105th Guards Vienna Airborne Division

Airborne division of the Soviet Airborne Troops 12th Guards Airborne Division (December 1943 – 18 December 1944) 105th Guards Rifle Division (18 December 1944 – 7 June 1946) 105th Guards Airborne Division (7 June 1946 – 1979; 1990 – 1994) 1943–1979; 1990–1994 Soviet Union (until 1992)Uzbekistan (1992–1994) Soviet UnionUzbekistan Airborne forces Division World War II Vienna Offensive Prague Offensive Vienna The 105th Guards Airborne Division (ru 105-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Венская дивизия) was an airborne forces division unit of the Soviet Airborne Troops. The division was originally formed as the 12th Guards Airborne Division as part of the 38th Guards Airborne Corps in December 1943. The History of Soviet Airborne Forces https://books.google.com/books?id=0erZZt-EGDQC&q=12th%2520guards%2520airborne%2520division&pg=PA68 Taylor & Francis 1994-01-01 9780714641201 David M. Glantz In December 1944, it became the 105th Guards Rifle Division of the 9th Guards Army. On 7 June 1946, the 105th Guards Airborne division was formed from the 105th Guards Rifle Division. Disbanded in 1979, the division was reactivated in 1990. It was taken over by Uzbekistan in 1992, while still not yet fully formed. The division was dissolved in 1994 and became the 17th Air Assault Brigade. History Second World War The 12th Guards Airborne Division was formed on 23 December 1943 from three Guards Airborne Brigades as part of the 38th Guards Airborne Corps. The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume V – Book B Union of Soviet Socialist Republics https://books.google.com/books?id=Vr4Xr1EeezQC Trafford Publishing 2009-11-18 9781426978159 Charles D. Pettibone However, some Soviet accounts state that it began formation months later in March 1944. Батальоны идут на запад [Battalions go west] Popov Illarion Grigoryevich Moscow State University 1985 Moscow http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/popov/index.html The division's first commander was Mikhail Denisenko, who had commanded the 202nd Airborne Brigade before the war. It was held in reserve in Belarus until December 1944. Гвардейские воздушно-десантные http://myfront.in.ua/krasnaya-armiya/divizii/gvardejskie-vozdushno-desantnye.html myfront.in.ua 2015-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20151022010422/http://myfront.in.ua/krasnaya-armiya/divizii/gvardejskie-vozdushno-desantnye.html# 2015-10-22 dead On 18 December 1944, it became the 105th Guards Rifle Division in Maryina Horka. Гвардейские стрелковые 91–115 http://myfront.in.ua/krasnaya-armiya/divizii/gvardejskie-strelkovye-91-115.html myfront.in.ua 2015-10-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090617/http://myfront.in.ua/krasnaya-armiya/divizii/gvardejskie-strelkovye-91-115.html 2014-08-19 dead On 5 January 1945, it was assigned to the 38th Guards Rifle Corps. From 21 January to 20 February, it was transported to Szolnok, where the corps became part of the 9th Guards Army. On 30 March, the division crossed the Rába. The division advanced into Austria and captured Pressbaum on 6 April. During the Vienna Offensive, the 105th Guards blocked the Vienna-Linz road, cutting Vienna off from German reinforcements and allowing other Soviet troops to capture the city. Along with other units, the division caused severe losses among the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, and the Hungarian 2nd Armored Division and 9th Infantry Division of the Third Army. On 26 April, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. On 5 May, the division marched into Czechoslovakia and captured Znojmo on 9 May. On 12 May, the division met American troops on the Vltava near the village of Tsisek. thumb|Divisional organization in 1979 Post-war The division was awarded the title "Vienna" on 17 May. From 7 June to 5 July, the division was transported east to points northeast of Budapest, where it became part of the Central Group of Forces. From 16 January 1946 to 16 February, the division was redeployed to Teykovo in the Ivanovo Oblast. On 7 June, it was renamed as the 105th Guards Airborne Division. In 1960, the division, without the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment, was relocated to Fergana in the Turkestan Military District. The