The 53rd Guards Rifle Division Tartu Red Banner Division was a military unit of the Red Army , which took part in the Great Patriotic War as part of the 1st Shock Army, 34th, 42nd, 68th, 54th and 51st armies.
| 53rd Guards Rifle Division Tartu Red Banner Division (53 gv. Sd) | |
|---|---|
| Awards |   |
| Honorary titles | "Tartu" |
| Troops | infantry |
| Type of army | rifle troops |
| Formation | 12/8/1942 |
| Predecessor | 130th Infantry Division 2nd Formation |
| Fighting way | |
| The Great Patriotic War | |
Content
History
The division participated:
- Demyansk offensive operation (1943) of the North-Western Front
- Offensive operation in the area of Staraya Russa of the North-Western Front
- Leningrad-Novgorod strategic offensive operation
- Baltic strategic offensive
- Pskov-Ostrovskaya offensive operation of the 3rd Baltic Front
- Tartu offensive operation of the 3rd Baltic Front
- Riga operation (1944)
- Kurland offensive operation of the 2nd Baltic Front (Kurland Group of Forces of the Leningrad Front)
Awards and honorary titles
- "Guards" - an honorary title awarded by the order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR on December 8, 1942 for showing courage in the battles for the Fatherland, for steadfastness, courage, discipline, organization and heroism of the personnel.
- The Red Banner of the Mongolian People’s Republic was awarded on December 25, 1942 for the distinction in the battles of the North-Western Front.
- Order of the Red Banner - awarded by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1943 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the fight against the German invaders during the liquidation of the Demyan grouping of the enemy and the valor and courage shown.
- “Tartu” - the honorary title was given by order of the Supreme Commander No. 0301 of September 7, 1944 to commemorate the victory won and the difference in the battles for the liberation of the city of Tartu .
Composition
1945
A new numbering of parts of the division was assigned on March 2, 1943.
- 157th Guards Rifle Rifle [1] regiment
- 159th Guards Rifle Regiment of the Red Banner
- 161st Guards Rifle Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
- 123rd Riga Artillery Guards Regiment [1] regiment
- 59th Separate Guards Anti-Tank Division
- 55th Separate Guards Intelligence Company
- 58th Separate Guards Sapper Battalion
- 79th Separate Guards Communication Battalion (79th Separate Guards Communications Company until November 5, 1944)
- 506th (63rd) separate medical and sanitary battalion
- 56th Separate Guards Company of Chemical Defense
- 619th (60th) trucking company
- 641st (54th) field bakery
- 648th (52nd) Divisional Veterinary Infirmary
- 261st Field Mail Station
- 1601st Field Office of the State Bank of the USSR [2]
1990
The 467th Guards District Moscow-Tartu Red Banner Junior Specialist Training Center:
- The 9th Training Tank Regiment, Vladimir (118 T-62 , 9 T-80 , 22 T-72 , 50 T-64 , 5 T-55 , 6 PT-76 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 8 PM-38 , 3 R-145BM , 2 BTR-50PU , 1 MT-55A, 4 MTU-20 , 15 MT-LB )
- 522nd Guards Training Tank Regiment, Fedulovo (74 T-62 , 45 T-80 , 1 T-55 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 3 R-145BM , 2 BTR-50PU , 1 R-156BTR, 1 MTP-1, 1 MTU-20 )
- 523rd Guards Training Tank Regiment, Fedulovo (83 T-62 , 14 T-80 , 16 T-72 , 34 T-64 , 2 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 4 R-145BM , 1 R-156BTR, 2 MT-55A, 15 MT-LB )
- 419th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, Kovrov (31 T-62 , 21 BMP-2 , 37 BMP-1 , 9 BRM-1K , 17 BTR-70 , 4 BTR-60 , 5 R-145BM , 2 R-156BTR, 2 BTR-50PU , 1 MTP-2, 1 MTU-20 , 15 MT-LB )
- 123rd Guards Training Artillery Riga Regiment, Kovrov (12 2S1 "Gvozdika" , 24 2SZ "Akatsiya" , 8 D-30 , 4 PM-38 , 17 BM-21 "Grad" )
- 422nd Training Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kovrov): 1 R-156BTR
- 84th Separate Missile Division
- 475th Separate Training Communications Battalion, Kovrov (14 R-145BM , 3 BTR-50PU , 8 MP-31)
- 169th Separate Training Engineering Sapper Battalion, Vladimir (1 WRI , 1 UR-67 )
- 852nd Separate Automotive Training Battalion
- 395th Separate Training and Repair Battalion
- 105th Separate Educational Medical Battalion, Kovrov (1 R-156BTR)
- Total: 500 tanks, 83 infantry fighting vehicles, 6 PT-76, 21 BTR, 36 SAU, 8 guns, 12 mortars, 17 MLRS
Periods of entry into the army in force
December 8, 1942 - May 9, 1945.
Commanders
- Romanovsky, Mikhail Vasilyevich , Guard Colonel (December 8, 1942 - January 24, 1943)
- Kleshnin, Mikhail Nikitovich , Guard Major General (January 25, 1943 - May 25, 1943)
- Burlakin, Ivan Ivanovich , Guard Major General (May 26, 1943 - December 1945)
Distinguished Division Warriors
Famous people serving in the division
- Guardian corporal Chebodaev, Mikhail Ivanovich , telephone operator of a telephone and cable company of the 79th separate guard battalion of communications. He died in battle on February 25, 1945. [3] [4]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Order of the Supreme Commander No. 0353 of October 31, 1944
- ↑ Active army. Lists of troops. List No. 5. Rifle, mountain-rifle, motorized rifle and motorized divisions.
- ↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union. A brief biographical dictionary: in two volumes. - M .: Military Publishing, 1987.
- ↑ Site "Heroes of the country"