For the exemplary performance of command assignments during the breakthrough of the German defenses on the Ingulets River, the division was awarded the honorary title Zaporozhye and was awarded the Order of Suvorov II degree.

At the end of the war, the division became part of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany.
The 88th Guards Rifle Zaporozhye Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bohdan Khmelnitsky Division was disbanded in 1947.

Periods of entry into the active army

Subordination

commanders

Compound

• 266th Guards rifle regiment,
• 269th Guards Rifle Regiment
• 271st Guards Rifle Regiment
• 194th Guards Artillery Regiment,
• 96th separate guards anti-tank battalion,
• 93rd Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company,
• 102nd Separate Guards Engineer Battalion,
• 157th Separate Guards Communications Battalion (until November 5, 1944 - 2nd Separate Guards Communications Company),
• 594th (94th) medical sanitary battalion,
• 92nd separate guards company of chemical protection,
• 744th (94) motor transport company,
• 669th (91) field bakery,
• 695th (90th) divisional veterinary infirmary,
• 981st field post station,
• 706th field cash desk of the State Bank.

Scroll No. 5 Rifle, mountain rifle, motorized 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.

Awards

• July 22, 1941 - - the award passed from the 99th Infantry Division (1st Formation)
• October 14, 1943 - "Zaporozhskaya" - the honorary name was given by order Supreme Commander dated October 14, 1943 in commemoration of the victory and distinction in the battles during the liberation of Zaporozhye;
• March 19, 1944 - Order of Suvorov II degree - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944 for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders during the breakthrough of the strong German defenses along the western bank of the Ingulets River, for the liberation of the city of Novyi Bug and shown during this valor and courage;
• ??? - Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for the exemplary performance of command assignments in battles with the German invaders and the valor and courage shown at the same time;
• May 28, 1945 - - awarded by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 28, 1945 for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles during the breakthrough of the German defenses and the attack on Berlin and the valor and courage shown at the same time.

Division unit awards:

Distinguished Warriors

During the years of the Great Patriotic War, 15 soldiers of the division were awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 20 soldiers became holders of the Order of Glory of 3 degrees, 8 thousand soldiers and officers of the division were awarded military orders and medals.

No fewer awards with orders of the USSR were made:

• order of Lenin - 21
• Order of the Red Banner - 262
• Order of Suvorov II degree - 2
• Order of Kutuzov II degree - 1
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree - 2
• Order of Suvorov III degree - 7
• Order of Kutuzov III degree - 4
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky III degree - 21
• Order of Alexander Nevsky - 105
• Order of the Patriotic War, I degree - 271
• Order of the Patriotic War II degree - 775
• Order of the Red Star - 1446
• Order of Glory, 1st class - 20
• Order of Glory II degree - 186
• Order of Glory III degree - 901

(Data on awards are taken from the decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, orders of the 88th Guards Rifle Division, 28th Guards Rifle Corps, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front, South Western front, 3 of the Ukrainian Front, posted on the website "Electronic Document Bank" The feat of the people in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation).

• Vanichkin, Vladimir Vasilievich, lieutenant of the guard, commander of a rifle platoon of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Galtsev, Ivan Sergeevich, lieutenant of the guard, commander of a platoon of submachine gunners of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945.
• Yolkin, Ivan Sergeevich, lieutenant of the guard, commander of a rifle platoon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Katkov, Fedor Leontyevich, senior lieutenant of the guard, commander of the 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944. Killed May 5, 1944.
• Konchin, Alexander Alekseevich, guard captain, deputy commander of the 3rd rifle battalion for the political part of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945. Killed in action April 28, 1945.
• Kuznetsov, Grigory Dmitrievich, senior sergeant of the guard, assistant platoon commander of the 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944.
• Pankov, Boris Nikiforovich, major general of the guard, division commander. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 6, 1945.
• Romanovtsev, Sergei Dmitrievich, Guards Sergeant, Commander of the Heavy Machine Gun Squad of the 3rd Rifle Battalion of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944.
• Sakhnenko, Mikhail Sidorovich, senior sergeant of the guard, commander of a rifle platoon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 3, 1944.
• Semakin, Afanasy Ivanovich, captain of the guard, commander of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 269th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 15, 1946. Died of wounds on September 28, 1945.
• Semyonov, Dmitry Ivanovich, senior sergeant of the guard, commander of the calculation of an easel machine gun of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945. The title was awarded posthumously.
• Sechkin, Alexander Kirillovich, senior lieutenant of the guard, party organizer of the 1st rifle battalion of the 269th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 19, 1944. The title was awarded posthumously.
• Subbotin, Ivan Petrovich, Guards lieutenant colonel, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Umarov, Shadman, captain of the guard, commander of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 266th guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945.
• Chepanov, Mikhail Petrovich, junior lieutenant of the guard, commander of the 2nd platoon of the 5th company of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 271st guards rifle regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945.

List of warriors nominated for the title of "Hero Soviet Union", but not awarded this title

Cavaliers of the Order of Glory 3 degrees

• Agienko, Vasily Matveevich, senior sergeant of the guard, crew commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Bogdanov, Mikhail Nesterovich, guard sergeant, gunner of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Vlasov, Vladimir Emelyanovich, senior sergeant of the guard, commander of the reconnaissance section of the battery of the 194th Guards Artillery Regiment.
• Gavrilov, Alexander Mikhailovich, senior sergeant of the guard, squad leader of the foot reconnaissance platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Galenko, Ivan Vasilievich, guard sergeant, commander of the 93rd separate guards reconnaissance company.
• Gorshanov, Ivan Grigorievich, senior sergeant of the guard, platoon commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Goryachev, Ivan Vladimirovich, senior sergeant of the guard, assistant commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Grabovsky, Nikolai Titovich, senior sergeant of the guard, gunner of the 45-mm gun of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• Dolgov, Pyotr Petrovich, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment.
• , guards junior sergeant, reconnaissance platoon of foot reconnaissance of the 269th guards rifle regiment., private guard, submachine gunner of the 266th guards rifle regiment.
  • Guard Lieutenant Colonel Subbotin Ivan Petrovich, commander of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Colonel Kalyakin Vladimir Egorovich, chief of staff of the division. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 31, 1945

  Order of Suvorov III degree:

  • Guard Major Vasily Grigoryevich Goroshko, Chief of Staff of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 531 of April 14, 1945
  • Guards Major Zaika Vasily Mikhailovich, commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 1409 of November 6, 1943
  • Captain Malkov Vasily Prokopyevich, commander of the rifle battalion of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 526/n dated April 8, 1945
  • Guard Lieutenant Colonel Mikhailov Dmitry Fedorovich, commander of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 037/n dated April 21, 1944
  • Guard Captain Pribylov Sergei Dmitrievich, commander of the rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 489/n dated March 6, 1945
  • Captain Simonov Mikhail Emelyanovich, commander of the rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 656/n dated June 14, 1945
  • Guards Major Shustanov Ivan Efimovich, commander of the rifle battalion of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Commander of the Rifle Battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 526/n dated April 8, 1945

  Order of Kutuzov III degree:

  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky III degree:

