32nd Guards Rifle Taman Division. Battle path

    The 32nd Red Banner Rifle Division, which distinguished itself in the Khasan battles, arrived at the front line in early October 1941 and became part of the 5th Army, taking up defense in the Mozhaisk direction. Almost 130 years after Napoleon's campaign, this division had to cross arms with the enemy on the Borodino field, which became an immortal monument to Russian military glory. The soldiers of the 32nd Infantry Division increased this glory. The division was formed on July 20, 1922 from regiments that became famous during the Civil War.
    In addition to the 32nd Infantry Division, the 110th, 133rd, 312th and 316th divisions were intended to be part of the newly formed 5th Army. However, due to the deterioration of the situation, almost all of them were soon sent to other sectors of the front. The 110.312 and 316th rifle divisions were transferred to the 33rd, 43rd and 16th armies respectively. From the 133rd Infantry Division, only one rifle regiment arrived in the 5th Army. However, the situation required that the created command of the 5th Army be moved to the Mozhaisk direction on October 12.
    It turned out that the main force of the army at the moment was the 32nd Red Banner Far Eastern Rifle Division - one of the oldest formations of the Red Army.
    The division consisted of the 17th, 113th, 322nd rifle, 133rd artillery, 154th howitzer regiments, 65th separate anti-tank fighter division, 166th anti-aircraft battery, engineer battalion, communications and medical battalions , reconnaissance and chemical defense companies - in total up to 15 thousand personnel, 8593 rifles, 872 machine guns, 444 machine guns, 286 guns and mortars.
    The 113th regiment of this famous division was created in November 1917 from working Red Guard detachments of the Vyborg side of revolutionary Petrograd. He beat Kolchak, liberated Novonikolaevsk (Novosibirsk) from the whites, and participated in the suppression of the Kronstadt rebellion in 1921. After the Civil War, the regiment was numbered 95, and after Hassan it was assigned number 113. But the veterans of the division still called it the Workers' Regiment.
    Another regiment, the 17th, also went through the heroic path. Its founders were Gomel and Starodub partisans in 1918. At the beginning of 1919, the regiment fought on the Eastern Front with Kolchak’s troops, but especially distinguished itself on the Western Front: for the massive heroism of the soldiers and commanders shown in the battles near the city of Radomir, the regiment was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. In 1925 he was named after M.V. Frunze.
    In March 1934, the division from Saratov was redeployed to the Far East. In the Volga Military District it was called Saratov. In the Far East, only a number has been preserved for it.
    The youngest in the division was the 322nd regiment, but it also already took part in the battles near Lake Khasan as part of the division (02-11.08.1939).
    In the battle of Khasan, the entire division became famous, which became the Red Banner. 1,700 of its soldiers and commanders were awarded orders and medals. And captain M.S. Bochkarev, junior commander N.M. Barinov, lieutenant V.P. Vinokurov, driver S.N. Rassokha, Red Army soldier E.S. Chuikov became Heroes of the Soviet Union. In memory of those who did not return from the battlefield, a monument was erected in the center of Razdolny. The inscription on it read: “The sacred borders of our Fatherland have been and will be impregnable for the enemies of the Soviet people. The Soviet people will never forget the heroic exploits of the defenders of the Far Eastern borders of our Motherland.”
    On September 11, 1941, the division was sent to the Arkhangelsk Military District in the Vologda and Arkhangelsk regions. The division has been in the active army since September 27, 1941. October 5, 1941 The 32nd Infantry Division was loaded into trains at the station. Zvanka and sent to Mozhaisk.
    Before being sent to the front, the divisions had 570 members and 308 candidates for party membership, 4,313 Komsomol members. On the way from the Far East, another 622 people applied for admission to the party, 440 to the Komsomol. And already before the battle on the Mozhaisk line, the division’s party organizations received another 219 applications. October 13, 1941 was significant for the 133rd Light Artillery Regiment, which on that day became entirely party-Komsomol. In addition to two regiments of this division - the 17th and 113th (the 322nd arrived later), in the defense zone of the Mozhaisk UR there were at that time only the 230th training reserve regiment of two battalions, the battalion of the 127th (or 27th or 202nd) reserve regiment and a battalion of cadets of the Moscow Military-Political School named after V.I. Lenin. Operationally, they were subordinate to the commander of the 32nd Infantry Division, Colonel V.I. Polosukhin.
