28th Guards Rifle Corps
The 28th Guards Rifle Corps (
. It existed from 1943 to 1956.History
The corps headquarters was renamed from that of the
Dnepropetrovsk. 15 soldiers of the corps were made Heroes of the Soviet Union for their actions in the fighting, among them Lieutenant Colonel Yu.M. Mazny, Captain V.A. Belyayev, Senior Sergeant V.S. Kashcheyev, and Sergeant A.I. Paradovich.[1]
In the spring of 1944, the corps fought in the
Magnuszew bridgehead.[1]
In the
Berlin Offensive, during which they captured 11,000 German soldiers. For its actions the corps was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class, on 11 June and all of its division received the Order of Lenin on 28 May.[1]
Commanders
- Gryaznov, Afanasy Sergeevich (1943), Guard major general;
- Guriev, Stepan Savelyevich (April 17, 1943 - December 29, 1943), Guard major general;
- Zalizyuk, Pyotr Iosifovich (December 30, 1943 - January 18, 1944), Guard Colonel, (temporary position);
- Monakhov, Dmitry Petrovich (January 19 - February 18, 1944), Guard major-general (mortally wounded in battle on February 18, 1944);
- Morozov, Stepan Ilyich (February 18 - July 1944), Major General, from March 1944, Lieutenant-General;
- Ryzhov, Alexander Ivanovich(July 10, 1944 - April 11, 1949), Guard major-general, from November 2, 1944 Guard-lieutenant general, Hero of the Soviet Union;
- Vedenin, Andrei Yakovlevich (April 11, 1949 - November 1, 1951), Guard general-major;
- Komarov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (November 1, 1951 - May 11, 1953), Guard major-general;
- Frolenkov, Andrei Grigorievich (July 1953 - June 1954), Guard general-major, from 31.05.1954 the Guard lieutenant-general;
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Ogarkov 1978, p. 52.
Bibliography
- Ogarkov, Nikolai, ed. (1978). "Люблинский стрелковый корпус" [Lublin Rifle Corps]. Советская военная энциклопедия [Soviet Military Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Vol. 5. Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 52.
