943 - 10/22/1943);
• Komarov Nikolay Dmitrievich (from 16.09.1943);
• Romanenko Pavel Viktorovich (from 10.22.1943);
• Glemba Nikolai Petrovich (08.16.1944 - 10.10.1944), wounded;
• Ravdo Ivan Ivanovich (10/10/1944 - 01/08/1945);
• Tarasov Vasily Vasilievich (01/08/1945 - 03/06/1945), wounded;
• Pankov Sergey Mikhailovich (02.19.1945 - 03.16.1945), died 03.16.1945;
• Davidenko Vasily Fedorovich (03/28/1945 - 05/08/1945);
• Ponomarev Mikhail Kuzmich (05/08/1945 - 10/06/1945).

97th Guards Artillery Regiment:

•   Guard rank. October 10, 1942. For the courage shown in the battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for perseverance, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel.
•   Order of the Red Banner. For the 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. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 13, 1944.

  Cavaliers of the Order of Glory of three degrees ^[2] .

• Andreev, Konstantin Pavlovich , guard junior sergeant, scout of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Golovlev Sergey Alekseevich , Guard Senior Sergeant, mortar gunner of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Gritsak, Nikolai Ivanovich , guard foreman, commander of the foot reconnaissance platoon division of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment [1]
• Kalayev, Semyon Dzageevich , guards senior sergeant, mortar company calculation commander of the 135th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Kiselev, Trofim Kuzmich , guard junior sergeant, scout of the 42nd separate guards reconnaissance company.
• Kora, Nikolai Vasilievich , Guard Senior Sergeant, assistant commander of a foot reconnaissance platoon of the 139th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Kotov, Vasily Grigoryevich , guard sergeant, platoon commander of the 42nd separate guards reconnaissance company.
• Oreshnikov, Vladimir Mikhailovich , guard sergeant, commander of the calculation of the 45-mm gun of the 141st guards rifle regiment.

• Museum of Military Glory of the 46th Guards Rifle Division and Local History Pokrovskaya Secondary School

• 174th Infantry Division (2nd formation)

• Courland group // Soviet Military Encyclopedia: [In 8 volumes] / Prev. Ch. ed. Commission N.V. Ogarkov .. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1977. - T. 4. - P. 354.

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