The 78th Guards Rifle Division of the Wislen Suvorov Division ( 78th Guards SD ) is a Red Army military unit that took part in the Great Patriotic War as part of the 4th , 5th , 7th Guards and 53rd , 57th , 64th Army.
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| Armed forces |  USSR Armed Forces | ||
| Type of Armed Forces |  infantry | ||
| The type of troops (forces) | rifle troops | ||
| Honorary titles | " Wislenskaya " | ||
| Formation | 03/01/1943 | ||
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The Great Patriotic War | |||
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| Predecessor | 204th Infantry Division (1st formation) | ||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Periods of joining the army
- 3 Composition
- 4 Submission
- 5 Commanders
- 6 Awards and honorary titles
- 7 Distinguished Division Warriors
- 8 Notes
- 9 Sources
- 10 Links
History
By order of the Supreme High Command Headquarters No. 104 of March 1, 1943, for the successful fighting, stamina and heroism in the fight against Nazi invaders, the 204th Infantry Division was transformed into the 78th Guards Rifle Division [1] .
Periods of joining the army
- March 1, 1943 - May 9, 1945 [2] .
Composition
The new numbering was assigned to units of the division on April 20, 1943.
- 223rd Guards Rifle Regiment
- 225th Guards Rifle Dembitsky [3] Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
- 228th Guards Rifle Odersky [4] Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment
- 158th Guards Artillery Dembitsky [3] Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Regiment
- 81st Separate Guard Anti-Tank Fighter Division
- 75th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company
- 89th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
- 107th Separate Guards Communication Battalion (until November 5, 1944, 107th Separate Guards Communication Company)
- 353rd (85th) Separate Health Battalion
- 82nd Separate Guards Chemical Defense Company
- 370th (83rd) motor transport company
- 77th Field Bakery
- 457th (79th) Division Veterinary Hospital
- 1487th Field Post Station
- 921st field office of the State Bank of the USSR [2] [5]
Submission
| date of | Front (district) | Army | Body | Notes |
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| 03/02/1943 | Voronezh Front | 64th Army | - | - |
| 04/01/1943 | Voronezh Front | 64th Army | - | - |
| 05/01/1943 | Voronezh Front | 7th Guards Army | - | - |
| 06/01. 1943 year | Voronezh Front | 7th Guards Army | 25th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 07/01. 1943 year | Voronezh Front | 7th Guards Army | 25th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 08/01/1943 | Steppe front | 7th Guards Army | 25th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 09/01/1943 | Steppe front | 7th Guards Army | 25th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 10/01/1943 | Steppe front | 7th Guards Army | 24th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 11/01/1943 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 7th Guards Army | 25th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 12/01/1943 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 7th Guards Army | 25th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 01/01/1944 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 57th Army | 64th Rifle Corps | - |
| 02/01/1944 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 53rd army | - | - |
| 03/01/1944 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 53rd army | 26th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 04/01/1944 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 4th Guards Army | 21st Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 05/01/1944 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 75th Rifle Corps | - |
| 06/01/1944 | 2nd Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 07/01/1944 | High Command Headquarters Reserve | 2nd Guards Army | 13th Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 08/01/1944 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 09/01/1944 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 10/01/1944 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 11/01/1944 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 12/01/1944 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 01/01/1945 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 02/01/1945 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 03/01/1945 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 04/01/1945 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps | - |
| 05/01/1945 | 1st Ukrainian Front | 5th Guards Army | 33rd Guards Rifle Corps [6] | - |
Commanders
- Skvortsov, Alexander Vasilievich , Guard Major General, (March 1943 - December 1943)
- Motov, Alexander G. , Guard Major General, (December 1943 - March 1945)
- Trofimov, Zakhar Trofimovich , Guard Major General, (April 1945, May 1945) [7]
Awards and honorary titles
| Award (name) | date of | For what received |
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Distinguished Division Warriors
Heroes of the Soviet Union [8] [9] :
- Birbraer, Evgeny Abramovich , guards senior lieutenant, commander of a mortar company of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Borisov, Leonid Nikolaevich , guards senior lieutenant, company commander of the 228th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1945.
- Bryn, Vasily Martynovich , guard corporal, sapper of the 89th guards separate engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Burmistrov, Ivan Nikolaevich , Red Army guard, telephone operator of the communications company of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Galimzyanov, Salimzyan Galimzyanovich , Red Army guard, shooter of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Gildunin, Boris Konstantinovich , guards senior lieutenant, commander of the 89th guards separate combat engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Grigorov, Ivan Alekseevich , guards senior sergeant, gun commander of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 10, 1945.
