347th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 347th Rifle Division began forming in mid-September, 1941, as a Red Army rifle division, in the North Caucasus Military District. It was soon assigned to the 58th Army while both it and its Army continued to form up before entering combat in November, as part of the offensive that first liberated Rostov-on-Don. During the German summer offensive in 1942 the division retreated back into the Caucasus, fighting to defend the routes to the oil fields at Baku, until the German forces began to retreat after their defeat at Stalingrad. During 1943 and early 1944 it continued to serve in the southern part of the front, taking part in the liberation of Crimea, before being transferred to the Baltic States region, serving in Latvia and Lithuania for the duration of the war, compiling a distingui
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347th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 347th Rifle Division began forming in mid-September, 1941, as a Red Army rifle division, in the North Caucasus Military District. It was soon assigned to the 58th Army while both it and its Army continued to form up before entering combat in November, as part of the offensive that first liberated Rostov-on-Don. During the German summer offensive in 1942 the division retreated back into the Caucasus, fighting to defend the routes to the oil fields at Baku, until the German forces began to retreat after their defeat at Stalingrad. During 1943 and early 1944 it continued to serve in the southern part of the front, taking part in the liberation of Crimea, before being transferred to the Baltic States region, serving in Latvia and Lithuania for the duration of the war, compiling a distingui
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347-я стрелковая Мелитопольска ...... 1 июля 1944 — 9 мая 1945 года.
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The 347th Rifle Division began ...... when it was finally disbanded.
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Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Kharitonovich Ukhimchuk
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Maj. Gen. Nikolai Ivanovich Seliverstov
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347-я стрелковая Мелитопольска ...... 1 июля 1944 — 9 мая 1945 года.
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The 347th Rifle Division began ...... the war, compiling a distingui
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347-я стрелковая дивизия
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347th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
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347th Rifle Division (September 16, 1941 – 1946)
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