The Russian Defense Ministry decided to re-form the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division (42 MSD) in Chechnya. In 2009 the legendary military unit, once considered the "most belligerent" in the Russian Armed Forces, was disbanded by former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. Instead of 42 MSDs in Chechnya, separate motorized rifle brigades, which will now be reunited into a division and take cover state border.
At present, the decision has already been made and work on reorganizing the division has begun, ”an informed source in the military department told Izvestia. - The division will be formed on the basis of three motorized rifle brigades, which are now based in the Republic of Chechnya. These brigades will be reorganized into motorized rifle regiments of the division.
According to Izvestia, the Russian military department plans to finally form the division within the next year.
42 MSD originates from the 111th Rifle Division, formed in 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. During the years of the Great Patriotic War for courage and heroism shown in battles with fascist german invaders, the formation was transformed into the 24th Guards Rifle Division. Later, for the liberation of the city of Evpatoria, the division received the honorary name "Evpatoria", and for the capture of Sevastopol, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
After the Second World War, the division changed its serial number, becoming the 42nd Guards MSD. The formation, relocated to the city of Grozny, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, became a training center where, until 1992, future tankers, signalmen, anti-aircraft gunners, motorized riflemen and even doctors were trained. After the aggravation of the situation in the North Caucasus The educational center was disbanded.
At the end of 1999, the Russian Ministry of Defense decided to revive the 42 MSD and deploy it on a permanent basis in the Republic of Chechnya. Four motorized rifle and one artillery regiment, reconnaissance and engineer battalions of the newly created division were fully staffed with contract servicemen. Despite the ongoing fighting, a unique social infrastructure was created in Chechnya, and the fighters of the unit lived not in barracks, but in dormitories.
In addition to participating in the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya, units and subunits of the 42nd MSD played an important role during the fighting with Georgia in August 2008. Thus, the personnel of the 70th and 71st motorized rifle and 50th artillery regiments, as well as the 417th reconnaissance battalion, made a many-kilometer march from Chechnya to South Ossetia, overcame the Roki Tunnel and immediately entered into battle with the Georgian forces. In the future, the fighters of the division participated in the defeat of the enemy already on the territory of Georgia.
The division covered more than 300 km along mountain serpentines in the most difficult conditions. At the same time, the march took less than a day, - Anton Lavrov, one of the authors of the book "Tanks of August", dedicated to the Russian-Georgian conflict of 2008, told Izvestia. - Soldiers of the 42nd Motor Rifle Division liberated Tskvinval and then took part in the attack on the Georgian Gori. Although the personnel of the division did not enter the city itself and therefore did not get into the lenses of television cameras, they completed the most important task - they blocked Gori and held the approaches to the city.
In 2009, by decision of the Ministry of Defense, the division was disbanded, separate motorized rifle brigades were created from its two regiments, the rest of the units and subunits were disbanded, and the personnel were dismissed or transferred to other positions.
Later, the 1st Guards tank regiment. Already in Chechnya, the regiment surrendered its tanks and turned into the 8th Mountain Rifle Brigade. On the emblem new brigade, where there is not a single tank, until recently, a cuirass was painted (a symbol of the armored forces. - Izvestia), as well as alpenstocks, showing that the military unit belongs to the mountain infantry. A strange combination of symbols on the emblem of the unit gave rise to jokes about "mountain tank climbers" capable of "conquering Elbrus" on tanks.
Previously, three brigades in the Republic of Chechnya were intended primarily to assist local law enforcement agencies in conducting counter-terrorist operations, he told Izvestia Chief Editor branch magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky. - These military units had in many respects a unique staff and weapons, designed primarily for solving anti-terrorist tasks. But at present, the main task of the brigades has changed - they are involved in covering the state border, and in case of war they must hold the enemy’s offensive, then defeat him with a counterattack. For such actions, a more heavily armed and numerous division is better suited, which, unlike brigades, can be more autonomous at the expense of its own resources and solve a fairly wide range of tasks both in defense and in the offensive.
Chechen conflict
Armed conflict in South Ossetia (2008)
42nd Guards Motor Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division(abbr. 42nd Guards msd) - military unit of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Armed Forces of Russia (- and since 2016).