  • Guard Lieutenant Bandurko Vasily Timofeevich, party organizer of the rifle battalion of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 488/n dated March 5, 1945
  • Guards Major Anton Ilyich Velmiskin, Assistant Chief of the 1st Section of the Division Headquarters. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 656/n dated June 14, 1945
  • guard senior lieutenant Golubovich Mikhail Fedorovich, commander of a company of submachine gunners of the 1st rifle battalion of the 269th guards rifle regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 385/n dated December 7, 1944
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Dobronozhenko Vladimir Kuzmich, intelligence officer of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 589/n dated May 28, 1945
  • Guards Junior Lieutenant Zainiev Zakiya Akhmadievich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 043/n dated May 2, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Ivanov Nikolai Dmitrievich, Assistant Chief of the 2nd Branch of the Division Headquarters. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 037 / n dated April 21, 1944
  • Guards Lieutenant Kireev Ivan Anisimovich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 2nd rifle battalion of the 271st guards rifle regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 385/n dated December 7, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Kislov Dmitry Nikolaevich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 543 / n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Alexander Danilovich Korepanov, commander of a rifle platoon of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 483/n dated March 5, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Fedor Ivanovich Kurokhta, commander of a rifle company of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 367/n dated November 15, 1944
  • Guard Captain Langovoi Mitrofan Ilyich, commander of a rifle company of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Senior Lieutenant Logvinenko Ivan Dmitrievich, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Rifle Battalion for the combat unit of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 206/n dated August 28, 1944
  • guard senior lieutenant Merzlyakov Ivan Yakovlevich, commander of a machine-gun company of the 3rd rifle battalion of the 271st guards rifle regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 393 / n of December 14, 1944
  • Guards Lieutenant Migin Nikolai Ivanovich, commander of the 2nd rifle company of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front No. 014/n dated March 24, 1944
  • Guards Sergeant Polyansky Nikolai Konstantinovich, commander of the rifle squad of the 266th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Captain Puzhitsky Vladimir Vasilyevich, deputy commander of the rifle battalion for the combat unit of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 543/n dated April 24, 1945
  • Guard Captain Razumny Ivan Fedorovich, intelligence officer of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 483/n dated March 5, 1945
  • Guards Senior Lieutenant Samoryadov Georgy Timofeevich, deputy commander of the rifle battalion for the combat unit of the 269th Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council of the 1st Belorussian Front No. 489/n dated March 6, 1945
  • Guard Lieutenant Steklenev Nikolai Stepanovich, adjutant of the senior rifle battalion of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 296/n dated October 7, 1944
  • Guard Lieutenant Tishkov Leonid Semyonovich, commander of a rifle platoon of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 589/n dated May 28, 1945
  • Guard captain Yakov Filippovich Yashchenkov, deputy commander of the 1st rifle battalion for the combat unit of the 271st guards rifle regiment. Order of the Military Council 1 of the Belorussian Front No. 404/n dated January 19, 1945

  The list was compiled on the basis of orders on the website: Electronic Bank of Documents "The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".

  IN Anichkin Vladimir Vasilyevich - platoon commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment (88th Guards Zaporizhzhya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky rifle division, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front), guard lieutenant.

  Born on August 15, 1925 in the village of Konduki in the Epifanovsky (now Uzlovsky) district of the Tula region in a peasant family. Russian. In 1941 he graduated from 8 classes, then 2 courses of the Pedagogical College. In the Red Army since February 1943, he was drafted by the Epifanovsky district military registration and enlistment office of the Tula region.

  In the army since July 1943. He fought in the 88th Guards Rifle Division of the 8th Guards Army on the Southwestern, 3rd Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. In 1944 he graduated from the courses of junior lieutenants.

  Guard Lieutenant Vanichkin distinguished himself in the Warsaw-Poznan offensive during the crossing of the Warta River.

  January 25, 1945, among the first with a small group of fighters, he swam across the icy water across the Warta River near the village of Weissenburg (Bedrusko, north of the city of Poznan, Poland), captured and held a bridgehead on the left bank for 20 hours, covering the crossing of other units .

  At Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24, 1945 for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command on the front of the struggle against the German invaders and the courage and heroism shown in this Vanichkin Vladimir Vasilievich He was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

  From April 16 to May 8, 1945, Guards Lieutenant V.V. Vanichkin participated as part of his division in the Berlin offensive operation, the assault on the Seelow Heights, the crossing of the Spree River, and street battles in Berlin.

  After the war, V.V. Vanichkin was transferred to the reserve, lived and worked in the city of Donskoy, Tula region, then in Chisinau (Moldova). He died in a car accident on October 10, 1964. He was buried at the Central Cemetery in Chisinau.

  He was awarded the Orders of Lenin (03/24/1945), the Red Star (09/24/1944), medals.

  In the district center - the city of Uzlovaya, the portrait of the Hero is placed on the memorial stand of the Heroes of the district. In the city of Donskoy, a memorial plaque was installed on the house where V.V. Vanichkin lived after the war (27 Gertsen St.).

  Until July 1943, the troops of the 8th Guards Army, where V.V. Vanichkin fought, occupied the line along the Seversky Donets River.

  From July 17 to July 27, 1943, V.V. Vanichkin took part in the Izyum-Barvenkovskaya offensive operation, during which the troops of the division as part of the army crossed the Seversky Donets River and captured a bridgehead on its right bank. After that, protracted stubborn battles began on the bridgeheads, where the 8th Guards Army suffered heavy losses and from August 10 was withdrawn for replenishment and resupply to the second echelon of the front.

  On August 13, Donbass began offensive. The 8th Guards Army, which had not yet had time to restore its strength, was again brought into battle on August 20. The 88th Guards Rifle Division fought in the area north of Slavyansk. On August 22, the 8th Guards Army managed to break through the German defenses near the villages of Dolgenkoye and Mazanovka, but as a result of German counterattacks, the breakthrough was eliminated and the offensive of our troops was suspended. On September 3, the offensive resumed, but it happened very slowly, with heavy bloody battles. 88th guards division fought on the outskirts of Barvenkovo. Finally, the German command could not stand it and began to withdraw its troops to the Dnieper, and the troops of the 8th Guards Army began to pursue them in the Zaporozhye direction. By the end of September, the divisions of the 8th Guards Army reached the Dnieper.

  From October 10 to October 14, 1943, V.V. Vanichkin participated in the Zaporozhye offensive operation, during which the German Zaporozhye bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper was liquidated and the city of Zaporozhye was liberated. For participation in the liberation of the city, the 88th Guards Rifle Division received the honorary name of Zaporozhye.

  From January 30 to February 29, 1944, he took part in the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog offensive operation to liberate Right-Bank Ukraine, during which the 88th Guards Division advanced in the direction of Apostolovo (south of Krivoy Rog) and reached the Ingulets River with stubborn battles by February 29.

  From March 6 to March 18, 1944, he participated in the Bereznegovato-Snigirevskaya offensive operation in the south of the Right-Bank Ukraine between the rivers Ingulets and the Southern Bug, during which the troops of the German 6th Army were defeated and the troops of the 8th Guards Army reached the Southern Bug.

