22nd Guards Rifle Division
The 22nd Guards Rifle Division was unique in being the only Guards rifle division formed twice during the Great Patriotic War. It was first formed from the 363rd Rifle Division in March, 1942. Soon after forming it provided a command cadre for the second formation of the 53rd Army in Kalinin Front. Later, in the fall of that year, the division provided most of its personnel and equipment to form the new 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, and was then disbanded. In April, 1943, a new 22nd Guards was formed from the second formation of the 150th Rifle Division in the Moscow Military District, and went on to serve for the duration in 10th Guards Army. This formation first saw service in Operation Suvorov, the summer offensive of Western Front that liberated Smolensk in late September, and then foug
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22nd Guards Rifle Division
The 22nd Guards Rifle Division was unique in being the only Guards rifle division formed twice during the Great Patriotic War. It was first formed from the 363rd Rifle Division in March, 1942. Soon after forming it provided a command cadre for the second formation of the 53rd Army in Kalinin Front. Later, in the fall of that year, the division provided most of its personnel and equipment to form the new 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, and was then disbanded. In April, 1943, a new 22nd Guards was formed from the second formation of the 150th Rifle Division in the Moscow Military District, and went on to serve for the duration in 10th Guards Army. This formation first saw service in Operation Suvorov, the summer offensive of Western Front that liberated Smolensk in late September, and then foug
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The 22nd Guards Rifle Division ...... sbanded shortly after the war.
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Col. Grigorii Ivanovich Panishev
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Col. Nikolai Olimpievich Ruz
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Col. Vasilii Ivanovich Morozov
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Maj. Gen. Karp Vasilyevich Sviridov
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The 22nd Guards Rifle Division ...... late September, and then foug
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22nd Guards Rifle Division (April 19, 1943 - 1946)
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22nd Guards Rifle Division (March 17, 1942 – November 16, 1942)
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