7th Guards Mechanized Corps

By order of the NCO No. 0404 of July 26, 1943, the 2nd Mechanized Corps was transformed into the 7th Guards Mechanized Corps for heroism and courage, stamina and courage of personnel in battles with Nazi invaders, as well as for exemplary performance of combat missions shown during the Oryol offensive operation.

By a directive of September 7, 1945, the corps was curtailed into the 7th Guards Mechanized Division . This division was part of the 4th mechanized army of the GSVG . It was stationed in (Germany). In November 1947, the division was reduced to the 7th Guards Personnel Mechanized Regiment.

By a directive of May 17, 1957, the 11th Guards Motorized Rifle Nezhinsko-Kuzbass Order of the Suvorov Division was deployed at the base of the regiment. In the summer of 1958, she was taken to Smolensk . In the spring of 1968, it was relocated to ZabVO at the Bezrechnaya station, Chita Region. On December 1, 1989, the 11th division was curtailed into the 5890th guard base for the storage of military equipment. 5890th Guards BHVT was disbanded in September 1992.

7th Guards Mechanized Nezhin-Kuzbass Order of the Suvorov Corps

• Housing management
• 24th Guards Mechanized Nezhin Order of the Red Star Brigade
  • 13th tank regiment
• 25th Guards Mechanized Nezhin Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade
  • 12th Tank Regiment
• 26th Guards Mechanized Sevsky Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade
  • 215th tank regiment
• 57th Guards Tank Nezhin Order of the Kutuzov Brigade (former 33rd )
• 291st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment (former 291st Guards Iptap )
• 1820th self-propelled artillery regiment
• 355th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Ostrolenkovsky Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment (former 1457th )
• 468th Guards Mortar Regiment
• 288th Guards Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment
• Case parts:
• 5th Separate Guards Motorcycle Battalion (formerly 68th OMZB)
• 410th Separate Guards Mortar Division
• 147th separate guard communications battalion (until 01.10.1943 - 772th separate communications battalion)
• 122nd Separate Guard Engineer Battalion (until 11/11/1943 - 19th Separate Engineer Battalion)
• 76th separate repair and restoration battalion (12/28/1944 - reorganized into 555th ATGM and 556th PARB)
• 555th field tank repair base, from 12.28.1944
• 556th field auto repair base, from 12.28.1944
• 153rd separate chemical protection company
• 25th separate motor transport company for the supply of fuel and lubricants
• air link, from 10.07.1943
• 167th field automobile bakery
• 1774th box office of the State Bank
• 2295th Military Post Station

Since 1968, the 11th Guards Motorized Rifle Nezhin-Kuzbass Order of the Suvorov Division was based in the Trans-Baikal Military District and had the following composition:

• management (p. Bezrechnaya);
• 63rd motorized rifle regiment (p. Bezrechnaya );
• 83rd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (p. Bezrechnaya);
• 25th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (p. Mirnaya );
• 91st tank regiment (p. Mirnaya);
• 930th guards self-propelled artillery regiment (p. Mirnaya);
• 1106th anti-aircraft missile regiment (p. Bezrechnaya);
• separate missile division (p. Bezrechnaya)
• separate anti-tank division (p. Bezrechnaya);
• 109th separate guards reconnaissance battalion (p. Bezrechnaya);
• 22nd separate guards engineering and combat engineer battalion (p. Mirnaya);
• 398th separate guards battalion of communications (p. Bezrechnaya);
• separate company of chemical protection (p. Bezrechnaya);
• 207th separate repair and restoration battalion (p. Bezrechnaya);
• separate medical battalion (p. Bezrechnaya);
• 1160th separate battalion of material support (p. Mirnaya);
• OVKR. ^[one]

As part of the army: from 07.25.1943 to 10.26.1943; from 10/27/1944 to 05/11/1945

• In December 1943, the corps was withdrawn to the Headquarters reserve and only in September 1944 was transferred to the 3rd Belorussian Front, and from January 1945 to the 1st Ukrainian Front.

Corps and Division Commanders

commander of the 7th guards mechanized corps

• 06/26/1943 - 09/07/1945 -   Korchagin, Ivan Petrovich , lieutenant general of tank forces

Commanders of the 7th Guards Mechanized Division

• 09/07/1945 - 06/12/1946 -   Korchagin, Ivan Petrovich , lieutenant general of tank forces
• 07/09/1946 - 10/04/1947 -   Barinov, David Markovich , Major General of the Tank Troops

Commanders of the 7th Guards Personnel Mechanized Regiment

• 11/15/1947 - 03/29/1949 - Koretsky, Vasily Ignatievich , Colonel
• 03/29/1949 - 12/1950 - Gusev, Vladimir Alexandrovich , Major General
• 12.1950 - 03.30.1954 -   Koberidze, Ermolay Grigorievich , Major General
• 03/30/1954 - 05/17/1957 - Artemyev, Pyotr Mikhailovich , Colonel

Commanders of the 11th Guards Motorized Rifle Division

• 05/17/1957 - 06/11/1959 - Artemyev, Pyotr Mikhailovich , from May 27, 1957, Major General
• 06/11/1957 - 03/22/1963 - Kulkov, Yuri Nikolaevich , Colonel, from 22/22/1963 Major General
• 04/03/1963 - 05/23/1968 - Gugnyak, Yakov Anisimovich , Colonel, from 27/27/1957 Major General
• 05/23/1968 - 01/24/1973 - Fen, Alexander Fedorovich , Colonel, from 29/29/1970 Major General
• 01/24/1973 -? - Officers, Vladimir Alexandrovich , Colonel, 10/27/1977 Major General