  From March 26 to April 14, 1944 he participated in the Odessa offensive operation and the liberation of the city of Odessa (April 10).

  In June 1944, the 88th Guards Rifle Division as part of the 8th Guards Army was redeployed to the 1st Belorussian Front.

  From July 18 to August 2, 1944, V.V. Vanichkin took part in the Lublin-Brest offensive operation - the stage of the strategic offensive operation "Bagration". During this operation, the division advanced south of Brest, participated in breaking through the enemy’s defenses, reached the Western Bug River on July 20, crossed it and entered the territory of Poland. On July 28, the division approached the Vistula, crossed it and participated in the capture and retention of the Magnushevsky bridgehead on the left bank of the river.

  For the difference in the battles on the bridgehead, taking into account the difference in previous battles during the liberation of the city of Zaporozhye, the platoon commander, junior lieutenant V.V. Vanichkin, was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

  From the award list:

  On October 10, 1943, in the battles for the city of Zaporozhye, being the commander of the calculation of an easel machine gun, he destroyed 12 German soldiers with machine gun fire and suppressed the fire of an enemy light machine gun.
  On August 19, 1944, in the battles in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Tsetselyuvka, Kielce Voivodeship (Poland), the company commander was out of order. Vanichkin took command of the company. Acting boldly and decisively, the company was the first to break into the village of Tsetselyuvka, where Vanichkin destroyed three German soldiers with his personal weapons.
  Commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment Major Kvyatkovsky

  From January 14 to February 3, 1945, he participated in the Warsaw-Poznan offensive operation - an integral part of the Vistula-Oder strategic operation. During the operation, the 88th Guards Rifle Division as part of the 8th Guards Army operated in the direction of the main attack - from the Magnushevsky bridgehead in the direction of Kutno, Poznan. During the 4 days of the offensive, the troops of the 1st Belorussian Front defeated the main forces of the enemy's 9th Army, broke through its defenses to the entire operational depth, advancing 100-130 kilometers. On the morning of January 18, the troops of the front began a resolute pursuit of the enemy. On January 19, the city of Lodz was liberated (with the participation of the 88th Guards Rifle Division). By January 25, units of the division reached the Warta River, crossed it and rushed to the Oder. Having broken through the Mezeritsky fortified area, the troops of the 8th Guards Army entered the territory of Germany.

  From the award list

  On January 25, 1945, when crossing the Warta River north of Poznan, he proved himself to be a brave, self-possessed and resourceful warrior, having gone through the school of war from a soldier to an officer. He used all military skill, skill and ingenuity, leading the crossing of the river, swam rushed to the opposite bank and dragged the rest of the soldiers of the unit along with him. Floating ice floes and a strong current threatened the life of the daredevil. Bullets of the enemy showered the hero. Clinging to the coastal ice, Vanichkin fired a well-aimed burst from a machine gun and immediately laid down three Germans. With an exclamation: "For the Motherland, for Stalin, forward!" the brave communist dragged along five brave men who managed to swim across and destroyed up to 10 Germans, capturing a bridgehead with an area of ​​​​about 200 square meters. The enemy forces of the company launched a counterattack, but was thrown back to the starting line, leaving up to 30 soldiers killed.

  Acting with machine guns and grenades, a group of daredevils pressed the enemy. ensuring the crossing of the battalion. The enemy went over to counterattacks 4 times and brought self-propelled guns into battle. However, all attempts to throw the fighters from the bridgehead were shattered by the stamina of the guards. The weapon, wet in the water, froze and refused to fire, but the enemy’s weapon, captured by the guards, helped.

  Tov. Vanichkin and his fighters skillfully beat the enemy with his own weapons. The battalion completely crossed and went on the offensive from the move, having completed the task, capturing large trophies, including enemy equipment in the village of Weissenburg. For 20 hours in the frozen clothes of Comrade. Vanichkin led the battle, expanding the bridgehead and personally destroying up to 40 Nazis.

  For his heroism, he is worthy of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

  Commander of the 271st Guards Rifle Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Kvyatkovsky

  99th Red Banner Rifle Division (I f).
  In the active army three times:
  
  
  
  On April 17, 1943, it was transformed into the 88th Red Banner Guards Rifle Division, which subsequently received the following regalia:
  - honorary military title "Zaporizhia";
  - Orders of Lenin and Bogdan Khmelnitsky.
  88 Guards. sd in the army twice:
  
  - from June 15, 1944 to May 9, 1945 ...
  88th Guards Rifle Zaporozhye Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Division.
  It was created on April 18, 1943 by transforming the 99th Red Banner Rifle Division (I f) into a guard unit.
  The 99th Red Banner Rifle Division (I f) in the active army three times:
  - from June 22, 1941 to June 6, 1942;
  - from August 30, 1942 to February 5, 1943;
  - from March 20 to April 17, 1943.
  On April 18, 1943, for military prowess, it was transformed into a guards formation - the 88th Guards Rifle Red Banner (later - in addition Chernigov Red Banner) division.
  88th Guards Rifle Zaporozhye Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Bohdan Khmelnitsky Division in the army twice:
  - from April 18, 1943 to June 7, 1944;
  - from June 15, 1944 to May 9, 1945 ...

  OPERSVODKA No. 05 By 20.00 24.6.41 HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT, TARNOPOL:

  The 26th Army, repelling the enemy's attempts to cover the right flank and rear, by 13 o'clock occupied the front: Sokolya, Zadvortse, a forest northeast of Butzow, Przemysl, Bachuv, Lipa Dolna, Dobra Shlyakhetska and further along the river. San.
  The 99th Rifle Division with the 133rd Mountain Rifle Regiment of the 72nd Rifle Division captured Przemysl by 1300 hours and occupied the line of Sokolya, Godynya, Wola Latsk, Shekhyne, Medyka, Przemysl, Bakhuv. Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 63, ll. 20-23.
  
  

  Operational report of the headquarters of the South-Western Front No. 07 by 20 o'clock on June 25, 1941 on the combat operations of the troops of the front:

  99th Rifle Division - on the front Husakow, Balice, Butsow, Medyka, Przemysl ... Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 63, ll. 26-29 - uncertified typewritten copy.