    General Lelyushenko, in order to strengthen the defense of the 32nd Infantry Division, positioned the 19th tank brigade along the Mozhaisk highway near the village of Aksakovo and the 18th tank brigade on the Minsk-Moscow highway. Both roads were covered with minefields and barriers. In addition, in a tank-hazardous direction, the army commander placed three anti-tank artillery regiments - 121, 367 and 421 - in the battle formations of the 32nd Infantry Division. All these forces and means were reliably prepared to meet the advancing enemy and were firmly covered. When the enemy launched an offensive on October 12, he was bombarded with organized artillery, anti-tank, and anti-personnel defense fire.
    For several days there was a continuous fierce battle. The Nazis launched up to 30 tank attacks in the division's defense zone. And they were all broken by the courage and unparalleled heroism of the warriors. The German 40th Mechanized Corps tried to ram our defenses on the flanks. The junction with the left neighbor near the village of Utitsa was covered by the rifle battalion of Captain Shcherbakov and the howitzer battalion of Major Chevgus. The Nazis threw 40 tanks and more than a regiment of motorized infantry here. For 36 hours the unequal duel did not subside, but not a single fascist tank, not a single enemy soldier advanced a meter.
    From October 13 to October 18, fascist German troops lost 117 tanks, 226 vehicles, 4 aircraft, 124 motorcycles and up to 10 thousand soldiers and officers on the Borodino field. The battle formations of the defense thinned out, but the steadfastness of its fighters remained unshakable. Forced to retreat to the eastern 6th bank of the Ruza River, the division's regiments dug trenches and firing positions within 24 hours of hard work, created blockages on the roads, and mined all the fords. The enemy was met with organized fire at this line as well. At the beginning of November, units of the 32nd Infantry Division, weakened in heavy battles, took up defense along the northern bank of the Nara ponds and the Nara River. Here, together with our other troops, the division not only survived, but also went on the offensive in the direction of Kryukovo, Yastrebovo, throwing the Nazis back across the Ruza River.
    On January 17, 1942, the division fought in the Borisovo area, capturing one regiment of Yazevo.
    On May 24, 1942, the division was awarded the honorary title of 29th Guards. In honor of the heroic feat of the Far Easterners, a monument was erected near the village of Akulovo.
    For military services, the division was awarded the honorary name "Elninskaya" (September 1943).
    December 7, 1943 29th Guards. The rifle division (together with other formations and units of the 10th Guards Army) withdrew from the Western Front and became part of the 15th Guards Rifle Corps of the 2nd Baltic Front. The division met 1944 16 kilometers from Nevel. On January 12, 1944, the offensive of the 10th Guards divisions began. army in the general direction of Pustoshka with the aim of cutting off the path of the 16th German Army from Army Group North, which was retreating from Velikie Luki to the west.
    In front of the division were units of the 132nd German division, which included the 312th, 282nd battalions of Latvian riflemen and the 416th police regiment.
   The division was commanded by:
Khozin Mikhail Semenovich (1924 - 1926)
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Berzarin Nikolay Erastovich (~1936~1938)
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Polosukhin Viktor Ivanovich (03/26/1941 - 02/18/1942), colonel
Gladyshev Stepan Trofimovich (02/19/1942 - 05/24/1942), colonel
after transformation into the 29th Guards:
Gladyshev Stepan Trofimovich (05/24/1942 - 11/26/1942), colonel
Pererva Pyotr Vasilievich (11/27/1942 - 12/20/1942), major general
Stuchenko Andrey Trofimovich (12/25/1942 - 08/12/1944), colonel, from 01/29/1943 major general
Lazarev Venedikt Mikhailovich (08/13/1944 - 05/09/1945), colonel
   Literature:
Stuchenko A. T. Our cherished destiny. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1964
Krylov N. I., Alekseev N. I., Dragan I. G. Towards victory. The combat path of the 5th Army. October 1941 - August 1945. Moscow: 1970
Vakhrushev A. M. In the Mozhaisk direction. Moscow: Voenizdat, 1959