In June 2009, as part of the ongoing reform in Armed Forces Russian Federation on the basis of the 42nd motorized rifle division, three motorized rifle brigades of constant readiness of the new organizational and staff structure, each numbering about 3.5 thousand people, were created. 17th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (Borzoi, Chechen Republic) former 291st Guards. MSP, (Khankala and Kalinovskaya, Chechen Republic) . The brigade headquarters are located in settlements Khankala, Shali and Borzoi.
In 2016, the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division was formed again. Location - Khankala, Kalinovskaya, Shali and Borzoi
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Battle path during the Great Patriotic War
The history of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division began on the eve of the Great Patriotic War. The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as the 111th rifle division on the basis of the 29th reserve brigade of the Arkhangelsk military district.
In the active army from June 22, 1941 to March 17, 1942. On June 22, 1941, she was stationed in summer camps near Vologda. On July 16, 1940, the division was fully formed. July 16, 1940 - the day of the unit. Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was maintained by a staff of 3,000. According to the "Reference on the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the event of a war in the West", prepared by N.F. Vatutin on May 13, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was supposed to be included as a separate unit in the 28th Army. From June 10 to June 20, 1941, the 111th SD was replenished with 6,000 assigned personnel. The peacetime staff No. 4/120 in the spring of 1941 was 5,900 people. * The division met the beginning of the war in the Vinnitsa region. On June 22, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division met in field camps at the Kushchuba training center, which is 50 km from Vologda. From June 24 to June 30, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was included in the 41st Rifle Corps of the Moscow Military District. The division was redeployed through Yaroslavl and Leningrad. From the 41st division departed for the North-Western Front. On June 30, 1941, the corps arrived in the area of the city of Ostrov, Pskov Region, to engage in defense in the Ostrovsky and Pskov fortified areas. Under enemy fire, parts of the division unloaded at the stations of Pskov, Cherskaya, Ostrov and directly from the wheels into battle. On July 10, the first commander of the division, Colonel I. M. Ivanov, died.
History
The unit was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as the 111th rifle division on the basis of the 29th reserve brigade of the Arkhangelsk military district. She met the war as part of the Kiev Special Military District in the Vinnitsa region.
On March 17, 1942, for the bravery and courage shown in battles with the German invaders, discipline, organization and heroism of the personnel, the 111th Rifle Division was transformed into the 24th Guards Rifle Division by order of the NPO of the USSR No. 78. With the beginning of counter-offensive actions, the division participated in the liberation of the South of Ukraine and Crimea. For successful fighting on the mastery of the cities of Yevpatoria and Saki, by order of the NPO of the USSR No. 0185 of April 24, 1944, she was awarded the honorary name "Evpatoria", and for participation in the battles for the liberation of Sevastopol, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 25, 1944, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Later she took part in the liberation of the Baltic states and East Prussia. At the final stage of the Great Patriotic War, she participated in the assault on Königsberg and Pillau. Over 14,000 officers, sergeants and soldiers of the unit were awarded orders and medals for their courage and heroism during the war years, 11 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
At the end of the Great Patriotic War, the division was withdrawn to the Bryansk region and included in the Smolensk military district. In February 1946, it was included in the Moscow Military District. By September 1, 1949, the division was redeployed to the city of Grozny, Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and reorganized into the 24th Guards Mountain Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division of the North Caucasus Military District, which passed in 1950, re-equipped for mountain training in 1951-1954.
On June 1, 1957, the connection was converted to 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division 12th Army Corps. In the late 1960s, the division became a training division. In 1987, the 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division was reorganized into 173rd Guards District Training Evpatoria Red Banner Training Center for Junior Specialists (motorized rifle troops). The division was equipped with a double staff of armored vehicles, weapons and ammunition. In case of war, it was supposed to create two full-blooded divisions on its base. One already was and only from training it became combat. The second was mobilized by the local population. For her, the second state of weapons, ammunition and ammunition, which were stored in her arsenals, was intended.
By the summer of 1991, the training division had more than 400 armored vehicles. Basically, these were tanks: T-62, T-72, BMP-1, various MTLB special vehicles and so on.
