The 79th Rifle Corps () was a
rifle corps A rifle corps (russian: стрелковый корпус, translit=strelkovyy korpus) was a Soviet corps-level military formation during the mid-twentieth century. Rifle corps were made up of a varying number of rifle divisions, although the allo ...
of the
Red Army
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in
World War II
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that became part of the
Soviet Army
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during the
Cold War.
World War II
The corps was formed in July 1943 as a headquarters with no troops assigned, and subordinated to the
Ural Military District
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. The headquarters was subsequently transferred to the
21st Army of the
Western Front in August, and the
20th Army of the
Reserve of the Supreme High Command
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in September. The 79th joined the
3rd Shock Army
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of the
2nd Baltic Front
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History
The 2nd Baltic Front was formed on October 20, 1943 as a result of the renaming of the Baltic ...
in October, with which it remained for the rest of the war, and was assigned the
146th and
326th Rifle Divisions under the command of Major General
Fyodor Zuyev from 15 October. The 146th and 326th were replaced by the
28th
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,
171st, and
219th Rifle Divisions in November.
On May 1, 1945, the 79th Rifle Corps was the superior headquarters for the
150th, 171st, and
207th Rifle Divisions. The 150th Rifle Division was among those units that stormed the
Reichstag.
In recognition of its actions, the corps received the Berlin honorific shortly after the end of the war.
Postwar
Postwar, it remained part of the 3rd Shock Army (redesignated as the 3rd Army in 1954) in the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (renamed the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
The Western Group of Forces (WGF),. previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG). and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG),. were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany. The Group of Soviet Occupat ...
in 1954), stationed at
Stendal
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Geography
Situated west of the Elbe valley, the Stendal town centre is located s ...
. The 171st Rifle Division was converted into the 16th Mechanized Division by the end of 1945, but was withdrawn to the
Moscow Military District
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and disbanded there in 1946. The 150th Rifle Division was disbanded in Germany later that year, and was replaced by the
19th Guards Mechanized Division, transferred from the
8th Guards Army
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; the corps consisted of the 207th and the 19th Guards for the rest of its existence. In accordance with a
General Staff directive of 4 March 1955 and a
Ministry of Defense
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order of 13 June, the corps was renumbered as the
23rd Rifle Corps
The 23rd Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the 4th Army. It took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939.
On 22 June 1941 it was part of the Transcaucasian Military District comprising the 136th and 138th Rifl ...
. The headquarters of the latter was disbanded on 4 July 1956, with its divisions directly subordinated to the army headquarters.
Commanders
The following officers commanded the corps during its existence:
* Major General
Fyodor Zuyev (15 October 1943–23 May 1944)
* Colonel
Semyon Perevyortkin (promoted to Major General 29 July 1944 and Lieutenant General 11 July 1945; 24 May 1944–May 1946)
* Colonel General
Yakov Cherevichenko
Yakov Timofeyevich Cherevichenko (russian: Я́ков Тимофе́евич Черевиче́нко; 12 October 1894 – 4 July 1976) was a Soviet military leader and colonel general.
Biography First World War and Civil War
Yakov Cherevich ...
(6 June 1946–June 1948)
* Lieutenant General
Nikolay Nikitin (June 1948–March 1951)
* Lieutenant General
Boris Shulgin (March 1951–24 November 1953)
* Lieutenant General
Vladimir Janjgava (25 November 1953–4 July 1956)
References
Citations
Bibliography
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079 79 may refer to:
* 79 (number)
* one of the years 79 BC, AD 79, 1979, 2079
* ''79 A.D.'', a 1962 historical epic film
* Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, a catastrophic volcanic eruption in Italy
See also
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* List of highways numbered
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Military units and formations established in 1943
Military units and formations disestablished in 1955