Formed on the basis of the 2nd Airborne Corps (2nd Airborne Corps) in May 1942. Full valid name at the end of the Great Patriotic War - 32nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov Second Class Division.

Story

In May 1942, as a result of failures on the Crimean Front, the Soviet command's plans to conduct an airborne operation in Crimea were cancelled. The 2nd Airborne Corps, transferred to Taman on May 25, 1942, was reorganized into the 32nd Guards Rifle Division under the command of Guard Colonel M.F. Tikhonov. At the same time, the airborne brigades were reorganized into the division's guards rifle regiments.

In May - June 1942, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division defended the Taman Peninsula. Due to the difficult situation near Sevastopol, a landing operation on the Kerch Peninsula was developed:

June 19, 1942. Include in the landing group: in the first echelon - 32 Guards. sd. and three battalions of marines of the Black Sea Fleet; in the second echelon - 66, 154th naval brigade. and 103 sbr. Transportation of the 66th Marine Brigade. from the Karelian Front and the 154th Naval Brigade. will be launched from the Northwestern Front on June 20, 1942.

By June 26, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division was concentrated on the northern coast of the Taman Peninsula, in the Peresyp, Akhtanizovskaya area, where it was preparing for the landing. On June 26-30, the division's regiments conducted landing exercises and practiced landing on ships. However, on July 1, the landing was canceled. Units of the division again moved to the southern part of Taman to occupy the defense of the coast from enemy landings.

In connection with the current situation, the most important and dangerous direction for the North Caucasus Front and the Black Sea coast at the moment is the direction from Maykop to Tuapse. If the enemy enters the Tuapse area, the 47th Army and all front troops located in the Krasnodar area will be cut off and taken prisoner. Immediately transfer the 32nd Guards Rifle Division (Colonel M. T. Tikhonov) from the 47th Army and occupy it together with the 236th Rifle Division (Colonel G. N. Korchikov) three to four lines deep along the road from Maykop to Tuapse, and under no circumstances, under your personal responsibility, allow the enemy to enter Tuapse.

On August 22, the division moved to positions centered at Khadyzhenskaya station. The first onslaught of the enemy on Tuapse was repulsed, and the fighting became local until September 25.

On September 25, 1942, German troops again went on the offensive from the Khadyzhenskaya area to Shaumyan and Tuapse. In this sector, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division of the 18th Army held back the enemy onslaught. When German troops were unable to penetrate our defenses in this direction, the German command decided to change the direction of the attack to the east and, with the forces of the Lanz divisional group, go to the rear of the 18th Army. By October 5, the Germans managed to break through our defenses in several places, advance deep into our defenses and take possession of the Oplepen, Gunai, and Geiman mountains, reaching the Gunayka River valley. A real threat of capture hangs over Tuapse.

On October 15, 1942, the enemy reached the southern outskirts of Shaumyan and the valley of the Pshish River - an important natural line of defense on the approaches to Tuapse, which extremely complicated the situation in the Tuapse direction. The division found itself between two enemy groups. On October 16, the enemy occupied Navaginskaya and entered the division’s defense sector. On October 17, Shaumyan was captured, and a battle ensued for the Elisavetpol Pass. Reflecting the enemy's advance from Navaginskaya, the division entered into fierce battles with him on mountain paths and roads, on wooded mountain tops, in deep gorges and valleys. Only the onset of night gave our soldiers a short respite from the body-piercing cold and humidity.

On October 20, the enemy pushed back the units defending the Elisavetpol Pass and captured it. By the end of the day, the division, having in the second echelon the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment in the area of height 490.7, took up defense at the line Saray-Mountain - the valley of the Tuk River - 1.5-2 kilometers east of Mount Sedlo, captured by the enemy. In this situation, the left flank of the Soviet troops could not be stable.

On the morning of October 21, counterattacks by the division began on Mount Sedlo in cooperation with units of the 119th Infantry Brigade and the 328th Infantry Division. By 12 o'clock, the battalion of the 229th Nazi Infantry Regiment, which occupied the mountain, was destroyed. Our troops firmly took up defensive positions: on the right - the 119th Infantry Brigade, on the left - the 68th Infantry Brigade. The troops were given the task of preventing the enemy from breaking through from the Navaginskaya area and the Elisavetpolsky pass to the west and southwest.

By October 23, the enemy's advanced units approached the Goytkh Pass and the northeastern slopes of the Kamenistaya, Semashkho, and Two Brothers mountains. From the tops there was a view of the Black Sea coast and Tuapse, which was about 20 kilometers away. These mountains were the last line where it was necessary to stop the enemy.

As a result of the counterattack, which began on October 25, the troops of the Black Sea group cleared several tactically important valleys and heights from the Nazis and threw the enemy back five to six kilometers to the north. Soldiers and commanders of the 83rd Marine Rifle Brigade, 32nd Guards Rifle Division, 119th Rifle Brigade, 12th Guards Cavalry Division, 40th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 31st Rifle Division and other formations fought courageously in these battles and parts. However, German troops have not yet abandoned their attempt to capture Tuapse.

