160th Rifle Division (1941 formation)
The 1941 formation of the 160th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as the 6th Moscow Militia Division (Dzerzhinskii) in early July 1941. The division gradually completed its formation in the 24th Army of Reserve Front east of Smolensk but was not committed to combat until after it was renumbered as the 160th on September 26. This renumbering was based on a misunderstanding that the original 160th had been encircled and destroyed earlier that month; as a result for the next 18 months there were two 160th Rifle Divisions serving concurrently.
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160th Rifle Division (1941 formation)
The 1941 formation of the 160th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed as the 6th Moscow Militia Division (Dzerzhinskii) in early July 1941. The division gradually completed its formation in the 24th Army of Reserve Front east of Smolensk but was not committed to combat until after it was renumbered as the 160th on September 26. This renumbering was based on a misunderstanding that the original 160th had been encircled and destroyed earlier that month; as a result for the next 18 months there were two 160th Rifle Divisions serving concurrently.
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The 1941 formation of the 160t ...... it was disbanded in June 1945.
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Col. Ernest Zhanovich Sedulin
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Col. Fyodor Mikhailovich Orlov
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Col. Yusif Mirza oglu Abdullayev
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Maj. Gen. Boleslav Frantsevich Zarako-Zarakovskii
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Maj. Gen. Nikolai Sergeevich Timofeev
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Maj. Vitalii Modestovich Rusetskii
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The 1941 formation of the 160t ...... ivisions serving concurrently.
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160th Rifle Division (September 26, 1941 - July 1945)
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