383rd Rifle Division

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383rd Rifle Division 'Shakhterskaya'
Major General
Konstantin Provalov

The 383rd '

Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).[1] During the course of the war, its losses were continually replaced, and thus it began to consist not only of miners from Donbas
.

History

Formation

The formation of the division began in August, at mine #6 in

M. V. Frunze Military Academy and Hero of the Soviet Union, was appointed commander of the division. He was later promoted to major general and commanded the Southern Group of Forces during the 1960s.[2]

"The right to command the newly created divisions went to people who knew and the theory and practice of military art – the graduates of the

People's Commissariat for Defence
."

- The defense of Donbass and Stalino in 1941. 383 RD, Donetsk. History. Developments. Data.

War service

The formation and training of the division ended in September 1941, when it was put into battle. On 30 September 1941, the 383rd division was incorporated into the

German Army had finally taken Stalino, but the 383rd had fought well and conducted an organised fighting retreat.[1]

Following this defeat, the division was transferred to the

Feodosiya, and later helped liberate Sevastopol. By the end of May 1944 the Transcaucasian Front had completely freed Crimea from German occupation.[1]

In January 1945, the 383rd Division was assigned to the 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front where it served for the rest of the war, advancing through Poland and into Germany. From 16 April to 2 May, the division participated in the Battle of Berlin.[1]

The division was disbanded in the summer of 1945 in Germany in accordance with a Stavka directive of 29 May 1945.[4][5]

See also

References

Specific
  1. ^ a b c d "Выстоять!". Новороссийск, Chapter 1. Retrieved 2 January 2008.
  2. ^ Провалов Константин Иванович [Konstantin Ivanovich Provalov]. warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. Combat composition of the Soviet Army
    , 1 January 1944
  4. ^ 383-я стрелковая дивизия [383rd Rifle Division]. samsv.narod.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. ^ Feskov et al 2013, pp. 380–381
  • 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
    .
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