In mid-November, the enemy again created an attack group in the area north of the Pshish River to break through our defenses. This time he struck through Mount Semashkho at the village of Georgievskoye, located just 16 kilometers northeast of the city. After fierce fighting, the Germans occupied the southern slopes of the Turkey, Semashkho, Two Brothers and Kamenistaya mountains. But by wedging in on certain directions of our defense, the enemy put himself in a disadvantageous position, finding himself in a semicircle of encirclement. On November 26, the troops of the Black Sea Group again launched a counteroffensive. The Nazis desperately resisted. By December 20, units and formations of the Black Sea Group of Forces surrounded and completely defeated the Semash group of the enemy and entered the valley of the Pshish River. At this point, the Germans finally abandoned the idea of capturing Tuapse. The Tuapse defensive operation, which played an important role in the summer campaign of 1942, ended.

Having suffered losses of personnel and equipment in fierce and bloody battles, the division crushed units of the enemy's 101st and 97th light infantry and 46th infantry divisions, the 500th battalion (penal) legion and other units. On December 13, 1942, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and received the name 32nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Division.

On January 3, the division received the order: “Surrender its defense sector to the 236th Infantry Division and concentrate in the Tuapse area with a combined march.” The division was transferred to the zone of action of the 56th Army.

On February 5, 1943, the division as part of the 56th Army went on the offensive and attacked Lakshukai. However, due to fierce enemy resistance, parts of the division managed to move forward only slightly.

29.4.43 former commander 32 Guards sd Guard Colonel Tkachuk reported to the army commander 56 that parts of the division had captured a section of the railway east of Krymskaya and reached the 14.7 mark. By checking this fact, it was established that the division, approaching the railway embankment, met enemy fire and lay down. Instead of an honest recognition of the division's situation, Colonel Tkachuk took the path of lies.

Since September 26, 1943, participating in the Melitopol and Kerch-Eltigen operations, units of the division landed troops on the Kerch bridgehead. On November 5, 1943, the division as part of the 11th Guards Rifle Corps of the 56th Army, having repelled six enemy counterattacks and broken his resistance, occupied Ossoviny, Baksy, Dzhankoy, Yenikale.

Subsequently, the division as part of the Separate Primorsky Army took part in the battles for the liberation of the Crimean Peninsula, stormed Sapun Mountain near Sevastopol on May 7 - 9, 1944, and then entered Sevastopol with battles. On May 10, 1944, Moscow saluted the liberators of Crimea with volleys of 324 guns. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, dated May 24, 1944, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree, and all its regiments received the honorary name of Sevastopol.

In May 1944, the division was transferred to the 2nd Guards Army, and its personnel finally received a short respite - the army was redeployed to the area of the cities of Dorogobuzh, Yelnya and from May 20 was in the reserve of the Supreme High Command Headquarters.

However, already in July 1944, army troops were brought into the 1st Baltic Front and, during the Siauliai offensive operation, repelled enemy counterattacks to the west and north-west of Siauliai, and in October 1944 they participated in the Memel offensive operation.

On December 20, 1944, the army was reassigned to the 3rd Belorussian Front, and from mid-January its troops, having broken through the enemy’s long-term defenses in East Prussia, blocked Königsberg from the southwestern direction.

Then, as part of the 3rd Belorussian Front, she participated in the East Prussian offensive operation. After the capture of the city of Koenigsberg on April 11, 1945, the division’s soldiers began to eliminate the remaining encircled Zemland enemy group. In the second half of April, the war for the 3rd Belorussian Front ended with the complete and successful liquidation of the entire East Prussian enemy group.

Compound

Included

Command

Insignia

Distinguished warriors

Andreev, Vasily Apollonovich, guard junior sergeant, machine gunner of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Andreev, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, guard senior lieutenant, commander of a machine gun company of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Bibilashvili, Alexander Nikolaevich, guard captain, battalion commander of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.
Burmistrov Konstantin Ivanovich, guard sergeant major, squad commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Butsalo, Vasily Filippovich, guard senior sergeant, squad commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Volostnov, Nikolai Dmitrievich, guard sergeant, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Grebenyuk, Evtey Moiseevich, guard senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment.
Yevtushenko, Alexey Evtikhievich, guard senior sergeant, commander of the 76-mm gun crew of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.
Zhukov, Vasily Frolovich, guard lieutenant, company commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Zakurenkov, Nikolai Kuzmich, guard major general, division commander.
Kalabun, Valentin Vasilyevich, guard senior sergeant, reconnaissance officer of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.

