The 389th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
The division was formed in October 1941 part of the
53rd Army of the
Central Asian Military District
The Red Banner Central Asian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed in 1926–1945 and 1969–1989, with its headquarters at Tashkent (1926–1945) and Almaty (1969–1989). By USSR Order No.304 of 4 ...
, and was deployed for active field duty from May 1942 through to May 1945.
The 389th Rifle Division particularly distinguished itself in early January 1944 during the liberation of
Berdychiv
Berdychiv ( uk, Берди́чів, ; pl, Berdyczów; yi, באַרדיטשעװ, Barditshev; russian: Берди́чев, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center ...
from the German military, for which it was awarded the honorary title of "Berdychevskaya".
For its actions in the
Berlin Offensive
The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major Offensive (military), offensives of the European theatre of World War II.
...
, the 389th was awarded the
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class, on 4 June 1945.
In a Stavka directive dated 29 May 1945, the 389th Rifle Division was listed among those to be disbanded in place.
References
Citations
Bibliography
*
*
Further reading
*Robert G. Poirier and Albert Z. Conner, ''The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War'', Novato: Presidio Press, 1985. . Poirer and Conner primarily used the wartime files of the German
Foreign Armies East Foreign Armies East, or Fremde Heere Ost (FHO), was a military intelligence organization of the ''Oberkommando des Heeres'' (OKH), the Supreme High Command of the German Army during World War II. It focused on analyzing the Soviet Union and other Ea ...
('FHO') intelligence section, of which substantial sections are now held by the
U.S. National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...
.
{{Soviet Union divisions before 1945
389
Year 389 ( CCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Timasius and Promotus (or, less frequently, year 1142 ''Ab urbe c ...
Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner
Military units and formations established in 1941
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945