35th Guards Rifle Corps
| 35th Guards Rifle Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | April 1943 – September 1956 |
| Country | Rifle corps |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Honorifics | Prut |
The 35th Guards Rifle Corps (Russian: 35-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус) was a rifle corps of the Red Army during World War II that became part of the Soviet Army during the Cold War
World War II
Formation
The 35th Guards Rifle Corps was formed in accordance with a
94th Guards Rifle Divisions, with each division being formed from two brigades.[2] The commander of the 7th Rifle Corps, Lieutenant General Sergey Goryachev, continued in command of the 35th Guards.[3][4]
The process of forming the new divisions began on 24 April, with the 92nd Guards formed from the 12th Guards and 149th Rifle Brigades, the 93rd Guards from the 13th Guards and 92nd Rifle Brigades, and the 94th Guards from the 14th Guards and 96th Rifle Brigades, and was completed by 30 April. At this time, due to the arrival of replacements, the three divisions of the corps had between roughly 8,400 and 9,300 men each, and were at approximately 77 to 87 percent of their authorized strength.[5]
Kursk to Prague
With the 7th Guards Army, the corps served with the
Prague Offensives, capturing Kirovograd, Tulchyn, Ploiești, Cluj, Szolnok, Eger, Zalaegerszeg, and Bratislava.[4] For its actions in the Uman–Botoșani Offensive the corps received the Prut honorific on 24 April 1944.[6]
Postwar
The corps was stationed in western Romania with the 27th Army as part of the
66th and 70th Guards Rifle Divisions.[8] The corps was disbanded on 28 September 1956 when the number of Soviet Army corps headquarters was reduced due to a smaller number of divisions.[9]
Commanders
The following officers commanded the corps:[10]
- Lieutenant General Sergey Goryachev (18 April 1943–June 1948)
- Major General Grigory Revunenkov (June 1948–March 1951; promoted to lieutenant general 11 May 1949)
- Major General Mikhail Seryugin (March 1951–2 September 1955; promoted to lieutenant general 3 August 1953)
- Major General Vladimir Filippov (3 September 1955–28 September 1956)
References
Citations
- ^ Pokrovsky 1956, pp. 63–64.
- ^ Zolotaryov 1999, p. 123.
- ^ Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964, pp. 9, 53.
- ^ a b c Vozhakin 2006, p. 161.
- ^ Pominov 1943, pp. 84–85.
- ^ Tsapayev & Goremykin 2014, p. 685.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 422.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, pp. 463–464.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 133.
- ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 474.
Bibliography
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1972). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть III (Январь — декабрь 1943 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part III (January–December 1943)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1988). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть IV (Январь — декабрь 1944 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part IV (January–December 1944)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Gurkin, V.V.; et al. (1990). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть V (Январь—сентябрь 1945 г.) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part V (January–September 1945)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat.
- Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union (1964). Командование корпусного и дивизионного звена советских вооруженных сил периода Великой Отечественной войны 1941–1945 гг [Commanders of Corps and Divisions in the Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Frunze Military Academy.
- Pokrovsky, A. P. (1956). "Перечень № 4. Управлений корпусов, входивших в состав действующей армии в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945 гг" [List (Perechen) No. 4: Corps headquarters, part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union.
- Pominov, Georgy (5 July 1943). "Журнал боевых действий 35 гв. ск с приложением боевых приказов, распоряжений, отчета, доклада, описаний деятельности артиллерии и разведки, боевых характеристик соединений" [Combat Journal of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps with attached combat orders, directions, accounts, reports, descriptions of artillery and reconnaissance activities, and combat characteristics of units]. Pamyat Naroda (in Russian). Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 1 August 2019. – Located in fond 906, opus 1, file 36 of the Central Archives of the Russian Ministry of Defence
- Tsapayev, D.A.; et al. (2014). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3.
- Vozhakin, M.G., ed. (2006). Великая Отечественная. Комкоры. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Corps Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 5901679083.
- Zolotaryov, Vladimir, ed. (1999). Русский архив: Великая Отечественная. Ставка ВГК: Документы и материалы. 1943 [Russian Archive: The Great Patriotic War: Stavka VGK: Documents and Materials for 1943] (in Russian). Vol. 16. Moscow: TERRA. ISBN 5-300-02007-9.
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