The 41st Rifle Division was an
infantry division of the Soviet Union's
Red Army during World War II.
The First Formation was initially established as the Krivorozhskaya Territorial Rifle Division (Криворожская территориальная стрелковая дивизия) in 1931, at Kryvyi Rih.
It was initially formed in the
Kharkov Military District. With
6th Rifle Corps,
6th Army of the
Southwestern Front from 22 June 1941. Wiped out at Kiev September 1941. Recreated at
Chapayevsk March 1942, wiped out near Izyum during
Second Battle of Kharkov
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May 1942. Recreated again in October 1942 at Verchovye from 118th Rifle Brigade, fought at Kursk, Belarus, and in Poland (see
Lublin–Brest offensive). With
69th Army
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History
Formation, Operation Star, and Third Battle of Kharkov
The army was formed in February 1943 with the ...
of the
1st Belorussian Front
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participated in
Battle of Berlin
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After the Vistula– ...
, 16 April - May 1945. The division was disbanded "in place" with the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany during the summer of 1945.
On 4 March 1955, a number of Soviet units were redesignated. The
264th Ussuriysk Rifle Division in the Far East became the 41st Rifle Red Banner Division. While at
Dolinsk
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* Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast, a town in Dolinsky District of Sakhalin Oblast
;Rural localities
* Dolinsk, Orenburg Oblast, a settlement in ...
as part of the
15th Army of the
Far East Military District, the 41st Rifle Division became the 41st Motor Rifle Division on 17 April 1957. The division was disbanded on 1 April 1958.
References
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*Robert G. Poirier and Albert Z. Conner, The Red Army Order of Battle in the Great Patriotic War, Novato: Presidio Press, 1985. .
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