  Operational summary of the headquarters of the South-Western Front No. 012
  by 20 o'clock on June 28, 1941 on the combat operations of the troops of the front:

  The enemy builds on success by introducing large mechanized formations into a breakthrough in the direction of Vladimir-Volynsky, Lutsk, Ostrug.
  The southwestern front, with a strike by a mechanized corps in the rear, destroys the enemy's Ostrog grouping, simultaneously regrouping forces in separate sectors of the front.
  ... 99th Rifle Division - Vankovice, Stara Sol and Stary Sambir. Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 63, ll. 46, 47 - typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 26th Army No. 018 by 19 o'clock on July 1, 1941 on the withdrawal of troops to the line of Bobrka, Zhuravno:

  The 99th Rifle Division occupied the line Drogowice, Razvaduv, Veryn by the morning, having the 206th Rifle Regiment in Mikolayuv. The headquarters is a forest east of Veryn. From 6 o'clock, the retreat to the main defensive line Choderkovce, Dzevetniki, (claim) Ottyniewice began. Source - TsAMO: f. 224, op. 9776ss, d. 2, l. 21 is an uncertified typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 26th Army No. 019 by 9 o'clock on July 2, 1941 on the withdrawal of troops to the line of the river. Zlota Lipa:

  By the end of the day, the 99th Rifle Division reaches the Rozdochuv-Brzezhany line.
  Division Headquarters - Tseniow. Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 2, l. 29.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 6th Army No. 030 by 18 o'clock on July 13, 1941 on the combat operations of the army troops:

  By 16.00 on 8 cc, 173rd and 99th Rifle Division withdrew to the line (claim) Tereshpol, Adampol, occupying the previous position of 72nd Rifle Division.
  The enemy continues to operate in the direction of Tereshpol, Voytovtsy. Only up to two PP with tanks and heavy. artillery.
  Due to the rains that took place on the night of 13.7, the passability of dirt roads is difficult. Source - TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, d. 6, ll. 215 and 216 are an uncertified handwritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 04 to hold the Letichevsky fortified area (July 14, 1941):

  ... The commander of the 8th brigade is extremely stubborn to restrain the enemy’s offensive, thereby ensuring access to new area 44 GSD and regrouping 24 microns. With the onset of darkness, withdraw the remnants of the 173rd rifle division to the forest area west. Art. Kalinovka in arm. reserve, and 99 sd to their reserve Kurilovka district, where the shortest time put the division in order. Source - TsAMO: j. 339, op. 3949ss, d. 7, l. 59 - typewritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 005 to destroy the enemy who had broken through (July 15, 1941):

  ... 99 with a night march to withdraw the Bagrinovtsy area in readiness to launch a counterattack together with 21 CP in the general direction of Volkovintsy, Galuzintsy.
  21 checkpoint of the NKVD by 4.00 16.7 go to the forest area zap. Ludovka, Banzhovtsy, together with the 99th Rifle Division, are ready to strike in the direction of Radovtsi, Galuzintsy. By the arrival of Ludovka, go under the command of the commander of the 13th sk. Source - TsAMO: f. 339, op. 3949ss, d. 7, l. 61 - typewritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 006 to destroy the enemy who had broken through (July 16, 1941):
  13th Rifle Corps, holding down the 58th Guards Rifle Division, with the forces of the 99th Rifle Division, the 192nd Guards Rifle Division and the 21st NKVD Commander-in-Chief, complete the task set by my order No. 005.
  …5. The beginning of the counterattack 7.00 17.7.41.
  Artillery preparation from 6.00-6.30.
  Aviation training from 6.30.
  6. Shtarm 12 - Vinnitsa. Operation point - Litin.
  7. From the corps I demand to strictly adhere to their boundaries. Source - TsAMO: f. 339, op. 3949ss, d. 7, l. 67 - typewritten copy.
  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 043 / op by 17 o'clock on July 16, 1941
  ... 99 sd by 12.00 finished concentrating in the Bagrinovtsy area, entered the disposal of KSK-13.
  13 sk (data on the map 100,000) during 15-16.7 conducts stubborn battles with the enemy with a force of up to 3 infantry divisions, who has broken through the front edge of the SD and is developing an offensive in the directions: Snitovka, Varenki, Volkovintsy; Galuzintsy, Volkovintsy; Kozirovka, Bar. With the onset of dawn, the fighting in these directions continues. The corps, using army and corps reserves (99th rifle division, 368th artillery brigade, 21st NKVD command post), by the end of 16.7, is preparing a counterattack of the enemy that has broken through in cooperation with bomber aircraft.

  
  
  

  Combat order of the commander of the 12th Army No. 0011 to prepare an offensive to eliminate the Tsybulivskaya group of the enemy (July 25, 1941):

  1. The enemy brought into battle in the west against 13 sk more than three infantry divisions (295, 4 infantry divisions, 97 light divisions) and seeks to break the resistance of the covering units. In the east, the enemy continues to put up stubborn resistance, trying to close the army's withdrawal routes. The Tsybuliv region is especially firmly involved in it.
  2. The army continues to cover itself from the west, paving the way in the east towards 26 A, setting the immediate task of eliminating the enemy's Tsybuliv grouping. 3. Strike group ...
  a) 24th MK (49th TD and 58th Guards Rifle Division) to prepare an offensive to eliminate the enemy's Tsybuliv grouping.
  b) A group of comrades. Vladimirov (45th division and 99th division) to concentrate in the area: 45th division - Sarny metro station, 99th division - Noon. Source - TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, d. 7, l. 106 - typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 054 / op by 4 o'clock on July 24, 1941 on the combat operations of the army troops:

  99th Rifle Division due to unauthorized withdrawal of 667th Rifle Regiment under pressure to an enemy infantry battalion with tanks in the direction of Raigorod, the left flank (197th Rifle Regiment) from 16.30 began to retreat to the east. env. Krinovtsy, Yu. env. Smetintsy, right flank in place.
  The enemy is in front of the front of the division small groups.
  Stadiv 99 - Red. Shtakor - Ilintsy. Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 40, l. 78 - typewritten copy.

  The plan of the headquarters of the 12th Army for the regrouping and withdrawal from the battle of the troops of the 6th and 12th armies (July 26, 1941) to the commander of the Law Firm:

  In accordance with Front Directive No. 0024, I present a plan to counter the re-encirclement of 6 and 12 A and withdraw troops from the battlefield.
  1. Since the morning of July 26, the enemy has been very active on the 18 A front in the Gaisinsky and Ladyzhensky directions, where he managed to break through our position. The presence of large tank units aimed at Khristinovka from the northeast is confirmed.
  2. To fulfill Front Directive No. 0024 / OP and to create a large group of troops with the front to the east to counter the re-encirclement of 6 and 12 A, I establish the following plan for withdrawing from the battle and regrouping troops:
  a) Troops 13 and 8 sk until they reach the Vel. Savustyanivka, I subordinate Granov to the commander of 6 A.
  ... c) During the night from 26 to 27.7, withdraw the covering troops to the front of Knyazhe-Krenitsa, Frantovka, Nov. Dashev, Kitay-Gorod and bring 13 sk to the area of ​​Leukhi, Paraevka and 8 ck Vel. Savustyanivka and adjacent forest. Source - TsAMO: f. 228, op. 2990ss, d. 56, l. 3 is the original.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 058 / op by 7 o'clock on July 26, 1941 on the combat operations of the army troops:

  The group of Major General Vladimirov (45 TD - on foot, 99 RD) in the area of ​​​​Sarny, Popudnya. Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 40, l. 74 - typewritten copy.

  Combat report of the commander of the troops of the 12th Army to the Military Council of the Southern Front on the military operations of the army troops (July 26, 1941):

  Tonight I am regrouping the right flank. I am transferring the 99th Rifle Division to the Popudnya area, and I am concentrating corps artillery of the 8th and 13th Rifle Divisions there. In 99 sk I pour 3000 border guards.
  Commander of the 12th Army, Major General Ponedelin.
  So in the document. Apparently, it should be - "99 sd". The 99th Rifle Corps was not part of the 12th Army. Source - TsAMO: f. 229, op. 9776ss, d. 40, l. 75 - typewritten copy.

