30th Guards Army Corps
| 30th Guards Rifle Corps (1943–1957) 30th Guards Army Corps (1957–1998) | |
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Second World War
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| Decorations |  Order of the Red Banner |
| Battle honours | Leningrad |
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| Notable commanders | Nikolai Simoniak Great Patriotic War it was designated the 30th Guards Rifle Corps.
It was formed in April 1943 on the basis of three guards rifle divisions, which had distinguished themselves in battle to break through the Operation Spark the title of Hero of the Soviet Union , was appointed as commander.
Until the second week of February 1944, the two armies of the 227th and 170th Infantry Divisions retreated.[1][3] General Major Romantsov ordered an assault at Auvere settlement by the Air Force and artillery on 13 February, with the 64th Guard Rifle Division seizing the village in a surprise attack. Half a kilometre westward from Auvere station, the 191st Guard Rifle Regiment cut through the railway two kilometres from the Tallinn highway, which was the last way out for Army Group Narwa, but was repelled by the 170th Infantry Division and the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion.[1][3][4]
The corps was deployed during the postwar period on the Karelian Isthmus with the headquarters in the city of Vyborg (Leningrad Military District). In 1988 the corps was reported to consist of the Chernaya Rechka.[5] The 8th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment (8-й гвардейский пушечный артиллерийский полк) and the 807th Reactive (MRL) Artillery Regiments were at Kamenka, the 970th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment at Vyborg, and the 93rd Independent Helicopter Squadron was located at Kasimovo Airfield on the Karelian Isthmus .
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