8th Cavalry Corps

Formed in January - June 1942 in the Oryol and Tula regions as the 8th cavalry corps. It included the 21st Mountain Cavalry, 52nd and 55th Cavalry Divisions. After the disbandment of the 52nd Division in March 1942, the 112th Cavalry Division was accepted in the summer and acted in this composition until the end of the war.

As part of the 61st Army , and then the Bryansk Front, he participated in winter and spring battles on the southern flank of the Battle of Moscow.

For the first time, the corps entered the battle with the Nazis on July 2, 1942 on the Bryansk Front, southwest of the city of Yelets .

Subsequently, as part of the troops of the Voronezh and Southwestern Fronts, he participated in battles near Voronezh , Stalingrad , the Middle Don and Donbass, and raided the rear of the Hitler troops.

Immediately after the defeat of the Germans near Stalingrad, in February 1943, the corps, breaking through the front of the Nazis, made a heroic raid on German rear in the Donbass. Bashkir horsemen plunged into the enemy’s location for a hundred kilometers, destroying his manpower, smashing garrisons and headquarters, equipment and communications. ^[one]

Especially successful was the raid behind enemy lines in the Debaltseve area in February 1943. The enemy was dealt significant damage in manpower and military equipment, 1,480 prisoners of war and Soviet citizens were freed. In the southern sector of the front, the Germans managed to repulse the Soviet offensive on the Miuss river line. Cavalry corps that were surrounded in the Debaltseve area after an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the encirclement were forced to surrender. Major General M.D. Borisov, a wounded corps commander, was also captured.

On February 14, 1943, the corps was transformed into the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps , and its divisions into the 14th, 15th and 16th Guards, for the exemplary fulfillment of command tasks, courage and heroism of personnel in the battles near Stalingrad .

The war ended as the 7th Guards Cavalry Brandenburg Order of Lenin; Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Corps .

After the war

On October 13, 1945, by Directive No. Org / 1/600 of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, the corps was reorganized into the 31st Guards Mechanized Division . ^[2]

Since 1957, the 31st Guards Motorized Rifle Division (formations of 1957) .

Since 1965, the 23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division (formations of 1965) 4th Army (USSR) , Transcaucasian Military District Shamkhor .

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• 21st Mountain Cavalry Division
• 52nd Cavalry Division (disbanded March 13, 1942)
• 55th Cavalry Division
• 112th Bashkir Cavalry Division
• Ski group:
  • 36th separate ski battalion
  • 37th separate ski battalion
  • 57th Separate Ski Battalion
  • 58th separate ski battalion
  • 179th separate ski battalion
  • 180th separate ski battalion
  • 181st separate ski battalion
  • 235th separate ski battalion
  • 238th separate ski battalion
• 148th mortar regiment
• 263rd Horse and Artillery Division
• 13th Separate Communications Division
• 23rd Air Link
• 8th separate anti-tank fighter division
• 186th Field Mobile Hospital
• 582nd stage veterinary hospital
• Attached Parts:
  • 510th Flamethrower Tank Battalion
  • 511th Flamethrower Tank Battalion
  • 152nd howitzer artillery regiment
  • 179th anti-tank artillery regiment
  • 35th Guards Mortar Regiment
  • 174th VET Artillery Regiment
  • 586th artillery air defense regiment
• By the directive of the Supreme High Command Headquarters No. 170252 from April 15, 1942 until May 5, a tank battalion (20 T-34, 12 T-60) was to be included in the corps.

As part of the army: from 01/18/1942 to 02/14/1943

Corps commanders

• 01/15/1942 - 05/11/1942 Korzun, Pavel Petrovich , Major General
• 05/12/1942 - 05/27/1942 Zhadov, Alexei Semenovich , Major General
• 05/28/1942 - 09/09/1942 Lunev, Ivan Fedotovich , Colonel
• 09/10/1942 - 10/16/1942 Zhadov, Alexei Semenovich , Major General
• 10.17.1942 - 10.26.1942 Acting Dudko, Stepan Ivanovich , Major General
• 10/17/1942 - 02/14/1943 Borisov, Mikhail Dmitrievich , Major General (captured)

Corps Headquarters

• 12/05/1941 - 06/03/1942 Koblov, Grigory Petrovich , Colonel
• Zhitov, Boris Sergeevich , Colonel
• Saburov, Ivan Dmitrievich , lieutenant colonel (died 02/23/1943)

Deputy Corps Commander on the front end

• from 09.1942 to 02.14.1943 Dudko, Stepan Ivanovich , major general (died 02.23.1943)

Military commissars (since October 1942 - Deputy corps commander for political affairs)

• 01/28/1942 - 07/10/1942 Kuznetsov, Ivan Vasilievich , Brigadier Commissioner
• 08/06/1942 - 02/14/1943 Belov, Mikhail Nikandrovich , regimental commissar, from 20/20/1942 - colonel

Political Department Chiefs

• 01/31/1942 - 06/03/1942 Lukashev, Kuzma Vasilyevich , regimental commissar
• 06/30/1942 - 02/14/1943 Karpushenko, Alexander Alekseevich , senior battalion commissar

Artillery Chief

• Golovanovsky, Richard Ivanovich , Colonel

Head of Communications

• Sarbay, Andrei Nikiforovich , Colonel (died 02/23/1943)

• 31st Guards Mechanized Division
• 31st Guards Motorized Rifle Division (formations of 1957)
• 23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division (formations of 1965)
• 7th Guards Cavalry Corps
• 366th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment

• A.A. Grechko. Soviet Military Encyclopedia. Brandenburg Cavalry Corps. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1976. - T. 1. - S. 581-582. - 640 s. - 106,000 copies.
• Dokuchaev M.S. Squadrons went into battle. The combat path of the 7th Guards Cavalry Brandenburg Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, the Order of the Suvorov Corps in the Great Patriotic War. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1984.

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