- Grinenko, Maxim Emelyanovich , guard of the Red Army, telephone operator of the 107th guards separate communications company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Gurevich, Semyon Sholomovich , guard lieutenant, commander of a telephone and cable platoon of the 107th guards separate communications company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Egorov, Pavel Ivanovich , guard senior sergeant, gun commander of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Erofeev, Evgeny Semenovich , guard junior lieutenant, platoon commander of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Zakharov, Gennady Mikhailovich , guard lieutenant, commander of a telephone and cable platoon of the 107th guards separate communications company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Zlatin, Efim Izrailevich , guard sergeant, mortar platoon commander of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Ivanov, Roman Gavrilovich , Guard Senior Lieutenant, platoon commander of the 89th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Ivanushkin, Pavel Fedorovich , guards senior sergeant, detachment commander of the 89th separate combat engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Kashtanov, Aleksey Konstantinovich , guards junior lieutenant, commander of a fire platoon of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Koval, Ivan Nesterovich , guard sergeant, gun commander of the 158th Guards Artillery Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Komarov, Grigory Vasilievich , guard corporal, telephone operator of the 107th guards separate communications company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Konshakov, Andrey Stepanovich , guards senior sergeant, gun commander of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Kornev, Ivan Fedorovich , guard of the Red Army, telephone operator of the 107th separate guard communications company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Lavrik, Ivan Ivanovich , guard junior lieutenant, commander of a fire platoon of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Lebedev, Mikhail Vasilievich , guard lieutenant, commander of the platoon of the battery control of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Legezin, Pavel Konstantinovich , guards senior lieutenant, battery commander of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Lysov, Mikhail Sergeyevich , guards senior sergeant, commander of the engineer department of the 89th guards separate engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Maksimkin, Nikolai Aleksandrovich , guards senior lieutenant, company commander of the 89th guards separate combat engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Medvedev, Mikhail Mikhailovich , guard corporal, sapper of the 89th Guards Separate Engineer Battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Molchanov, Evgeny Mikhailovich , Guard Senior Sergeant, deputy commander of the machine gun department of the 223rd Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 1, 1943.
- Murzin, Ibrahim Khusainovich , guards senior sergeant, gun commander of the 158th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 10, 1945. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Pavlov, Nikifor Savelievich , guard junior sergeant, head of the central telephone exchange of the communications company of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment.
- Papel, Arnold Oskarovich , guard sergeant, gun commander of the 158th Guards Artillery Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Petikin, Pavel Ivanovich , guards senior lieutenant, battery commander of the 150th guards artillery regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Pechenyuk, Vasily Grigoryevich , guards senior sergeant, squad leader of the 89th guards separate combat engineer battalion. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Pleshkov, Pyotr Antonovich , Guard Major, commander of the 225th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
- Skvortsov, Alexander Vasilievich, guards major general, division commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1943.
Cavaliers of the Order of Glory of three degrees [10] .
- Davidenko, Ivan Evgenievich , guard sergeant, commander of the machine gun department of the 223rd Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946.
- Panichev, Boris Alekseevich , guard junior sergeant, scout of the 75th separate guard reconnaissance company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1945.
- Sheremet, Nikolai Nikolaevich , guard corporal, senior reconnaissance observer of the platoon of the division of the 158th guards artillery regiment. He was re-awarded by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 10, 1970.
Notes
- ↑ Feskov, 2003 , Appendix 2.2. "one. Guards Rifle, Mountain Rifle and Motor Rifle Divisions, created by conversion from pre-existing divisions ”, p. 98.
- ↑ 1 2 I. Rifle and mountain rifle divisions // 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. - S. 66. - 218 p.
- ↑ 1 2 order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 0300 of September 7, 1944
- ↑ order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief No. 060 of April 5, 1945 (?)
- ↑ Feskov, 2003 , Appendix 2.2. "6. The composition of the units included in the guards rifle divisions, the guard rank of which was awarded by renaming from the existing ones ”, p. 116.
- ↑ The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Parts III — V. Ministry of Defense of the USSR. History and Archive Department of the General Staff - M: Military Publishing House, 1972.1988.1990
- ↑ Feskov, 2003 , Appendix 2.8. "6. Commanders of rifle, mountain rifle and motorized divisions and of the converted guard ones, ”p. 165.
- ↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1987 .
- ↑ Heroes of the Soviet Union, 1988 .
- ↑ Knights of the Order of Glory of the Three Degrees, 2000 .
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