Red Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945-1991 Feskov Vitaly Tomsk University Press 2004 Tomsk 101 http://militera.lib.ru/h/0/pdf/feskov_vi02.pdf The 351st Guards Airborne Regiment was added to the division from the 106th Guards Airborne Division. In accordance with a directive of the General Staff, from August 3, 1979, to December 1, 1979, the 105th Guards Airborne Division was disbanded.Michael Holm, 105th Guards Airborne Division, accessed December 2013. Note that Holm says the disbandment process began on 1 October 1979. From the division remained in the city of Fergana the 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment (much stronger than the usual regimental size) with the separate 115th military-transport aviation squadron. The rest of the personnel of the division were reassigned to fill out other incomplete airborne units and formations and to the newly formed air assault brigades. Based on the division's 351st Guards Parachute Regiment, the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade was formed in Azadbash, Chirchik district, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR. Meanwhile, the 111th Guards Parachute Regiment became the 35th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. Service in independent Uzbekistan In 1990, the division was again reactivated, but it was not complete on the breakup of the Soviet Union. In connection with the transition of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan to a brigade structure by 1994, the management of the 105th division was reorganized under the 2nd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.Соловьев Денис https://books.google.com/books?id=UGEREAAAQBAJ&dq=2-%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0+(%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB)+%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB+%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D0%A3%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD.&pg=PT222 Воздушно-десантные войска – элита России. Никто кроме нас 2020-12-29 Litres 978-5-04-321888-9 ru On the basis of the 387th Regiment, the 4th Airborne Brigade was formed. Later, the brigade became the 17th Air Assault Brigade of the Uzbekistan Ground Forces. Неизвестная дивизия. 105-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Краснознамённая дивизия (горно-пустынная). — Десантура.ру – о десанте без границ http://desantura.ru/articles/33636/ desantura.ru 2015-10-05Неизвестная дивизия. 105-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Краснознамённая дивизия (горно-пустынная)О причинах расформирования 105-й гвардейской воздушно-десантной Венской Краснознамённой дивизии The unit took part in the Andijan massacre, being led by Colonel Pavel Ergashev.Военное дело - Спецназ Узбекистана https://voinanet.ucoz.ru/index/specnaz_uzbekistana/0-12924 2021-06-05 voinanet.ucoz.ru ЦентрАзия https://centrasia.org/cnt2.php?st=1191186682 2021-06-05 centrasia.org Commanders Major general Mikhail Denisenko (21 February 1945 – 5 November 1945) Major general Vasily Sokolovsky (1946–1951) Major general Sergey Guzenko (1951–1956) Major general Mikhail Simonov (1956–1962) Major general Mikhail Verbovikov (1962–1967) Major general Pavel Kalinin (1967–1970) Major general Anatoliy Dobrovolskiy (1970–1972) Major general Vladlen Kolesov (1972–1975) Major general Yuriy Kuznetsov (1975–1977) Major general Pavel Korolyov (1977–1979) Major general Gennadiy Borisov (1991–1992) Composition 105th Guards Rifle Division 1945 Все о ВДВ, клубы десантников, фильмы о ВДВ, десантура, воздушно-десантные войска. http://sdrvdv.ru/105-ya-gvardejskaya-vozdushno-desantnaya-venskaya-krasnoznamennaya-diviziya sdrvdv.ru 2015-10-04 331st Guards Rifle Regiment 345th Guards Rifle Regiment 349th Guards Rifle Regiment 56th Guards Divisional Artillery Brigade 105th Guards Airborne Division 1947 331st Guards Airborne Regiment 345th Guards Airlanding Regiment 165th Guards Airborne Artillery Regiment 1979 111th Guards Airborne Regiment 345th Independent Guards Airborne Regiment 351st Guards Airborne Regiment References Category:Airborne divisions of the Soviet Union Category:Military units and formations established in 1943 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1994 Category:Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner