61st Guards Rifle Division

The division participated:

• Voroshilovgrad offensive operation of the South-Western Front
• Donbass operation of the South-Western Front
• Zaporizhzhya operation of the South-Western Front
• Nikopol-Kryvyi Rih offensive operation of the 4th Ukrainian Front
• Bereznegovato-Snigirev offensive operation of the 3rd Ukrainian Front
• Odessa operation of the 3rd Ukrainian Front
• Iasi-Chisinau operation
• Balaton Defensive Operation of the 3rd Ukrainian Front
• Vienna Offensive of the 3rd Ukrainian Front

•   The "Guards" honorary title was awarded by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR of January 15, 1943 for the courage shown in battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for stamina, courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of the personnel.
• "Slavic" - the honorary name was awarded by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of September 8, 1943 to commemorate the victory achieved and distinguished in the battles for the possession of the Donbass .
•   Order of the Red Banner - awarded by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for exemplary performance of the combat missions of command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the valor and courage shown.

A new numbering was assigned to units of the division on January 15, 1943.

• 181st Guards Rifle Regiment
• 187th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 189th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 129th Guards Artillery Regiment
• 67th separate guards anti-tank fighter division
• 77th Separate Guards Anti-aircraft Battery (until May 23, 1943)
• 62nd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company
• 70th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
• 88th Separate Guards Battalion of Communications (II formation) (until 7/12/1944 88th Separate Guards Battalion of Communications) ^[1]
• 571st (65th) separate health battalion
• 63rd Separate Guards Chemical Defense Company
• 634th (59th) motor transport company
• 646th (60th) field bakery
• 659th (64th) Division Veterinary Infirmary
• 1667th Field Post Station
• 1087th field office of the State Bank of the USSR

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.

• January 15, 1943 - May 9, 1945

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.

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• Anashkin Mikhail Borisovich, Guard Colonel ?, (January 1943 - February 1943)
• Lozanovich Leonid Nikolaevich, Guard Major General, (February 1943 - December 1944)
• Kasatkin Pyotr Ivanovich, Guard Colonel ?, (December 1944 - March 1945)
• Lysenkov Sergey Nikolaevich, Guard Major General? , (March 1945 - April 1945)
• Sergeyev Konstantin Alekseevich, Guard Major General, (April 1945 - May 1945)

  Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees:

• Kuryatov Viktor Konstantinovich , Guard Senior Sergeant, reconnaissance platoon on foot reconnaissance of the 181st Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 28, 1945.
• Musiychenko Pyotr Yakovlevich , guard foreman, assistant platoon commander of the 187th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.
• Nagorny Matvey Stepanovich , guard sergeant, squad leader of the 70th separate guard engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.
• Potapenko Pavel Safronovich , guard junior sergeant, scout of the 189th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.
• Sementsov Pavel Vasilyevich , guard foreman, foreman of the battery of the 181st Guards Rifle Regiment. He was re-awarded by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 4, 1976.

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