112th Infantry Division (2nd formation)

The division began to be formed on the basis of the order of the NPO of the USSR No. 0093 of December 3, 1941 as the 445th Infantry Division in the city of Tatarsk . By order of the troops of the Siberian military district No. 0010 of January 13, 1942, the division was renamed the 287th infantry division , and later by order No. 0016 of January 20, 1942 it was renamed the 112th infantry division ^{[1] [2] [3]} .

From January to April 1942, the division conducted state formation No. 04/750 of December 6, 1941 ^[4] , received personnel and conducted combat training. The division was staffed mainly by draftees from the Novosibirsk Region , 20% of draftees were young people of draft age, and 80% were draftees of older ages, of which up to 40% were previously convicted. From April 18 to May 7, the division moved by rail to the city of Ryazan , where until July 12, 1942 it received weapons and personnel training.

On October 20, the division was withdrawn from battle on the left bank of the Volga River in the village of Rybachy , where until December 31, 1942, with the remaining command staff and headquarters, it conducted combat training classes. Subsequently, she was relocated from Stalingrad to the city of Atkarsk, Saratov Region , where from January 13 to February 7, 1943 she conducted state formation No. 04/550 of December 10, 1942 ^[5] , received replenishment and conducted training in combat training.

Period of entry into the army: July 12, 1942 - December 31, 1942, February 17, 1943 - May 9, 1945 ^[6] .

On July 12, 1942, the division as part of the 64th Army was redeployed to Kotluban station , detachment 564 and the equestrian detachment of the Stalingrad Region . From July 19 to July 23 it makes a 100-kilometer march and occupies the defense of the rear army line along the northern bank of the Myshkovka River. On July 25, the division came forward to occupy a new line of defense along the eastern bank of the Liska River and the Chir River. By the end of July 26, the 385th Infantry Regiment had taken up defense at the site: Farm No. 5, Aces, Buratsky; The 416th Infantry Regiment defended the area: 156.3, farm No. 4, mark +2.5; The 524th Infantry Regiment, having not had time to reach the line of the Liska River from the march, entered into battle with the erupted units of the 524th Infantry Regiment of the 297th Infantry Division .

On the night of May 18, 1945, the division made a march along the Krittern – Schmolz route and started cleaning and equipping housing, sports camps, shooting ranges, saunas, clubs for food blocks and stables. On May 19, units of the division began scheduled combat training exercises.

From June 22 to August 10, 1945, the division made a march from the city of Breslau to the territory of the USSR to the city of Sarny , where it was part of the 24th Rifle Corps of the 13th Army until its disbandment in May 1946 ^[2] .

• 385th Infantry Regiment
• 416th Infantry Regiment
• 524th Rifle Regiment
• 436th artillery regiment
• 156th separate anti-tank fighter division
• 196th reconnaissance company
• 159th combat engineer battalion
• 272nd separate communications battalion (272nd (17th) separate communications company)
• 198th Health Battalion
• 225th Separate Chemical Defense Company
• 33rd Motor Company
• 148th field bakery
• 897th (107th) Division Veterinary Hospital
• 1692 Field Post Station
• 1062th box office of the State Bank ^{[8] [6]}

The following regiments were also awarded with honors and honorary titles:

• 385th Rifle Wislensky Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Alexander Nevsky Regiment
• 416th Rifle Oder Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Alexander Nevsky Regiment ^[11]
• 524th rifle orders of the Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky regiment
• 436th Artillery Order of the Red Star Regiment

Commanders

• Sologub, Ivan Petrovich (12/17/1941 - 08/09/1942), Colonel (died of wounds 10/08/1942)
• Ermolkin Ivan Efimovich (08.16.1942 - 12.22.1942), lieutenant colonel , colonel
• Filonenko, Yakov Danilovich (12/22/1942 - 02/02/1943), major (Wreard)
• Furtenko Porfiry Sergeevich (02/01/1943 - 05/02/1943), Major General
• Polyakov Pyotr Semenovich (05/02/1943 - 08/16/1943), Colonel
•   Gladkov Alexander Vasilievich (08/17/1943 - 01/27/1945), Colonel, Major General
• Zhukov, Dmitry Tikhonovich (01/29/1945 -), Colonel ^{[2] [15]}