  Private combat order of the commander of the troops of the 6th Army No. 0068 on measures to destroy the enemy who broke through in the Granov area (July 27, 1941):

  In connection with the breakthrough of the pr-ka from the Granov region to Krasnoselka, Ivangorod, in the Ivangorod region, the 99th rifle division is advanced. Source - TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, d. 5, l. 245 - handwritten copy.
  Operational report of the headquarters of the Southern Front No. 069 / op by 7 o'clock on July 27, 1941 on the combat operations of the front troops:
  First. The armies of the front during the day 26.7 repelled enemy attacks in the directions of Ladyzhyn, Zitkovtsy; Art. Rudnitsa, Bershad and st. Rudnitsa, Kodyma. On the right wing of the front (12 and 6 A), continuing to wage stubborn battles with superior forces of the pr-ka in a semi-encirclement, they made a retreat to the south at the gates of Monastery, Kitai Gorod.
  Second. 6 And during the day 25.7 she fought an unequal battle with the enemy in a semi-encirclement. The units of the army that suffered heavy losses are exhausted by previous battles and make up approximately 25-30% of the regular strength.
  Salomatov's group (45 TD - on foot, 99 RD) concentrated in the area of ​​​​Sarna, Uglovata. Source - TsAMO: f. 228, op. 2535ss, d. 36, ll. 37-41 - the original.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the Southern Front No. 073 / op by 20 o'clock on July 29, 1941 on the combat operations of the front troops:

  First. On the right wing of the front, 6 and 12 A during the day on July 28 continued to carry out the directive of the front No. 0024 to withdraw from the battle of the south- eastbound. 18 And under the onslaught of superior forces in the direction of Gaysin, Teplik on its right flank retreated eastward. On the left flank, she regrouped to attack the general direction of Olgopol, Balta. At the end of 28.7, the armies of the front occupied the position: 12 A during the day on 28.7, fighting the pr-com, trying to cut off the army’s withdrawal routes, acting in the direction of Gaisin, Ivangorod and Tsybulev, Monastyrishche, continued to withdraw in a southeast direction, ensuring the exit of parts of 6 A from the battle. On the morning of July 29, units of the army occupied a position: the 8th brigade concentrated in the district of Tsibermanovka, Berestovets, Krasnopolka.
  On the morning of July 29, 99, it approached Uman. Source - TsAMO: f. 228, op. 2535ss, d. 36, ll. 73-76 - the original.

  Combat order of the commander of the troops of the 12th Army No. 0013 to strike at the enemy in the Talnoye sector, Podobno (July 29, 1941):

  29.7.41 23.50
  1. Up to five enemy divisions advance from the west, up to one division bypasses the city of Uman from the south. The 11th and 9th TDs of the enemy are trying to develop a strike on Uman from the north and complete the encirclement of units 12 and 6 A.
  2. There are no neighbors to the right and left.
  3. The army, covering itself from the west and south, with its main forces tomorrow morning strikes at the Talnoe sector, similarly to destroy the enemy’s mobile northern group and subsequently reach the line of Zvenigorodka, m. Ivanki, Krasnostavka.
  Troop 12 A:
  1) 13th sk (99th rifle division, 60th rifle division, 367th gap of the RGK) - the initial area of ​​​​Korzhevy Kut, Oksanino, Svinarka, the immediate task is to capture the area of ​​\u200b\u200bPavlovka, Dolgonki, Maidanetskoye, the next one is to develop the success of Yerka. The axis of movement of the shtakor is Babanovka, later Maidanetskaya. The border on the left is Svinarka, (lawsuit) Talnoe, Kobrinova. Source - TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, d. 7, ll. 144 and 145 - and a typewritten copy.

  Operational report of the headquarters of the 12th Army No. 071 by 24 hours on August 1, 1941 on the combat operations of the army troops:

  The enemy continues to push units of 6 A to the west and inflicted serious damage on the troops of 2 MK and 8 SK in the areas of Talyanka, Legezino. At the same time, Torgovitsa, Sverdlikovo, and Pavlovka firmly hold the prepared line and transfer their motor units from north to south to the Lipnyazhka, Dobrinka, and Olshanka regions.
  99 sd by 14.00 is fighting in the sowing. env. Sverdlikovo, elev. 185, after capturing Sverdlikovo, the front turns to the north-east. Source - TsAMO: f. 334, op. 3949ss, d. 5, l. 303 is a typewritten copy.

  Report of the Commander of the Forces of the Southern Front to the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of the South-Western Direction on the measures taken to withdraw the troops of the 6th Army from the encirclement (August 7, 19411)

  Commander-in-Chief of the South-Western Direction Comrade Budyonny
  Military Council of the Southern Front
  Through the staff of your headquarters, you have received more than once reproaches for the fact that the Military Council of the Southern Front is allegedly not serious about helping and organizing the withdrawal of Ponedelin. On this issue, I report to you the following:
  1. As early as 20.7, at the initiative of the Southern Front, units of the 2nd MK and a detachment formed from a reserve regiment, and one border detachment were transferred to the Uman district, Khristinovka, who pushed back the pr-ka 20 km to the north and held Potash for 10 days, Yarovatka, Tsibermanovka, creating a gate through which parts of Ponedelin and Muzychenko went out. In essence, the exit was secured.
  Ponedelin, for unknown reasons, is very slow with the exit, although in this respect he was repeatedly given orders to speed up the exit.
  2. In view of the slowness of the exit, Ponedelina again overwhelms the avenue, moreover, in a more difficult situation on the entire Southern Front; despite this, even under these conditions, he had the opportunity to get out of the encirclement, breaking through the path to the east and southeast; this is also evidenced by the fact that on 31.7.41 a representative of the front arrived from him in a car; in addition, along these free roads, his convoy of 99th division and 11th division went out. Source - TsAMO: f. 251, op. 646, d. 456, ll. 23-26 - typewritten copy.

  Combat order of the commander of the troops of the Southern Front No. 00161 / op to the commander of the troops of the 9th and 18th armies to strengthen the defense on the occupied lines (September 25, 1941):

  First. In accordance with the instructions of the Headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief of the YuZN, the offensive operation provided for by our Directive No. 00146/op is temporarily postponed.
  Second. 18 A consisting of 164, 130, 96, 4 and 99 rifle divisions, 2 tank brigade, 437, 268, 394 cap, 4 tank brigade and 530 ap PTO, firmly defending the occupied line, prevent a breakthrough of the pr-ka in the direction of Mikhailovka, B. Tokmak .
  By 2.10, commanders of armies 18 and 9 shall be understaffed with the expectation of having at least 500 hours in line b-at least, put in order and prepare for combat operations all the formations and units that make up the armies.
  979, 981, 982 joint ventures and 3 joint ventures Ovcharenko by 28.9 to transfer to the command of the commander of the 99th rifle division. 182 zsp return by the same date at the disposal of the army commander 18.
  Execution, decisions taken and orders - to convey.