In the Book of Memory of Ukraine this place is called “Mass grave at the foot of Sapun Mountain (town of Rod\Rud\Rud).”
In the report on irretrievable losses No. 34676 dated 06/09/1944 ex. 32 Guards SD is listed as "State farm "Rud" grave No. 1, No. 2", "Territory of state farm "Rud" grave No. 3, "Territory of state farm "Rud""

According to the Book of Memory of Ukraine and the OBD Memorial project, the following are buried here:

Bareshkin Ivan Dmitrievich, born in 1914. Baku. Called up by the Oktyabrsky RVC, Azerbaijan SSR, Baku, Oktyabrsky district. Senior Sergeant. Squad commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/10/1944
(Vansha) Vanzha Alexander Yakovlevich, born in 1907. Rostov region, Samara district, village. N. Bagai. Red Army soldier, private, rifleman of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed in the battles for Sevastopol on May 8-11, 1944.
Vasiliev Petr Stepanovich, born in 1912. Stavropol region, Trunovsky district, st. Rootless. Called up by the Khachmas RVC of the Azerbaijan SSR. Private, rifleman, 85th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died on May 8, 1944.
Velichko Nikolai Mikhailovich, born in 1920 village Nizhnie Serogozy, Kherson region. Called up in 1938 as a Red Army soldier, rifleman of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died of wounds on May 8, 1944.
Verkhov Nikolai Mikhailovich, born in 1910. Ulyanovsk region, Sengileevsky district, village. Krotkovo. Called up by the Sengileevsky RVC. Guard senior lieutenant, combatant of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died 05/12/1944
Vlasenko Viktor Evgenievich, born in 1925. Krasnodar region, Kropotkin. Called up by the Kropotkin RVC. Private, rifleman, 32nd Guards Rifle Division, 85th Guards Rifle Regiment. Killed 05/10/1944
Grishaev Alexey Alekseevich, born in 1914. Crimean ASSR, Ak-Mechetsky district, village. Koria-Shanskaya (Korin). Called up by the Ak-Sheikh RVC of Crimea. Guard private, rifleman, 85th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed in battle on May 8, 1944.
Guliyev Amir Khadzhikuli, born in 1925 Azerbaijan SSR, Divichi district, village. Charah. Called up by the Divichi RVC of the Azerbaijan SSR. Guards Red Army soldier, telephone operator of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed in battle on May 12, 1944.
Yevtushenko Nikolay Gerasimovich (Grigorievich), born in 1922. Krasnodar region, Varenikovsky district, Vesely village. Called up by Varenikovsky RVC. Guards Red Army soldier, driver of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/12/1944
Efimov Nikolay Fedorovich, born in 1914. Krasnodar region. Uspensky district, village Konokovo. Called by the Uspensky RVC of the Krasnodar Territory. Guard Red Army soldier, combatant. Killed 05/09/1944
Efimchenko Prokofy Vasilievich, born in 1918. Stalingrad region, Zhdanovsky district, village. Serino. Called up by the Zhdanovsky RVK of the Stalingrad region. Red Army soldier, rifleman of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/08/1944
Zheleznyak Stepan Grigorievich, born in 1917. Nikolaev region, Golopristansky district, village. Kilgey. Guard Red Army soldier, private, machine gunner of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/10/1944
Zakharov Petr Ivanovich, born in 1918. Ulyanovsk region, Sursky district. Called up by the Sursky RVC. Sergeant, squad commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died 05/11/1944
Zbitnev Grigory Konstantinovich, born in 1901. Stalingrad region, Uryupinsky district, village. Ozerik. Called up by the Uryupinsk RVC. Guard Red Army soldier, combatant. Died 05/11/1944
Ivanov Vladimir Vasilievich, born in 1920 Georgian SSR, Poti district. Called up by the Poti RVC, Georgian SSR, Poti. Sergeant. Squad commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed in battle on May 10, 1944.
Kapranov Ivan Nikiforovich (Nikanorovich), born in 1907. Kuibyshev region, Privolzhsky district, Troshchansky s/s. Called up by the Volga RVC. Guards Red Army soldier. Killed in battle on May 10, 1944.
Kopaya Petr Antonovich, born in 1902 Krasnodar region, Ryazan district, Bzhedukhovsky s/s. Called up by the Ryazan RVC. Guards Red Army soldier. Died 05/11/1944
Koreshkov Vladimir Alekseevich (Alexandrovich), born in 1925. Gorky region, Sharya. Called up by the Gorky RVC. Private. Died 05/11/1944
Korovin Nikolay Sergeevich, born in 1925 Vologda. Called up by the Krasnopresnensky RVC of the Yaroslavl region. Sergeant, squad commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/11/1944
Korchagin Ivan Dmitrievich, Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Prikhebinsky district. Called up by the Prikhebinsky RVC, Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Sergeant, squad commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/12/1944
Kravtsov Vladimir Maksimovich, born in 1910 Called by the Apanasenkovsky RVC of the Stavropol Territory. Private. Killed in battle on May 9, 1944.

