41st Infantry Division (3rd formation)

Formed in October 1942 in the Oryol region as part of the 48th army of the Bryansk Front . The division was formed on the basis of the 118th Infantry Brigade. This brigade itself was formed in April 1942 at the Krotovka station in the Kuibyshev region, it was supplemented by fighters of the communist battalion formed in Kuibyshev . In April, she was sent to the Central Front in the 48th Army. And she immediately replaced another military unit on the front line in the defense. In October 1942, the 118th separate rifle brigade at the front was reorganized into the 41st rifle division ^[2] .

This division went the battle way from Orel to Berlin . From November 1942 to February 1943, the division was part of the 48th Army of the Bryansk Front, from March to May 1943 the 3rd Army , and from June to October 1943 the 63rd Army .

From February to June 1943, 41 divisions liberated the Zalegoshchensky district of the Oryol region . Then, from July 12, she participated in the offensive operation "Kutuzov" (part of the battle on the Kursk Bulge ), freeing the villages southeast of Orel and then the city of Oryol itself. After the liberation of Orel on August 5, 1943, the troops of the 63 army, which included the division, continued to pursue the enemy in the Bryansk direction. On September 17, the troops of the Bryansk Front successfully crossed the Desna River and, breaking the enemy’s resistance, captured the cities of Bryansk and Bezhitsa .

• 102, 439 (apparently a typo in the HBS, 139 correctly, as recorded at the 2nd formation) and 244 rifle regiment
• 132 artillery regiment
• 117 separate anti-tank division
• 117 separate reconnaissance company
• 116 separate combat engineer battalion
• 106 separate communications battalion (611 separate communications company)
• 38 health battalion
• 61 separate companies of chemical protection,
• 79 motor company
• 419 field bakery
• 58 Division Veterinary Hospital
• 1763 Field Post Station
• 1720 field office of the State Bank

• Petukhov, Ivan Ivanovich (10/10/1942 - 03/14/1943), Colonel
• Surchenko, Andrei Ivanovich (03/15/1943 - 03/01/1944), Colonel, from 01/01/1943 Major General
• Bondarenko, Daniil Semenovich (03/10/1944 - 05/10/1944), Colonel
• Chernyak, Stepan Ivanovich (05/11/1944 - 05/09/1945), Colonel, from 03/03/1944 Major General
• Ukhanov, Mikhail Nikolaevich

Heroes of the Soviet Union:

• Belokon, Pyotr Ksenofontovich , senior sergeant, gun commander of the 117th fighter anti-tank division.
• Vasilenko, Ivan Andreevich , captain, commander of the 2nd battalion of the 102nd rifle regiment.
• Efimenko, Grigory Romanovich , junior lieutenant, commander of a platoon of machine gunners of the 244th Infantry Regiment.

  Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees: ^[3]

• Bessonov, Ivan Grigoryevich , senior sergeant, mortar calculation commander of the 139th infantry regiment.
• Grabovlyak, Grigory Petrovich , junior sergeant, commander of the engineer department of the 116th separate engineer battalion.
• Dyomin, Ivan Yegorovich , corporal, unit commander of 117 separate reconnaissance companies.
• Ignatiev, Pyotr Vasilyevich , junior sergeant, submachine gunner 139 rifle regiment.
• Kosyakin, Ivan Semenovich , corporal, shooter company of machine gunners 139 rifle regiment.
• Kokhanovsky Dmitry Iosifovich , senior sergeant, commander of department 117 of a separate reconnaissance company. By decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 10, 1949 and March 6, 1953 for criminal offenses in Germany, he was deprived of all state awards.
• Legaev, Pyotr Alekseevich , corporal, field engineer of a sapper platoon of 102 rifle regiment.
• Lisnevsky, Viktor Petrovich , junior sergeant, commander of the rifle division of the 244 rifle regiment.
• Marinenko, Ivan Vasilievich , senior sergeant, commander of the intelligence department of the 116th separate combat engineer battalion.
• Roslyakov, Stepan Fedorovich , senior sergeant, commander of the calculation of 82-mm mortar 102 rifle regiment.
• Ryazantsev, Alexander Mikhailovich , senior sergeant, commander of the rifle company 244 rifle regiment. He died in battle in May 1945.
• Salnikov, Andrei Nikitovich , division commander of the 132nd artillery regiment.
• Silkin Vladimir Ivanovich , junior sergeant, reconnaissance platoon on foot reconnaissance 244 rifle regiment. By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 3, 1948, he was stripped of all state awards for criminal offenses in Germany.
• Stepanov, Grigory Alexandrovich , sergeant, unit commander of the 116th separate combat engineer battalion.
• Fedonov, Arkady Tikhonovich , corporal, senior reconnaissance observer of the 132 artillery regiment.
• Cherkasov, Ivan Maksimovich , junior sergeant, commander of unit 116 of the separate combat engineer battalion.
• Shamin, Mikhail Kuzmich , sergeant, squad leader 244 rifle regiment.
• Shestakov, Kuzma Dmitrievich , foreman, assistant platoon commander 102 rifle regiment.

Famous people of the division:

• Romanov, Amos Kharitonovich , the commander of the calculation of the PTR 139 rifle regiment. He was awarded the Order of Glory III degree. Order of the Commander of the Belorussian Military District in 1947.

• Gavrikov F.K.He defended steadfastly: (Combat operations of the 41st Infantry Division on July 5, 1943 at the Battle of Kursk) // Military History Journal. - 1986. - No. 6. - S.39-44.