  Connection history:

  On October 20, 1941, the 39th Rifle Brigade began to form in Alma-Ata. On December 1, the formation was completed and the brigades were transferred to the troops of the Moscow Defense Zone (MZO). Then the brigade was transferred to the 1UdA, which was transferred to the NWF and participated in the Toropetsko-Kholmsky operation (January-February 1942) fought from Lake Seliger to the Smolensk city of Velizh. In April-May 1942, in the area of ​​the city of Kimry (Savelovo station), the brigade was reorganized into the 88th Rifle Division of the 2nd Formation.

  Many young people from the city of Kimry, Kalinin and nearby areas entered the newly formed division. On May 2, 1942, 66 cadets from the Moscow Infantry School named after the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR were sent to the division. Most of them after their studies were awarded the rank of sergeant. At the end of the formation on July 8, Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov arrived in the division. In the area of ​​​​the Koftyr stream, he held a review of the combat readiness of the division, talked with soldiers and officers, rallies were held in a number of units, at which, standing on the table, Kliment Efremovich spoke about the situation on the fronts and wished military success. On July 9, 1942, the division set off by train along the route Savelovo, Kireevskaya (Tula region), Manaenki (Tula region), Sukhinichi (Kaluga region), Shakhovskaya ( Volokolamsky district, Moscow region). Here the division became part of the 31A of the Western Front. On August 1, she entered the forefront of defense and replaced one of the 31A divisions. The Western Front at that time was preparing for an offensive in the Rzhev direction. The regiments took up defense on the river. Holding in a narrow area: with. Ivankovo, pos. Burnt Hillfort. Until the end of the Great Patriotic Division fought as part of this army.

  Since August 4, 1942 took part in the Rzhev-Sychevsk operation. After artillery and aviation preparation, the 88th Rifle Division, providing a junction with the 20th Army, together with the 212th Tank Brigade, crossed the Derzha River (near the village of Nosovo) and captured the village of Fedorovskoye (a forest southeast of Rovnoye), to 18 hours breaking through two defensive positions of the enemy. Its 426th Rifle Regiment was one of the first to break through a heavily fortified enemy position, inflicting heavy losses in manpower and equipment. Having overcome the tactical depth of the enemy's defense, the formations of the division continued to carry out the tasks assigned to them. Moving along the north bank of the river The blue division left by the morning of August 5 to Kaskovo. By the morning of August 6, the 88th Rifle Division reached the Zamoshye-Malygino line, advancing 20 kilometers from the beginning of the operation; the enemy in front of her front gradually retreated. By 8 p.m. on August 6, with the support of advanced units of 100 brigade 6 tk, the division captured the settlement. Koshelevo. During the subsequent offensive and fierce battles with the enemy, the division crossed the Vazuza River and crossed the Osuga River, occupying the line of defense to the west (Skovorukhino - Luchkovo). The advance was greatly delayed by impassability, due to heavy rains, which affected the supply of the divisions that had gone into the breakthrough and the actions of enemy aircraft. Despite the completion of the operation, offensive-defensive fighting did not stop throughout August and September 42.

  Throughout the autumn - winter and during the operation, the division fought positional battles with the enemy, holding the tete-de-ponts occupied during the previous offensive operation on the Vazuza and Osuga rivers. The division was opposed by the German 102nd Infantry Division. The next offensive on the Rzhev-Sychevsky ledge at the end of November-December 42. for the 88th division turned into two days of intense offensive fighting, during which progress was insignificant. The enemy fiercely resisted. Due to the fact that the 20th Army with its strike group was unable to complete the task, the offensive in the division's sector stalled and acquired a positional character.

  On February 6, the Nazi command decided to withdraw its troops from the Rzhev-Vyazma ledge (Operation Buffel). Having received information about the preparation of the enemy for withdrawal, on March 2, 1943, the division, together with its neighbors, launched an offensive. The first target was the area railway west of Rzhev from Papino station to the Melehovo junction. By order of the commander of the 31st Army, General Gluzdovsky, it was necessary to try to cut off the Nazis' escape route from Rzhev. Then, together with other parts of the army, a maneuver was carried out with a change in the direction of action from the northwest to the southwest towards Sychevka and Dorogobuzh. Developing the success achieved by the army as a result of this maneuver, the 88th Rifle Division and the 42nd Guards Rifle Division captured the regional center of Izdeshkovo on March 18 and, together with the 118th Rifle Division and the 30th Guards Rifle Division, reached the eastern bank of the Dnieper. During the pursuit of the enemy, the 88th division fought 160 km, participated in the liberation of Art. Osuga, Sychevka and dozens of villages and villages. At the line reached by the end of the operation, which was well fortified by the enemy (“the line of the bull” - the most fortified part of the “Eastern Wall”) near the villages of Knyazhino, Vorotynovo, Baranovo (near the city of Safonovo, Smolensk Region), blocking the Minsk-Moscow highway, the division defended itself until the start Smolensk offensive operation.

  On August 2, 1943, in preparation for a new offensive, the division surrendered its sector to another formation and marched from the left to the right wing of the army, to the area with. Kapyrevshchina. On August 8, having launched an offensive in its sector, overcoming the enemy’s defensive lines, the division was advancing towards the area of ​​the villages of Yanovo and Rybka on the river. Vedos. Having repelled a number of enemy counterattacks and exterminated many fascists, the fighters of the division themselves suffered significant losses and on August 9 continued to fight in the area of ​​the village of Rybka together with other parts of the 31st Army. On this day, the commander of the division, Colonel A.F. Bolotov, who had commanded it since April 1942, died the death of the brave. Among the personnel, the divisional commander enjoyed unquestioned authority and love. Often being at the forefront of defense in units, he knew many veterans not just by sight, but called them by name and patronymic. Division, under the command of Colonel Bolotov, a graduate of the Academy. Frunze 1938, stood out for its high combat capability. Before the start of the offensive, it already included 3,750 soldiers who were awarded orders and medals. The news of the death of this commander quickly spread through all the troops of the army and resounded with deep pain in the hearts of the soldiers.

  In the following days, the fighting either subsided, then resumed with new force. It was only possible to wedge into the main line of enemy defense for 4-6 kilometers and gain a foothold on the achieved lines, repelling numerous counterattacks of the enemy leading a tough defense on this sector of the front. On August 20, the command suspended the offensive of the troops of the Kalinin and Western Fronts in order to conduct more thorough preparations for a strike against the enemy. On the night of August 23, the division, during the regrouping, transferred its sector to another formation and returned to the area of ​​\u200b\u200bSafonovo.

