172nd Rifle Division

172nd Rifle Division Red Army Badge.svg Red Army insignia 1st formation: September 1939–July 1941 2nd formation: October 1941–June 1942 3rd formation: September 1942–1946 Soviet Union Red Army Infantry German-Soviet War 1st formation: Siege of Mogilev 2nd formation: Siege of Sevastopol 3rd formation: Prague Offensive (3rd formation) 2nd class (3rd formation) Pavlograd (3rd formation) Yakov Kreizer (1st formation) Mikhail Romanov (1st formation) The 172nd Rifle Division (ru 172-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II, formed thrice. First formation 172nd Rifle Division (First formation) *388th Rifle Regiment 514th Rifle Regiment 747th Rifle Regiment 340th Light Artillery Regiment 493rd Howitzer Artillery Regiment 174th Separate Anti-Tank (Tank Destroyer) Artillery Battalion 341st Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 157th Reconnaissance Battalion 222nd Separate Communications Battalion 275th Sapper Battalion 224th Medical-Sanitary Battalion 7th Separate Chemical Defense Company 227th Auto Transport Battalion 298th Field Bakery 106th Field Post Office 369th Field Cash Office of the State BankGrylev 1970 181–182 1941 On 22 June 1941 it was part of the 61st Rifle Corps of the 20th Army in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command.Gurkin Malanin 1963 10 By 10 July the division transferred to the 13th Army of the Western Front with the corps.Gurkin Malanin 1963 23 It was officially disbanded on 19 September.Grylev 1970 181–182 Second formation 172nd Rifle Division (Second formation) *31st Rifle Regiment (10 November 1941 to 14 March 1942) 161st Rifle Regiment (10 November to 30 December 1941) 388th Rifle Regiment 514th Rifle Regiment 747th Rifle Regiment 340th Light Artillery Regiment 134th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from 15 November 1941) 174th Separate Anti-Tank (Tank Destroyer) Artillery Battalion (from 4 March 1942) 341st Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 151st Reconnaissance Company 247th (later 270th) Sapper Battalion 222nd Separate Communications Battalion 224th Medical-Sanitary Battalion 7th Separate Chemical Defense Company 137th Auto Transport Company 339th Field Bakery 988th Divisional Veterinary Hospital 484th Field Post OfficeGrylev 1970 181–182 1941–1942It was formed on 10 October 1941 from the 3rd Crimean Motorized Division as part of the 51st Army.Gurkin Malanin 1963 54 By 1 November it transferred to the Coastal Army.Gurkin Malanin 1963 65 It was officially disbanded on 25 June 1942. Grylev 1970 181–182 Third formation The division was reformed again on 9 September in the area of the Dorokhovo railway station, part of the Moscow Defense Zone, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kostitsyn. The latter transferred to command the 183rd Rifle Division on 30 September.Tsapayev Goremykin 2015 384 At the end of the war, it was part of the 102nd Rifle Corps of the 13th Army. 172nd Rifle Division (Third formation) *388th Rifle Regiment 514th Rifle Regiment 747th Rifle Regiment 134th Artillery Regiment 174th Separate Anti-Tank (Tank Destroyer) Artillery Battalion (from 4 March 1942) 157th Reconnaissance Company 275th Sapper Battalion 222nd Separate Communications Battalion (later 276th Separate Communications Company) 224th Medical-Sanitary Battalion 7th Separate Chemical Defense Company 137th Auto Transport Company 339th Field Bakery 988th Divisional Veterinary Hospital 2252nd Field Post Office 924th Field Cash Office of the State BankGrylev 1970 181–182 1943–1945 In mid-1945 it was withdrawn to Korosten in the Carpathian Military District with the army's 27th Rifle Corps. The division was disbanded in 1946.Feskov et al 2013 471 Commanders The division's first formation was commanded by the following officers: Major General Mikhail Romanov (14 March–19 July 1941)Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964 187 : Dates are of orders and may not reflect actual conditions The division's second formation was commanded by the following officer:Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964 187 : Dates are of orders and may not reflect actual conditions Colonel Ivan Laskin (6 March–25 June 1942) The division's third formation was commanded by the following officers:Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964 187 : Dates are of orders and may not reflect actual conditions Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kostitsyn (14–30 September 1942) Colonel Gavriil Sorokin (31 September 1941–22 January 1943) Colonel Nikolay Timofeyev (23 January 1943–1 January 1944; promoted to major general 18 May 1943) Colonel Nikita Korkishko (2 January–7 May 1944) Major General Anatoly Krasnov (8 May 1944–after 11 May 1945) References Sources https://cloud.mail.ru/public/1336025b4bbd/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%201%20(1920-1944).pdf Сборник приказов РВСР, РВС СССР, НКО и Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о награждении орденами СССР частей, соединениий и учреждений ВС СССР. 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