The 4th Rifle Corps was a

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of the

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, active from the 1920s.

First Formation

It was formed during the

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as part of the Western Front of the Red Army in May and June 1922. The corps headquarters was stationed in

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from June 1922 to August 1938. In April 1924, the corps became part of the

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, later known as the Belorussian, Belorussian Special, and Western Special Military Districts. In July 1938 the Vitebsk army group was established from the corps. The new corps was instructed to be created by 1 October of the same year. In September 1938 its headquarters was transferred to

Polotsk Polotsk (russian: По́лоцк; be, По́лацк, translit=Polatsk (BGN/PCGN), Polack (official transliteration); lt, Polockas; pl, Połock) is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina River. It is the center of the Polotsk Distr ...

. In September 1939, the Corps troops took part in the

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as part of the 3rd Army, Belorussian Front. After fighting in the Soviet invasion of Poland, corps headquarters was at

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. In October 1939 it was moved to

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and then

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, where it was until April 1940. In April it moved back to Polotsk and in June 1940 was at

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. In July it moved to

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. On 22 June 1941, the 27th, 56th, and 85th Rifle Divisions were part of the corps, as part of 3rd Army.

Second Formation

The second formation of the corps was established on 4 April 1942, and placed under Major General Panteleymon Aleksandrovich Zaytsev (who commanded 4.4.42 – 27.11.43). The 114th Rifle Division was added to the corps in June 1942.Charles C. Sharp, ''"Red Legions", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed Before 1941, Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Vol. VIII'', 1995, p 57 It served with the 7th Army from its formation until November 1944, when it was resubordinated to the

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in the north. On 1 July 1945 the second formation of the corps was part of the Belomorsky Military District, with 25th, 289th, and 341st Rifle Divisions. The corps was disbanded on 10 July 1946.

Commanders

* Alexander Pavlov : 1922-1924 *

Konstantin Neumann Konstantin Neumann (January 28, 1897 – November 5, 1937) was born in what is now Jelgava, Latvia. He led the 35th Rifle Division during the Soviet occupation of Mongolia. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin (1936) and the Order of the ...

: June 1924 — February 1927 * Jan Fabriciuss : 1927 — 1928 *Ivan Kuyakov : May 1928 — November 130 *

Aleksandr Loktionov Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Loktionov (russian: Александр Дмитриевич Локтионов; ) – 28 October 1941) was a Soviet general. In 1923 he was given command of the 2nd Infantry Division in Belarus, and the next year he becam ...

: November 1930 — December 1933 *Danilo Srdić : 1933 — April 1935 * Andrei Sazontov : September 1935 — May 1937 * Trifon Shevaldin : July 1937 — March 1938 *

Nikandr Chibisov Colonel General Nikandr Evlampievich Chibisov (russian: Никандр Евлампиевич Чибисов; November 5 ( O.S. October 24), 1892 in stanitsa Romanovskaya (Rostov Oblast) – 20 September 1959 in Minsk) was a Soviet military comma ...

: March — May 1938 *Ivan Davidovsky : 02/20/1939 brigade commander, from 11/04/1939 division commander - (March 1938 - 02/15/1940) *Nikolai Nikishin : May 1938 - July 1938 *Yuri Novoselsky : (July 1938 - August 1938), brigade commander *Evgeny Egorov :(from 02/15/1940 to 09/01/1941), division commander, from 06/05/1940 - major general, was captured on 06/29/1941

References

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