  A new offensive began on August 30 (Yelninsko-Dorogobuzh operation August 28 - September 6, 1943). And bloody battles flared up again. On August 31, the Nazis began the withdrawal of troops, which suffered heavy losses. By the morning of August 31, at the suggestion of the Chief of Staff of the Army, General M.I. Shchedrin, the commander of the 45th Corps, General S.G. Poplavsky, formed mobile forward detachments in the 251st and 88th divisions and moved them into relentless pursuit of the enemy. In fleeting battles, the detachments boldly and decisively knocked down the enemy rearguards from intermediate lines, clearing the way for the main forces. At dawn, under the cover of artillery fire, they broke into the Nazi defenses on the western bank of the Vopets River. For the enemy, this was a complete surprise. Following the forward detachments, the main forces of the division crossed the river, capturing several settlements. Hot battles broke out at every settlement, at every tactically advantageous frontier. Near the village of Seltso, two enemy infantry companies met the rifle battalion of the 611th regiment with massive fire. The battalion commander sent one company around the village. The blow from the rear was unexpected for the enemy. Leaving 30 corpses on the battlefield, they hurriedly retreated to northwest direction. By the end of the day, the division occupied a line in the Kryazhevo area south of Safonovo. The slow progress continued. A fierce battle broke out near the state farm Zasizhie on the banks of the Dnieper. The German command reinforced the remnants of the units of the 337th Infantry Division, which was defending in this area, with units of the 18th Motorized Division. The attack on the state farm began at night. Having overcome the barbed wire, the soldiers of the 611th Rifle Regiment drove the enemy out of the fortifications with a swift attack. But then the enemy infantry from two directions rushed to the counterattack. Having beaten it off, the battalions of the 611th regiment and the 426th regiment, which arrived in time here, broke into the state farm. When the state farm was completely liberated, among the ruins of buildings, the soldiers counted more than 200 enemy corpses. Continuing the offensive, part of the division liberated several more settlements that day. East of Yartsevo, the Nazis nevertheless managed to gain a foothold for some time on the second line of defense. From September 6 to September 15, the army troops stopped the offensive, preparing a new breakthrough. The 88th division as part of the 45th rifle corps, by order of the front commander, was preparing to transfer to the 68th army of General E.P. Zhuravlev, where it was transferred on September 18-20. During the Smolensk strategic offensive operation, the division liberated dozens of villages and villages in the Safonovsky, Yartsevsky and Rudnevsky districts Smolensk region. On October 2, 1943, the Smolensk offensive operation was completed. These days, the battle for the Dnieper unfolded and therefore it became necessary to continue active operations in the Vitebsk, Orsha and Mogilev directions in order to tie down the main forces of the Army Group Center. By carrying out a number of private operations, the Kalinin and Western fronts completed their task and did not allow the enemy to transfer forces to the southern direction, where the main task of the campaign was being solved.

  On October 8, among the first, the 88th division entered the Belarusian land near the graveyard of Fomin, Dubrovensky district, Vitebsk region.

  With the completion of the Smolensk offensive operation, the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command demanded that the commanders of the Western, 2nd Baltic and 1st Baltic, Belorussian fronts conduct new offensive operations in the western direction in order to prevent the fascist troops of Army Group Center from gaining a foothold on the Sozh and Dnieper rivers , to break through the enemy defenses in the Vitebsk-Polotsk and Bobruisk directions, in order to reach the line of Vilnius, Minsk, Slutsk.

  The troops of the Western Front, in pursuance of these directives, have been advancing in the Orsha direction since October 12. Until October 18, the troops tried to break through the enemy defenses, but did not achieve any result, in a number of places wedged into the defenses of Army Group Center for 1-1.5 kilometers. Losses of the front: killed - 5858 people, wounded - 17 478 people. In total - 23 336 people. The offensive in the Orsha direction resumed on October 21. The advance of the front is from 4 to 6 kilometers. On October 26, the offensive was suspended. Losses of the Soviet troops: killed - 4787 people, wounded - 14 315 people. In total - 19 102 people.

  For the third time, the offensive was resumed after two weeks of preparation and regrouping of troops. However, it also led to a meager result - from November 14 to November 19, 1943, the troops advanced westward only from 1 to 4 kilometers. Our losses: killed - 9167 people, wounded - 29 589 people. In total - 38 756 people. The last offensive attempt was from November 30 to December 2, in the same directions and with the same forces. She also did not give any results. Again Soviet troops were able to achieve wedging from 1 to 2 kilometers. Our losses: killed - 5611 people, wounded - 17 259 people. In total - 22 870 people. On December 2, the troops of the front went over to the defensive in order to prepare a more powerful strike. However, even two months later, as a result of the next, Vitebsk operation, no success was achieved.

  The 88th Division was put into action on October 23 after a short rest, returning to the 31st Army (68th Army was disbanded in early November 1943). Ee regiments stood in the area of ​​the villages of Kostino - Ryabchevo, where the enemy launched a series of counterattacks along the highway Minsk - Moscow. Having repulsed the counterattacks, they, in order to improve their positions, advanced to the line of the village of Kiriev, with. Gormany, Orsha district, Vitebsk region. On this section of the front, the division was on the defensive for more than 9 months, conducting bloody positional battles. On the outskirts of Orsha, turned by the Nazis into a powerful defense center in the Minsk direction, the terrain was advantageous for the enemy. Here he organized several tactical defense zones, strong strongholds and centers of resistance. The "Eastern Wall", as the Nazi generals called this defensive belt, was considered impregnable by them. In October, the troops of the 31st Army advanced only 5-8 kilometers along the highway. On November 14, another unsuccessful attempt was made to break through the enemy defenses in this direction. The private offensive operation carried out by the troops of the 31st Army from February 22 to 27, 1944 in the area of ​​​​the town of Babinovichi did not bring success either.

  Later, the division took part in the liberation of "Belarus", the Baltic, Gumbinen-Goldap operation and East Prussian operation.

  After failures in the winter-spring of 44g. The 3rd Belorussian Front was intensively preparing for the main summer offensive of 1944 in Belarus. On June 1, 1944 the division consisted of 4817 people. and was part of 71SK (by the beginning of the offensive, the division was brought to 6321 people). On May 31, Lieutenant General Koshevoy P.K. took command of the corps. (future marshal of the USSR). The main blow of the 3Bel Front (as in many other operations of the Great Patriotic War) was inflicted by 11GvA of Galitsky. 31A Lieutenant General Glagolev V.V. it was necessary to strike the main blow with its right flank along the northern bank of the Dnieper to Orsha. Unlike 11GvA, Glagolev's army did not receive powerful breakthrough artillery and had rather limited forces, but the good organization of the offensive made it possible to crack the enemy's defenses. In anticipation of the offensive, part of the army carried out a small regrouping. 88sd, which occupied the defense of the north. railway Minsk-Smolensk surrendered its positions to 11GvA and took up defense along the sowing. bank of the Dnieper. The 25pgd defended against the German troops in this sector. On June 20-21, all 31A divisions conducted force reconnaissance in force in order to identify the front line of the enemy's defense. By the way, the 88sd attack was not successful and stopped at a wire fence.

  88sd was supposed to advance in a narrow strip along the Minsk highway. and south of it. The actions of 71SK (88, 331sd) were supported by 213tbr having 34 T-34s, 7 T-60s, 3 SU-76s, 3 SU-122s. Before the offensive, 28 passes were made in minefields and barbed wire. For the purpose of masking, the wire was not cut, but only separated. To overcome the anti-tank moat, 172 assault ladders and 24 assaults were prepared. bridge.