The District Training Center included:
- 70th Guards Training motorized rifle regiment(Grozny);
- 71st Guards Training Motorized Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment (Grozny);
- 72nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Königsberg Red Banner Regiment (Grozny);
- 392nd Training Tank Regiment (Shali);
- 50th Guards Training Artillery Regiment (Grozny);
- 1203rd training anti-aircraft artillery regiment (Grozny);
- 95th Separate Training Missile Division (Grozny);
- 479th separate training battalion of communications (Grozny);
- 539th separate training engineer-sapper battalion (Grozny, since 1986 Shali settlement);
- 524th separate repair and restoration battalion (Shali settlement);
- 367th separate training automobile battalion (Grozny);
- 106th separate medical training battalion.
From September to December 1991, part of the equipment and weapons were withdrawn from Chechnya along railway. But no more than 20% of the funds available there. In 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was disbanded. By Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces No. 314/3/0159 dated January 4, 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was to be disbanded, and weapons were to be removed. By a cipher telegram from the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army P. S. Grachev, dated May 20, 1992, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District was allowed to transfer to the Chechen Republic 50 percent of the military equipment and weapons from the presence of the 173rd Guards Training and Training Center.
In 1992, when the division was disbanded, the following were transferred to the Chechen Republic: 42 tanks, 36 BMP-2s, 14 armored personnel carriers, 44 MTLBs, 139 guns and mortars, 101 anti-tank weapons, 27 multiple launch rocket systems, 2 helicopters, 268 aircraft, of which 5 are combat, 57,000 small arms, 27 wagons of ammunition, 3,000 tons of fuel and lubricants, 254 tons of food.
In December 1999, it was decided to deploy the division on a permanent basis in the Chechen Republic. At the same time, the arrangement of the places of deployment of the division began, which was completed during 2000. The division became part of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the North Caucasus Military District. In March 2000, in accordance with the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the 506th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Volga Military District became the 71st motorized rifle regiment in the composition formed on the territory Chechen Republic 42nd motorized rifle division. For this, a military camp with all the infrastructure was set up in the village of Khankala in the suburbs of Grozny. 20 prefabricated modular barracks, a hospital, and several storage hangars were erected here. On March 1, 2000, the formation of the 50th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (50 Guards Sap, military unit 64684) began in the Urals Military District. The formation was carried out on the basis of the 239th TP of the 34th Motor Rifle Division (Ekaterinburg and Chebarkul garrisons - 2 sadn and read), units and subunits of artillery 473 OTC and 44 zapmsd, (Elansky garrison - 2 sadn), as well as 1113 optap (Shadrinsk granizon - ptdn). The regiment's command and support units were the last to be formed in Yekaterinburg. Senior in formation - deputy. Regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Kurdzhiev D.A. Khankala, unloaded and set up a tent camp on the southwestern outskirts of the airfield. met the divisions of the regiment commander Colonel Viktor Leonidovich Kozoriz. The senior officer from the regiment’s administration is Lieutenant Colonel Negoda A.P. Heads of echelons - division commanders Lieutenant Colonels Baryshev I.D. and Alekseychuk A.M. Chechen-Aul-poultry farm (2 km south-west of the village of Shali).
On April 1, 2000, in the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region, the 478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Communications Battalion (battalion commander - Guards Major D. Polynkov) was awarded the Battle Banner. By the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the battalion was included in the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division with deployment in the Chechen Republic. April 9, 2000 at st. The remaining forces of the 50th Guards Sap arrived in Khankala (headquarters, 1st sadn, readn without rebates, control battery, artillery reconnaissance battery, repair company, material support company, regimental medical center and club) and marched to the place of permanent deployment (2 km s. -western settlement Shali, PTF). The number of the regiment reached 1150 people, including 200 officers and ensigns. On April 14, 2000, the 478th Guards Obs arrived at the place of permanent deployment. April 4, 2000 from N. p. Alabino, Moscow Region, the 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Königsberg Red Banner Regiment, formed on the basis of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Order of the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Division named after M. I. Kalinin, departed to the division. The regiment was relocated to the village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky district, without military equipment. The regiment has 2,500 troops. They were recruited from the Moscow and other military districts. During April 2000, the regiment received weapons and equipment and units arrived at their places of permanent deployment.
