Probably activated 1933 in the Ural MD, seems to have been at Chelyabinsk in 1939; seems to have been sent to Belarussian Special Military District, soon to be Western Special Military District, 1940. Assigned to 4th Rifle Corps, Third Army, Soviet Western Front on outbreak of war. Narod.ru seems to indicate that the division was formed twice, in 1931 and 1941.
Current commander (as at 2003): Ashitok, Vladimir Gen Maj (KZ2003-0423) Commander of Leningrad-Pavlovsk Division.
Previous commanders: (late 1990s-e2000s) Lunev, Vasiliy Gen Maj; Makushkin, Anatoliy Gen Maj; commanded by Gen. Igor Puzanov 1983-86
At the end of the 1980s it consisted of the 387th Tank Regiment, 141st, 59th(?), 228th MRRs, 167th Artillery Regt, 1133 Anti-aircraft Rocket Regiment
Chelyabinsk Theatre. ... WWII Eastern Front at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa The Western Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army, one of the Soviet Army Fronts during the Second World War. ... The Siberian Military District is a Military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. ...
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