  Operation "Bagration" in section 31A began on the morning of June 23, 1944. after 2.5 hours of artillery preparation. In order to reduce the time between the end of the artillery preparation and the attack, already during the operation of the artillery, the first echelons of the division moved to the positions of the enemy. During the attack, the regiments of the 88sd (together with the 13th assault brigade) broke into the front line of the German defense and cleared the forest area in which the positions of the German troops were located and repelled counterattacks using tanks and the self-propelled guns advanced several kilometers. On the second day of the operation, the resistance of the German troops increased, but skillfully interacting with the rifle divisions and the 213th brigade, which was the echelon of success, managed to complete the breakthrough of the enemy's defensive line. 88sd captured the Gura stronghold on June 24. Losses in the first two days of the offensive amounted to approx. 1000 people killed and wounded. On June 25, after the defense was breached, the offensive went noticeably faster. 88th Rifle Division, advancing along the railway, advanced to the Golyashi settlement. On June 26, due to the threat of a bypass from the north (from the 11GvA breakthrough zone), German troops began to withdraw their troops in front of section 31A to Orsha. During the day, 88sd advanced 15 km and captured the crossings on the river. Orshitsa. On June 27, a joint strike by 11GvA from the north and west, as well as 71SK and 36SK 31A from the east and village of Orsha was released. The broken units of the 25pgd and 78pd were unable to gain a foothold on the prepared lines around Orsha and were driven out of the city. By evening, the 88th Rifle Division entered the Cherven area, 5 km south of the city.

  In the following days, 31A pursued the departing in the western and southwest direction broken parts of the enemy. June 28 71SK went to the river. Drut, June 29 to the river. Beaver, and June 30 to the river. Berezina. On July 1, having crossed the Berezina in the Bol. The chills of the 71SK division mastered the blow from the south of Nov. Borisov. 88th Rifle Division operated in the second echelon of the corps. On July 2, rapidly advancing behind the tankers, 2GvTK 71SK passed approx. 40 km. On July 3, the 2nd GvTK broke into the capital of Belarus, Minsk, from the north and completed the liberation of the city from the enemy. The further offensive after the defeat of the German troops east of Minsk was carried out practically in marching columns. By the end of July 4, the 88sd entered Zaslavl, by the end of July 6 in Pershai, and by the end of July 8 it had reached the river. Gavia after passing for 6 days approx. 150km.

  Forcing the river Zhizhma divisions of the corps, without slowing down, continuously pursued the retreating units of the enemy and, knocking down the barriers of individual battalions thrown on the path of advancement by the enemy, moved to the west. On July 12, 88sd, together with 192sd, took possession of Art. Marcinkance. On the approaches to the river The resistance of the German troops began to intensify on the Neman, but on July 14 the division reached the Neman near Druskininkai and captured the city. On July 15, having crossed the Neman, the division launched an offensive from the captured bridgehead, and the division operating south of the 192nd division reached the state border of the USSR and Poland (the first case during the Second World War). On July 16, Grodno was liberated by units of 36SK 31A. Beyond the Neman, progress slowed noticeably. The German command pulled large forces to the area where the Soviet troops reached the borders of Germany. Units 5td, 7td, pgd SS "MG", 131 and 170pd were noted. Further advance was difficult difficult conditions terrain. Wooded terrain with a large number of lakes gave the enemy the opportunity to gain a foothold in the inter-lake defile. The center and left flank of the army was subjected to constant counterattacks from big amount tanks, crossings over the Neman were subjected to constant attacks by German aircraft. As a result, on July 20, a decision was made to go on the defensive. 88sd went on the defensive in the Bertele, Yushkantsy sector.

  July 29, 44 after a short break, the 31A offensive resumed. From August 29 to August 7, 31A advanced into north-west direction to Suwalki at 45 km, after which she was forced to go over to the defense of the west. Mr. Krasnopol. The task of reaching the borders of East Prussia was not completed due to the strong resistance of the German troops. The army troops that had passed more than 500 km in a month were very tired, the presence of a large number of untrained reinforcements from the liberated territories of Belarus in all army formations and the backlog of the rear became critical. A break in operations was required.

  During August-early September 44g. a lot of work was done to train the arrived replenishment and equipping defensive lines. 88sd was withdrawn to the army reserve in the district. south of Calvary. Meanwhile, in October 44g. The 3rd Belorussian Front was preparing to invade East Prussia. 88 sd on October 15, 44 numbered 5960 people.

  On October 17, 3BelF went on the offensive in East Prussia. The main blow to Shtallupen-Gumbinen was delivered by 11GvA. 71SK, which included 88sd, acted on the right flank of 31A and delivered the main blow from the west. Calvary on Goldap. Having broken through the defenses along the border of East Prussia, the 71SK divisions, developing an offensive along the wooded-lake area, advanced on Goldap. On October 19, together with the 331st Division, the division captured the city of Shittkermen, and on October 21, having overcome the forest area, they captured the city of Yerkishken, reaching the approaches to Goldap. Overcoming the resistance of the German troops on the river. Yarke on the morning of October 23, the division broke into the city of Goldap and by 8 in the morning cleared it of the enemy. From October 24, it was decided to suspend the further offensive due to increased enemy resistance and the suspension of the 11GvA offensive, against which the enemy launched a counterattack. Attempts to counterattacks by the German troops in order to return Goldap were repulsed with heavy losses. During the operation, our troops advanced more than 50 km, securing the left flank of 11GvA.

  On November 3, German troops launched a strong counterattack and, having crushed parts of the right-flank 84gvsd, went to the river. Goldap and cut off the escape routes of the 611sp located in the city. All our units left the encirclement, but attempts to return the city of Goldap by counterattack were unsuccessful. On November 7, the division was withdrawn to the reserve.

  In January - March 45g. the division as part of 31A participated in the East Prussian operation, during which it reached the Frisches-Haf bay, destroying the enemy's Heilsberg grouping pressed against the shore of the bay. Despite the fierce resistance of the enemy, on March 26 our troops reached the Frisch-Gaff Bay. Three days later, the remnants of the Hejlsberg group stopped fighting. During the fighting, 93 thousand German soldiers and officers were destroyed, and 46 thousand were captured.

  April 45. 31A released during the East Prussian operation was transferred from the 3rd Belorussian Front to the 1st Ukrainian Front. From April 12 to April 17, she was transported by rail to Silesia in the Glogau region. Army vehicles were transferred under their own power, breaking the route of 700 km. On the night of April 21, 71SK took up defense along the Haugsdorf, Levenberg, Harpersdorf line, replacing 52A divisions.

  By May 1, 45 the division took up defense in the Mittelhof area. The opposing German troops were Volkssturm regiments. Not our troops, not the enemy, did not conduct active hostilities. On the night of May 8, 45g. German troops, having signed the act of surrender in Reims, began to retreat in order to surrender to the Allies, and not to the Red Army. 31A, having overcome the barriers on the defense line, immediately began to pursue the retreating German troops. By May 12, during the pursuit on the territory of Czechoslovakia, the division entered the Tanvald, Jablonec region. It was taken approx. 1800 prisoners. Now the war is over! It was a victory! Remaining days of May 45 parts of the division were engaged in combing the area, during which several thousand more people were taken prisoner.

  Commanders:

  • Bolotov Andrey Filippovich (04/29/1942 - 08/09/1943) Colonel
  • Bulanov Gavriil Alekseevich (08/12/1943 - 10/03/1943) Colonel