248th Infantry Division (3rd formation)

248th Infantry Division (3rd formation)
248th Infantry Division (3rd formation)
Awards
Honorary Items	"Odessa"
Troops	land
Type of army	infantry
Formation	September 6, 1942

The 248th Infantry Division (3rd formation) is an infantry formation in the Armed Forces of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War .

The 248th Odessa Red Banner Rifle Division left a noticeable mark in the history of the Great Patriotic War.

Content

Division Formation History and Combat Path

September 6, 1942 in the village of Tinaki, on the basis of the 1st and 2nd Astrakhan combined cadet regiments, the 248th Infantry Division (3rd formation) was formed ^[1]

September 10, 1942 on the basis of cadet regiments of the Astrakhan military school was formed 248th division. ^[2]

The 1st combined cadet regiment was staffed by the cadets of the 1st Astrakhan infantry school (the head of the school is Colonel I. I. Shapkin), the 2nd combined cadet regiment was staffed by the cadets of the 2nd Astrakhan (former Leningrad) infantry school (the head of the school - Colonel M.S. Yurgelas) and Astrakhan Aviation School of Mechanics. ^[one]

The 1st combined cadet regiment was renamed the 899th rifle regiment, and the 2nd combined cadet regiment was renamed the 902th rifle regiment. Based on the reserve regiment stationed in Astrakhan, the 905th Infantry Regiment was formed ^[2] .

The division included the 899th, 902nd and 905th rifle regiments, 771th artillery regiment, 199th separate machine gun battalion, 412th separate combat engineer battalion, separate training battalion, 302nd fighter anti-tank division, The 80th separate anti-aircraft artillery battery and other units ^[3] .

Full name

248th Rifle Odessa Red Banner Division .

Periods of joining the army

September 10, 1942 - September 5, 1944;
October 30, 1944 - May 9, 1945 ^[4] .

Submission

Composition

899th Rifle Berlin Order of Kutuzov Regiment
902nd Rifle Regiment of the Kutuzov Order of Berlin
905th Rifle Berlin Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky Regiment
771th artillery regiment
199th Separate Machine Gun Battalion
442nd (412th) separate combat engineer battalion
separate training battalion
664th Separate Communications Battalion (241st Separate Communications Company)
302nd separate anti-tank fighter division
80th separate anti-aircraft artillery battery
323rd Separate Reconnaissance Company
277th Separate Health Battalion
242nd Separate Chemical Defense Company
175th motor transport company
469th field bakery
74th Division Veterinary Hospital
16200th (1803rd) field postal station
7208th field office of the State Bank ^[4]

Command

Division Commanders

Alekseev, Leonid Nikolaevich , Colonel - September 3, 1942 - December 22, 1942, suspended.
Galay, Nikolai Zakharovich ^[5] , lieutenant colonel - since December 22, 1942.

Division Commissioner

Cooks, Colonel

Distinguished Division Warriors

Heroes of the Soviet Union ^[6] :

FULL NAME	Position	Rank	Award date	Notes
Andreev, German Ivanovich	battalion commander of the 905th rifle regiment	major	May 15, 1946
Karpinsky, Franz Filippovich	commander of a sapper platoon of the 442nd separate engineer battalion	senior lieutenant	May 15, 1946	died of wounds on May 16, 1945
Kovtun, Vasily Semenovich	gunner of the 902 rifle regiment	soldier	May 15, 1946
Koltsov, Pavel Fedorovich	machine-gun commander of the 905th rifle regiment	Lance Sergeant	May 15, 1946
Lenev, Georgy Matveevich	Commander of the 902th Rifle Regiment	lieutenant colonel	April 6, 1945
Maksimenko, Ilya Arkhipovich	gun number of the 771th artillery regiment	corporal	May 31, 1945	He died in battle on February 13, 1945
Pudovkin, Pavel Grigoryevich	assistant platoon commander of the 905th rifle regiment	staff Sergeant	March 19, 1944	posthumously
Sedukevich, Sergey Evstafievich	45 mm cannon battery commander	captain	March 24, 1945
Sysoev, Pyotr Akimovich	assistant platoon commander of the 902th Infantry Regiment	staff Sergeant	May 15, 1946
Toloknov, Boris Andreevich	machine gun company commander of the 899th rifle regiment	captain	May 31, 1945	He died in battle on February 2, 1945

Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. ^[7]

Karasev Nikolay Trofimovich , corporal, sapper 442 separate engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945. He died of wounds in September 1946.

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Bulletin of the Kalmyk Institute for the Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 248th Infantry Division in battles in Kalmykia in 1942-1943 .
↑ ¹ ² Shein O. V. On the Astrakhan direction. 2007.
↑ TsAMO of the Russian Federation. F. 248sd. Op. 1. D. 1. L. 2
↑ ¹ ² List No. 5 Rifle, Mountain Rifle, Motor Rifle and Motorized Divisions that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Gylev A. - M .: Ministry of Defense. - 218 p.
↑ Honorary Citizen of Odessa Galay Nikolay Zakharovich // Website of Odessa City Council
↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union. A Brief Biographical Dictionary in two volumes - M .: Military Publishing House, 1987.
↑ Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. A Brief Biographical Dictionary - M.: Military Publishing House, 2000.

Literature

Shein O. V. "On the Astrakhan direction." The actions of the 28th army in Kalmykia in 1942. 2007 year

Links

[vk-1] ¹ ² Bulletin of the Kalmyk Institute for the Humanities of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 248th Infantry Division in battles in Kalmykia in 1942-1943 .

[sh-2] ¹ ² Shein O. V. On the Astrakhan direction. 2007.

[3] TsAMO of the Russian Federation. F. 248sd. Op. 1. D. 1. L. 2

[:0-4] ¹ ² List No. 5 Rifle, Mountain Rifle, Motor Rifle and Motorized Divisions that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. / Gylev A. - M .: Ministry of Defense. - 218 p.

[5] Honorary Citizen of Odessa Galay Nikolay Zakharovich // Website of Odessa City Council

[6] Heroes of the Soviet Union. A Brief Biographical Dictionary in two volumes - M .: Military Publishing House, 1987.

[7] Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees. A Brief Biographical Dictionary - M.: Military Publishing House, 2000.