Corps Headquarters

• from July 1943 to October 1943 - Petrovsky, Vladimir Gerasimovich , Colonel
• 06/26/1943 - 03/03/1944 - Shapovalov, Mikhail Dmitrievich , Colonel
• 03/00/1944 - 05/11/1945 -   Barinov, David Markovich , Major General of the Tank Troops

Deputy Corps Commander on the front end

• until April 1945 -   Maksimov, Vladimir Konstantinovich , major general of tank forces (seriously wounded and captured on 04/23/1945)
• until the end of the war -   Kremer, Semyon Davidovich , Major General t / v

Political Department Chiefs

• 07/25/1943 - 05/09/1945 - Kudinov, Nikanor Grigoryevich , Colonel

•   "Guards . " By order of the People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR of July 26, 1943 for the courage shown in battles with the German invaders, the stamina, courage, discipline and heroism of the personnel shown during the Oryol offensive operation. Transformed 7th Guards Mechanized Corps
•   - Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces of 06/04/1945 For exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders during the capture of the city of Breslavl ( Breslau ) and the valor and courage shown
• For the difference in the battles during the capture of the city of Nizhyn, the building was given the honorary name "Nizhinsky" .
• Satisfying the request of the workers of Kuzbass by order No. 0236 on August 2, 1944. Assign the honorary name "Kuzbass" ^[2]

  Heroes of the Soviet Union ^[3]

Case Management:

• Volkov, Nikolai Grigoryevich , guard lieutenant colonel, corps engineer.
• Korchagin, Ivan Petrovich , Guard Lieutenant General, corps commander.

24th Guards Mechanized Brigade:

• Groshev, Dmitry Nikolaevich , Guard Junior Sergeant, gunner of an anti-tank rifle of a separate company of anti-tank rifles. The title is assigned posthumously.
• Kiselev, Rafail Alekseevich , senior lieutenant, commander of a tank company of the 13th tank regiment. Died of his wounds on September 29, 1943.
• Maksimov, Vladimir Konstantinovich , guard colonel, brigade commander. He died in battle on April 19, 1945.
• Svidinsky, Vladimir Ivanovich , guard junior lieutenant, company commander of a motorized rifle battalion. He died in battle on March 25, 1945.
• Soplyakov, Mikhail Ignatievich , guard senior lieutenant, deputy battalion commander.
• Fukovsky, Alexander Vasilievich , guard lieutenant, commander of a mortar company.

25th Guards Mechanized Brigade:

• Artamonov, Fedor Vladimirovich , guard lieutenant colonel, brigade commander.
• Vorobyov Nikolay Timofeevich , lieutenant, commander of a tank platoon of the 12th tank regiment.
• Kombarov, Egor Ignatievich , Guard Senior Sergeant, squad leader. The title is assigned posthumously.
• Malyuga, Nikolai Semenovich , guards senior lieutenant, commander of a tank platoon of the 12th tank regiment. The title is assigned posthumously.
• Roman, Alexei Petrovich , Guard Senior Lieutenant, commander of a tank company of the 12th Tank Regiment.
• Romankov, Alexander Andrianovich , junior lieutenant, tank commander of the 12th tank regiment. The title is assigned posthumously.
• Tselak, Mikhail Mikhailovich , guard junior lieutenant, platoon commander. Died of his wounds on February 19, 1945.

26th Guards Mechanized Brigade:

• Barinov, David Markovich , guards major general, brigade commander
• Danilin, Ivan Nikitovich , guard captain, commander of 2 motorized rifle battalion. Died of his wounds on January 31, 1945.
• Moskvin, Mikhail Kirillovich , guards senior lieutenant, battalion commander.

57th Guards Tank Brigade:

• Kabakovsky, Grigory Samoilovich , guard lieutenant, company commander of a motorized rifle battalion.
• Silantyev, Mikhail Vasilievich , lieutenant, commander of the T-34 tank company 33 of the separate tank battalion of 33 tank brigades (since July 26, 1943 - 57 guards tank brigade). The title is assigned posthumously.
• Sobolev, Nikolai Leontyevich , guard sergeant, commander of a platoon of anti-tank rifles.

  Knights of the Order of Glory 3 degrees ^[4]

• Bobrov V.M., Deniskin B.A. Guards Nezhinsky Kuzbass ... // - Kemerovo: Books. Publishing House, 1985. 7th Guards
• Soviet military encyclopedia. Volume 6, pp. 544-535 - M .: Military Publishing House (VI), 1978
• Kalashnikov K.A., Dodonov I.Yu. High command staff of the USSR Armed Forces in the post-war period. References (1945-1975). Volume 4. The command staff of the Ground Forces (army and divisional units). Part one. - Ust-Kamenogorsk: Media Alliance, 2019. - 428 p. - ISBN 978-601-7887-31-5 . - S.103-105.

• 7th Guards Mechanized Corps
• ABOUT ASSIGNMENT OF THE 7TH GUARDS NEGINS MECHANIZED BODY OF THE NAME OF KUZBASS (unavailable link)
• 24th Guards Mechanized Brigade
• 13th tank regiment
• 25th Guards Mechanized Brigade
• 12th Tank Regiment
• 26th Guards Mechanized Brigade
• 215th tank regiment
• 57th Guards Tank Brigade
• IRON FIST OF THE RKKA