Deputy Front Commander

• Mogilyantsev Ivan Sergeevich (1943), Colonel
• Fedorov Alexey Grigorievich (1444 - 1945), lieutenant colonel

Military commissars (from 10/09/1942 deputy commander for political affairs)

• Lipkind Maxim Lazarevich (12/3/1941 -), regimental commissar
• Gromov Alexey Sergeevich (03.14.1943 - 12.1944), Colonel
• Ponosov Nikolay Ivanovich (- 02/14/1945), lieutenant colonel (died 02/14/1945)
• Podgorny Ivan Emelyanovich (03.1945 -), Colonel

Division Chiefs

• Meleshkevich Matvey Konstantinovich (12/30/1941 - 02/25/1942), lieutenant colonel
• Sidorin Timofey Mikhailovich (02.25.1942 - 06.11.1942), lieutenant colonel
• Troshin Fedor Fedorovich (06.16.1942 - 10.28.1942), Colonel
• Smirnov Nikolay Vasilievich (01.20.1943 - 05.09.1943), lieutenant colonel
• Pekarsky Stepan Avtonomovich (05/09/1943 - 11/07/1943), lieutenant colonel
• Shatokhin Vasily Alexandrovich (11/07/1943 - 09/1944), lieutenant colonel
• Zapasko Emelyan Fedotovich (09.1944 - 09.1945), lieutenant colonel
• Nikolaev Ivan Andreevich (09.1945 -), Colonel

• Ochkin, Alexei Yakovlevich (1922-2003) - commander of the 2nd battery of the 156th separate anti-tank fighter division, Soviet writer, film director, who repeated the feat of Alexander Matrosov on the Kursk Bulge ^[16]
• Gerasimov, Ivan Fedorovich (Vanya Fedorov) (1927-1942) - a graduate of the 156th separate anti-tank fighter division, died heroically on the Mamaev Kurgan on October 14, 1942: he was seriously wounded in both hands with a grenade in his teeth under German tanks ^{[17 ] [18]} .

• In the Traktorozavodsky district of the city ​​of Volgograd , several memorial tablets are installed:
  • Lodygina Street, Building 1. “In this building in October 1942 was the command post of the 112th Infantry Division. In fierce battles with the fascist invaders, Siberian warriors staunchly defended the approaches to the tractor plant. ” Opened February 2, 1968 ^{[19] [to 1]} ;
  • Lodygina Street, boarding school No. 4. "Here, during the Battle of Stalingrad, Siberian warriors of the 112th Infantry Division courageously fought with the Nazi invaders." Opened February 2, 1973 ^{[19] [to 2]} ;
  • At the main entrance to the Volgograd Tractor Plant . "Here on the territory of the plant (August 1942 - February 1943), soldiers of the 37th Guards , 112th Rifle Divisions and the 149th Separate Rifle Brigade heroically fought with the Nazis." Opened July 15, 1975 ^{[19] [to 3]} ;
  • Square them. Dzerzhinsky, school number 3. "On October 14, 1942, on the square named after F. Dzerzhinsky, a Komsomol member from the 112th Infantry Division Vanya Fedorov was killed when the tank attacks of the fascist invaders were repelled." Opened June 1, 1978 ^{[19] [to 4]} .
• In May 1992, a granite stele was installed in the square in front of the Volgograd Agrarian University in the Soviet district of Volgograd with the inscription: "Here on the Stalingrad land in 1942-43, soldiers of 112, 298, 308 Siberian, 35 guards rifle divisions fought heroically. Thousands of them gave their life for our Fatherland and are buried on the battlefield. Siberians remember and honor the exploits of their sons. 1993, Novosibirsk. Eternal glory " ^{[20] [to 5]} .

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