Krovets (Kravets) Aron Moiseevich, born in 1921 Nationality: Gypsy. Guard Lieutenant. Commander of a mortar squad, commander of a foot reconnaissance platoon, adjutant to the commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Called up by the Smelyansky RVK, Ukrainian SSR, Kiev region, Smelyansky district. Killed 05/18/1944
Medal "For Courage" first: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=150343976&tab=navDetailDocumen...
Medal "For Courage" second: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=16374123&tab=navDetailManAward
Order of the Patriotic War, II degree: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=18413494&tab=navDetailManAward
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Krymov Vasily Panfilovich, born in 1925 Called by the Naursky RVC of the Stavropol Territory. Guards Red Army soldier, foot reconnaissance scout of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Red Banner Taman Rifle Division.
Order of the Red Star: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=20262146&tab=navDetailDocument
Order of Glory III degree: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=21276015&tab=navDetailDocument
Killed in battle on May 7, 1944.

Kuznetsov Alexey Antonovich, born in 1922 Called up by the Sasovo RVC. Guard sergeant, squad commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died 05/10/1944
Kuliev Amir, born in 1925 Azerbaijan SSR, Divichi district. Called up by the Divichinsky RVC. Private. Died 05/11/1944
Kusainov Babajan, 1914, Alma-Ata region, Dzhambul district. Called up by the Dzhambul RVC, Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata region, Dzhambul district. Sergeant, squad commander of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/07/1944
Lysenko Konstantin Moiseevich, born in 1897 Called up by the Tbilisi RVC of the Krasnodar Territory. Guard private, wagon driver, 85th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died 10(11/05/1944)
Militov Ilya Ivanovich, born in 1923 Called up by the Baku RVC. Private. Died 05/11/1944
Miroshnikov Ivan Ivanovich, born in 1925 Krasnodar. Called up by the State Military Commission of Krasnodar. Sergeant, squad commander of the 3rd Rifle Battalion of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed in battle on May 7, 1944.
Nasirov (Nomrov, Namrov) Babakhan, born in 1914. Molotovsky RVC was called up. Private, rifleman, 85th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died of wounds on May 7, 1944.
Proskurov Georgy Makarovich (Maksimovich), born in 1919. Stavropol. Called up by the Stavropol GVK. Sergeant. Section commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died 05/11/1944
Pchelintsev Nikolay Stepanovich, born in 1924 Private. Died 05/12/1944
Pyshkov Nikolai Petrovich, born in 1921 Moscow region, Kolomna district, Bortnikova village. Called up by the Kolomna RVC. Senior Sergeant. Commander of the mortar crew of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died 05/10/1944

Raginsky (Roginsky) Stepan Mikhailovich, born in 1902. Place of recruitment: Temryuk RVK, Krasnodar region, Temryuk district. Guard private, commander of the 7th Rifle Squad of the 70th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division.
Order of the Red Star: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=19514804&tab=navDetailDocument
Killed 05/11/1944

Sarkisyan Andrey Ilyich, born in 1925 Kislovodsk. Called up by the Kislovodsk RVC. Guard Red Army soldier, combatant. Died 05/11/1944
Sarkisyan Andrey Shabaevich, born in 1925 Kislovodsk. Called up by the Kislovodsk GVK. Red Army soldier, rifleman of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died on May 8, 1944.
Sklyar Alexander Kirillovich, born in 1914 Kharkov region, Bliznyukovsky district, village. Vodyanoe. Called up by the Bliznyukovsky RVC. Guard Lieutenant. Died 05/11/1944

Solodkov Nikolay Pavlovich, born in 1925 Krasnodar region, Gulkevichsky district, st. Otrada Kubanskaya. Called up by the Gulkevichi RVC. Guard private, rifleman, 1st Rifle Company, 85th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died of wounds on May 11, 1944.
Order of the Red Star: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=33511430&tab=navDetailManAward

