197th Infantry Division (2nd formation)

Formation

Formed in the city of Armavir, Krasnodar Territory, in March 1942 as the 197th Infantry Division (2nd formation). Its structure included management, 828th, 862nd, 889th infantry, 261st artillery regiments and other parts . Until July 1942, the division was part of the troops of the 7th Reserve Army of the North Caucasus Military District , then the 5th Reserve Army of the Supreme Command Headquarters .

Battle Path

The 197th Infantry Division under the command of Colonel M.I. Zaporozhchenko was transferred to the Stalingrad area on July 12, 1942. ^[1] For the first time she entered the battle at Stalingrad in July 1942 as part of the 63rd Army (from November 1, the 1st Guards Army), in which she fought until early December. In the course of fierce defensive battles in the area of Vyoshenskaya , Elanskaya units of the division, in cooperation with other units of the army, repulsed the offensive of the German forces and on the night of August 19-20 they themselves launched an offensive. Forcing the river. Don along the cables stretched over the water in the Yelanskaya area, they seized a bridgehead on the right bank of the river, called Yelansky, which was later used by Soviet troops during a counteroffensive. In these battles, the division destroyed up to 2 thousand soldiers and officers of the enemy, a lot of military equipment and weapons. During the counteroffensive of the Soviet troops near Stalingrad and the liberation of Donbass by them, the division, in cooperation with other formations of the 1st Guards Army (from December 5, 1942, the 3rd guards A), fought over 200 km, liberated 170 settlements, including Voroshilovgrad (Feb. 14, 1943), captured up to 8,000 prisoners and large trophies.

On January 3, 1943, “for the courage, courage and heroism shown in the battles with the German fascist invaders” was reorganized into the 59th Guards Rifle Division .

The war ended as the 59th Guards Rifle Kramatorsk Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division

• control
• 828th Infantry Regiment
• 862nd Infantry Regiment
• 889th Infantry Regiment,
• 261st Artillery Regiment,
• The 418th Independent Anti-Tank Division,
• 472nd Air Transport Company,
• 255th Separate Intelligence Company,
• 261st Separate Battalion,
• 617th separate communications battalion,
• 124th Medical Battalion,
• 160th Separate Chemical Defense Company,
• 538th motor company,
• 381st Field Bakery,
• The 851st division veterinary infirmary,
• 1965th (1840th) field post station,
• 1159th field ticket office of the State Bank .

The period of entry into the Army:

• 12.7.1942 years-3.1.1943 years

List No. 5 of rifle, mountain rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions that were part of the army in the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Gylev A. - M .: Ministry of Defense. - 218 s.

• 04/01/1942 - North Caucasus IN
• on 01/05/1942 - North Caucasus IN
• 06/01/1942 - Provisional Headquarters - 5th Reserve Army
• 07/01/1942 - Provisional Headquarters - 5th Reserve Army
• 08/01/1942 - the Stalingrad Front - 63 A
• September 01, 1942 - the Stalingrad Front - 63 A
• on 10/01/1942 - Don Front - 63 A
• on 11/01/1942 - YuZF - 63 A
• on 12/01/1942 - YuZF - 1 Guards. BUT
• on 01/01/1943, - South-West Federal District - 3 Guards. A ^[2]

• Commander
• Zaporozhchenko, Mikhail Ivanovich (03/06/1942 - 01/03/1943), colonel, since 10/14/1942, Major General
• Karamyshev, Georgy Petrovich from February 1, 1943

• 59th Guards Rifle Division
• 63rd Army (USSR)
• 1st Guards Army
• 3rd Guards Army

• * Prev Ch. ed. Commission N. V. Ogarkov. Soviet Military Encyclopedia: [In 8 volumes] T.4. = Kramatorsk rifle division. - Moscow: Military Publishing , 1977. - p. 417.
• Chmelev AM, “Passed with fights”, Chisinau, 1983.
• Appendix 14.1. Military formations and ships of June 1941 in the Great Patriotic War.

• 197th Infantry Division
• The current army. Lists of troops. List No. 5. Rifle, mountain-rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions.
• 197 SHOOTING DIVISION 2 OF FORMATION
• 197 SHOOTING DIVISION
• 197 pr (2f)
• 197 rifle division on the site "Memory of the People 1941-1945"