The 392nd Pacific Red Banner Order of Kutuzov District Training Center for junior specialists (Motorized troops) is a training formation of the

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. It is located in the Khabarovsk area. It traces its lineage to the 39th Pacific Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Rifle Division (russian: 39-я Тихоокеанская Краснознаменная стрелковая дивизия), an

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of the

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formed in 1922, which fought in the

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against the Japanese in 1945, and became a motor rifle division in 1957. The division became a training unit in 1962, and became the 392nd District Training Centre in 1987. It then became part of the

after the

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History

The division was originally formed on 20 July 1922, on the basis of the 104th Rifle Brigade, of the 35th Rifle Division, as the 1st

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Rifle Division, but traces its history to the earlier

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units of the Far East as well. In 1923, the division was redesignated the 1st Pacific Rifle Division () in honor of its defeat of White troops on the shores of Pacific and its basing in

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. The division fought the Chinese during the

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. The future

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Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский; pl, Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who becam ...

was a

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al commander in the division in the 1930s. In 1936, the division was renumbered as the 39th Pacific Rifle Division, and was re-raised at

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, FEMD, during 1937 as part of the reorganisation of the Soviet forces in the Far East. The division fought in the

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with the 39th Rifle Corps in August 1938. 39th RD comprised the 50th, 199th, and 254th Rifle, 15th Artillery, and other smaller sub-units. The division was in the Far East in June 1941. The division was stationed at Tschekunda in the Far East with the 15th Army until April 1943, when it was transferred to the 1st Red Banner Army during August 1943. The 39th fought in the

from 9 August to 3 September 1945 and was awarded the

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for its actions. The division was with the

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, 1st Red Banner Army in the Transbaikal-Amur Military District in 1945. One of its post-war commanders was a Petrov (1957–60). The division became the 129th Motor Rifle Division in 1957, and in 1962, it became the 129th Motor Rifle Training Division. In September 1987 it became the 392nd District Training Centre.Michael Holm
129th Training Motor Rifle Division, 2015.
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Notes

References

*Poirer & Connor, p. 278 (some information which is contradicted by later Russian sources removed) *Lenskii 2001 *http://www.rkka.ru/handbook/reg/39sd22.htm {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2013 Army training units and formations of Russia Military units and formations established in the 1980s