Suetin Ivan Zakharovich, born in 1912. Moscow region, Vasilyevsky district, village. Bar. Called up by Vasilyevsky RVC. Guard Red Army soldier, combatant. Died 05/11/1944
Suetin Ivan Nikitich, born in 1912 Moscow region, Visokovsky district, village. Bor. Called up by the Visokovsky RVC. Red Army soldier, rifleman of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died on May 8, 1944.
(Sukhagarov) Sukhoparov Nikolai Nikolaevich (Nikiforovich), born in 1924. Krasnodar region, st. Novomikhailovskaya. Called up by the Krylovsky RVC. Red Army soldier, rifleman of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died from wounds on May 9, 1944.
Fedorov Alexander Ivanovich, born in 1902 Died 05/13/1944

Frolova Lidiya Alekseevna, born in 1924 Called up Nalchik RVK, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Nalchik district. Guard foreman of the medical service, medical instructor of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/09/1944
Order of the Patriotic War, II degree, posthumously: podvignaroda.mil.ru/?#id=31346668&tab=navDetailManAward

Khalzov Vladimir Stepanovich, born in 1901 Chkalov. Called by the Dzerzhinsky RVC of Chkalov. Foreman, assistant platoon commander of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Died on May 8, 1944.
(Chabakov) Chebakov Ivan Afanasyevich, born in 1904. Omsk region, Lyubinsky district, Tachkina village. Called by the Kolybelsky RVC of the Novosibirsk region. Lieutenant. Killed in battle on May 8, 1944.
Cherneikin Ivan Ilyich, born in 1919 Kazakh SSR, Beskaragai region. Red Army soldier, rifleman of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed in battle on May 8, 1944.
Chernyaykin Andrey Ilyich, born in 1919. Called up by the Beskaragai RVC of the Pavlograd region. Private. Died 05/11/1944
Chepurnoy Dmitry Grigorievich, born in 1925. Private. Died 05/11/1944
Shevtsov Nikolay Dmitrievich, born in 1924. Sunzhensky district, Troitskaya village. Called up by the Sunzhensky RVC, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Sunzhensky district. Private, rifleman, 80th Guards Rifle Regiment, 32nd Guards Rifle Division. Killed 05/07/1944
Yumashev Anatoly Georgievich, born in 1915. Krasnodar region, Rybatsky district, village. Malaya Kosgovka. Called up by the Rubtsovsky RVC of the Altai Territory. Senior Lieutenant. Killed in battle on May 8, 1944.
Yumashov Konstantin Georgievich, born in 1915. Called up by the Rubtsovsky RVC of the Altai Territory. Guard Senior Lieutenant. Died 05/11/1944

History of the formation The division was formed in July 1941 as the 293rd Infantry Division (I Formation). She fought as part of the troops of the Southwestern, Voronezh, Steppe and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts. From November 1942 she took part in the Battle of Stalingrad. In October 1942, it was included in the 66th Army (since April 1943, the Fifth Guards Army) and participated in the Battle of Kursk and the liberation of Left Bank Ukraine.

On January 21, 1943, for participation in the Battle of Stalingrad, the 293rd division was renamed the 66th Guards Rifle Division. The Supreme Commander's order No. 34 dated January 21, 1943 stated:

“... In the battles for our Soviet Motherland against the German invaders of the two hundred and ninety-third Rifle Division showed examples of courage, bravery, discipline and organization. Waging continuous battles... the division inflicted huge losses on the fascist troops and, with its crushing blows, destroyed the enemy's manpower and equipment, mercilessly smashed the German invaders... For the courage shown in battles for the Fatherland, for perseverance... for the heroism of the personnel, transform two hundred and ninety the third rifle division into the 66th Guards Rifle Division... The transformed division will be presented with the Guards Banner..."

After the battles near Stalingrad, as part of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps, the sixty-sixth Guards Rifle Division was transferred to Stary Oskol.

Before the start of the Battle of Kursk, the 66th Guards Rifle Division of the 32nd Guards Rifle Corps of the 5th Guards Army was in the second echelon of the combat formation of troops, that is, seventy kilometers north of Prokhorovka. After fierce fighting, units of the division launched a counteroffensive near Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943, together with units of the 5th Guards Tank Army.

During the offensive on the territory of Left Bank Ukraine, units of the division participated in the liberation of Poltava and Kremenchug, crossed the Dnieper on the move and captured a bridgehead on its right bank.

