Creation History
It was created on July 15, 1922 in Rostov-on-Don as the 9th separate sapper battalion of the North Caucasus region.
Formed on the basis of the 5th Sapper Battalion.
The first commander of the battalion was Tatsky Nikolay Maksimovich, military commissar Galenbo Alexander Lvovich.
Name change history
| 9 separate sapper battalion of the North Caucasus District | July 15, 1922 |
| 19th Separate Engineer Battalion of the 9th Rifle Corps | April 1, 1938 |
| 19 separate Red Banner engineer battalion of 9 rifle corps | January 1941 |
| 19 separate Red Banner engineer battalion of the 44th Army | from March 10, 1942 |
| 19 separate Red Banner engineer battalion of the 28th Army | November 1, 1943 |
| 5th Guards Separate Red Banner Engineering Battalion | April 1, 1943 |
| 5th Guards Separate Moto-Assault Engineering Sapper Order of the Red Banner of Labor Sevastopol Battalion | May 24, 1944 |
| 5th Guards Detached Motorcycle Assault Engineering Sapper Order of the Red Banner of Labor Sevastopol Battalion (pp 91194) 22nd Guards Motorized Assault Engineering Sapper Brigade of the Reserve of the Main Command | May 1944 - June 1945 |
| 5th Guards Separate Moto-Assault Engineering and Sapper Orders of Alexander Nevsky, Kutuzov III St, Labor Red Banner Sevastopol Battalion of the 22nd Guards Motorized Storm Engineering Brigade of the Berlin Command Group | 06.04.45 |
| 8th Guards Separate Engineering Engineer Orders of Alexander Nevsky, Kutuzov III Station, Red Banner of Labor Sevastopol Battalion, 2nd Guards Engineering Sapper Berlin Brigade | November 1945 |
State battalion composition 012/199 (1945)
| Officers | 26 |
| Sergeants | 60 |
| Ordinary composition | 228 |
| Total | 314 |
On the equipment of the battalion stood Steel bib CH-42 in the amount of 100 pieces.
The merits of the battalion in peacetime
By the Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee No. 158 of April 22, 1927, the 1st company of the 9th Separate Sapper Battalion of the 9th Rifle Corps was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the RSFSR —for the energy, composure and control of the commanding personnel, endurance and bravery of the Red Army men on the bridge construction through r. Terek near the village of Darg-Koch . Later, when the battalion was renamed, this award of the 1st company transferred to the battalion.
April 9, 1931 by the decision of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR for extinguishing a fire at the Maikop oil fields in 1930/31 with the help of explosions of land and underground charges, the first in the Red Army were awarded the highest award of the country at that time - the Order of Lenin 5 sappers: Kalugin K.S. , Kopylov V. A. , Emelyanov V.N., Kiprov V.A., Evsikov N.I.
Battle Path during the Great Patriotic War
1941 / June 22 /
Simferopol - Perekop - Ak-Monay frontier - Kerch - Temryuk - Novorossiysk
1942
Novorossiysk - Feodosiya - Ak-Monaysky line - Kerch - Krasnodar - Makhachkala - Mozdok
1943
Mozdok - Rostov on Don - Mius - Mariupol - Kakhovka - Nikopol
1944
Nikopol - Sivash - Simferopol - Sevastopol - Molodi - Moscow - Urschel - Molodi
1945
Molodi - Kiev - Krakow - Katowice - Rybnik - Ratibor - Breslau - Gross-Serchen - Spremberg - Berlin - Dresden - Prague
Total for the war battalion covered 10,250 kilometers
The merits of the battalion in World War II
In April 1943, the battalion became the “ Guards ”.
In May 1944, the battalion was given the honorary title “ Sevastopol ” for the liberation of the city of Sevastopol.
For the excellent performance of combat missions at the front of the struggle against the Nazi invaders in the battles for the capture of Berlin , Potsdam, Breslau, crossing the Neisse, the Spree, liberation of Prague, the 5th Guards separate motor-assault engineering-sapper order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Sevastopol battalion awarded the Army Corps. Kutuzov 3 degrees, Alexander Nevsky (Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 04.06.45, of 04.04.45) (p. 91194).
The battalion was inscribed on the List of formations and units of the engineering troops that distinguished themselves in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, prepared in 1947 by the headquarters of the engineering troops of the USSR Ministry of Defense to be inscribed on a memorial plaque of the Central Historical Military Engineering Museum (TsAMO RF, f.69 , op 12120, d. 771, pp. 32-36.
Literature
1. N. Miroshnikov, P. Ivangorodsky, “The First Five”, state military publication, Moscow, 1931
2. The newspaper "Izvestia" for April 10, 1931
3. "For Peace and Labor (Red Cavalryman)", a daily Red Army newspaper of the Revolutionary Council of the North Caucasian Military District, Rostov-on-Don for April 13, 1931, No. 78 (3169); April 15, 1931, No. 80 (3171)
4. “School of Military Engineers”, Ministry of Defense of the USSR, Office of the Chief of the Engineering Troops, KALININGRAD HIGHER ENGINEERING ORDER LENIN, KRASNOZNAMNNYE College of Engineering Wars named after A. A. Zhdanov, Order of the Red Banner of Labor Military Publishing House of the USSR Ministry of Defense, Moscow, 1980, 90.
5. "Engineers of the Soviet Army 1918-1945", Institute of Military History of the USSR Ministry of Defense, Moscow, Military Publishing House, 1985, p.121.
6. A.D. Tsirlin, P.I. Biryukov, V.P. Istomin, E.N. Fedoseev “Engineering troops in battles for the Soviet Motherland”, Order of the Red Banner of Labor Military publishing house of the USSR Ministry of Defense, Moscow, 1970, p. 59.64.
7. G. V. Malinovsky, “Brigade of Engineering Troops,” Moscow, “Patriot” Publishing House, 2005, p. 273-275), List of formations and units of engineering troops that distinguished themselves in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, prepared in 1947, by the headquarters of the engineering troops of the USSR Ministry of Defense for recording on the memorial plaque of the Central Historical Military Engineering Museum (TsAMO RF, f.69, op 12120, d. 771, p. 32-36