The connection was noted in the battles for the liberation of Poltava. The 32nd Guards Rifle Corps received a combat order to cross the Vorskla River and enter Poltava from the west. The 66th Guards Division was the first to cross to the right bank of the river and boldly acted in the vanguard of the troops. To commemorate the liberation of Poltava, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of September 23, 1943 No. 22, the sixty-sixth Guards Rifle Division was awarded the honorary name "Poltava"

32nd Guards Rifle Division- Guards Rifle Division of the Red Army (RKKA) of the USSR Armed Forces, during the Great Patriotic War.

Formed on the basis of the 2nd Airborne Corps (2nd Airborne Corps) in May 1942. Full valid name, at the end of the Great Patriotic War - 32nd Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of Suvorov Second Class Division.

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In May - June 1942, the 32nd Guards Rifle Division defended the Taman Peninsula. Due to the difficult situation near Sevastopol, a landing operation was developed on the Kerch Peninsula:

June 19, 1942. Include in the landing group: in the first echelon - 32 Guards. sd. and three battalions of marines of the Black Sea Fleet; in the second echelon - 66, 154th naval brigade. and 103 sbr. Transportation of the 66th Marine Brigade. from the Karelian Front and the 154th Naval Brigade. will be launched from the Northwestern Front on June 20, 1942.

In connection with the current situation, the most important and dangerous direction for the North Caucasus Front and the Black Sea coast at the moment is the direction from Maykop to Tuapse. If the enemy enters the Tuapse area, the 47th Army and all front troops located in the Krasnodar area will be cut off and taken prisoner. Immediately transfer the 32nd Guards Rifle Division (Colonel M. T. Tikhonov) from the 47th Army and occupy it together with the 236th Rifle Division (Colonel G. N. Korchikov) three to four lines deep along the road from Maykop to Tuapse, and under no circumstances, under your personal responsibility, allow the enemy to enter Tuapse.

On August 22, the division moved to positions centered at Khadyzhenskaya station. The first onslaught of the enemy on Tuapse was repulsed, and the fighting became local until September 25.

29.4.43 former commander 32 Guards sd Guard Colonel Tkachuk reported to Army Commander 56 that parts of the division had captured a section of the railway east of Krymskaya and reached the 14.7 mark. By checking this fact, it was established that the division, approaching the railway embankment, met enemy fire and lay down. Instead of an honest recognition of the division's situation, Colonel Tkachuk took the path of lies.

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80th Guards Rifle Regiment
82nd Guards Rifle Regiment
85th Guards Rifle Regiment
58th Guards Artillery Regiment
30th Separate Guards Anti-Tank Fighter Division
28th Guards Anti-Aircraft Battery (until April 25, 1943)
11th Guards Mortar Division (until 10/20/42)
29th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company
34th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
39th Separate Guards Signal Battalion
402nd (27th) medical battalion
25th Separate Guards Chemical Defense Company
581st (44th) motor transport company
529th (43rd) Divisional Veterinary Hospital
587th (26th) field bakery
1915th Field Postal Station
1760th field cash desk of the State Bank.

Combat period: 25.5.1942 - 9.5.1945

Included

06/01/1942 - 09/01/1942 - 47th Army of the Northern KF
01.10.1942 - 01.01.1943 - 18th Army ZakF
02/01/1943 - 56th Army ZakF
04/01/1943 - 22nd Rifle Corps of the Northern KF
05/01/1943 - 05/09/1945 - 11th Guards Rifle Corps

Command

The guards formation was commanded by:

I. Z. Pashkov (May - July 1946)

Insignia

Distinguished warriors

Andreev, Vasily Apollonovich, guard junior sergeant, machine gunner of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Andreev, Mikhail Alexandrovich, guard senior lieutenant, commander of a machine gun company of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Bibilashvili, Alexander Nikolaevich, guard captain, battalion commander of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.

Burmistrov Konstantin Ivanovich, guard sergeant major, squad commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.

Butsalo, Vasily Filippovich, guard senior sergeant, squad commander of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Volostnov, Nikolai Dmitrievich, guard sergeant, commander of the heavy machine gun crew of the 82nd Guards Rifle Regiment.
Grebenyuk, Evtey Moiseevich, guard senior sergeant, assistant platoon commander of the 85th Guards Rifle Regiment.

Yevtushenko, Alexey Evtikhievich, guard senior sergeant, commander of the 76-mm gun crew of the 80th Guards Rifle Regiment.