According to the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Military District also formed the division's directorate. In the future, the MVO carried out the rotation of officers and ensigns. In the division of military personnel passing military service under the contract up to 50%, conscripted military personnel served for at least 6 months. On April 13, 2000, the 72nd Guards MRR arrived in the village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky District. May 15, 2000 in Kalinovskaya began to equip the regiment. In early July 2000, the regiment's camp went into operation.
In mid-April 2000, the 291st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment was sent from the Leningrad Military District to the place of permanent deployment in Chechnya. At first, it was decided to place the regiment in the settlement. Itum-Kali. At the end of June 2000, it was decided to deploy the regiment in the settlement. Borzoi because of the difficult terrain and for the sake of cost savings. On April 28, 2000, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Marshal of the Russian Federation I.D. Sergeev reported to and. about. President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the completion of the formation of the 42nd motorized rifle division. On May 1, 2000, the formation of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was completed. The command of the division and regiments were awarded Battle Banners, but without orders and registration cards. Not transferred to the headquarters of the division and the historical form of the connection. On May 5, 2000, the 50th Guards Sap was awarded the Battle Banner by the Deputy Commander of the 58th Army, Major General Grishin N.N. The government allocated $1.5 billion for the development of military towns and forts, and 6,000 military builders and civilian specialists, as well as about 450 units of construction equipment, participated in their development.
Since May 2000, the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment has served in the village of Shali. It is staffed by 35% with soldiers and sergeants under the contract, mainly from the Tyumen and Sverdlovsk regions, as well as Altai and Yakutia. The battalions of the regiment consisted of four companies. By the end of July 2000, the 1st stage of deployment of the division was completed. In Khankala, the restoration of capital buildings and technical facilities was completed; in the Kalinovskaya garrison, a complex of buildings and structures was put into operation. In the Borzoi garrison, work was completed by the end of 2000. The 2nd stage of the division's equipping was completed in 2001, the construction of the parking garage and utility and storage areas of the garrison was completed. The division was deployed in four garrisons and its composition (15,000 people - 1450 officers and 600 warrant officers, 130 tanks, 350 armored combat vehicles, 200 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 100 artillery pieces with a caliber above 100 mm, 5 heavy bridge layers) included 5 regiments, 9 separate battalions and divisions and support units:
- Division Headquarters (Khankala);
- 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (village Shali, military unit 23132);
- 71st Guards Motor Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment (Khankala);
- 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Königsberg Red Banner Regiment (village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky District, 2600 people, military unit 42839); -
- 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (village Borzoi, military unit 44822);
- 50th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (village Shali, military unit 64684);
- 478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Communications Battalion (Khankala);
- 539th separate engineer-sapper battalion;
- 524th separate repair and restoration battalion;
- 474th separate battalion of material support;
- 106th separate medical and sanitary battalion.
The regiments in Shali and Itum-Kali were placed in fortresses. For them, fortifications were built, taking into account protection from fire damage. In Itum-Kali, a deep ditch was dug around the perimeter of the fortress to enhance the security of military personnel. Firing points were installed on the fortress towers to control the surrounding territories. On the heights located around the fortress, 6 points of fire support for the garrison of the fortress, as well as other fortifications, were created.
In August 2008, the division took part in the armed conflict in South Ossetia.
As part of the ongoing reform in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the 42nd motorized rifle division, three motorized rifle brigades of constant readiness of the new organizational and staff structure, each numbering about 3.5 thousand people, were created. 17th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Shali), former 291st Guards. SME, 8th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Borzoi), 18th Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Brigade (Khankala and Kalinovskaya) as part of the 58th Army.
By the end of 2016, the revival of the division was completed.
Composition 2017
| List of dead and missing soldiers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p/n | Full Name | Rank | position, part | Born, place of birth | perished | buried | Special marks |
| 1. | Danilevich Anton | guard senior lieutenant | reconnaissance company commander | Ussuriysk | 09/01/2004, his combat vehicle was blown up by a mine camouflaged at the side of the road. Died of wounds in hospital. | He was buried in the city cemetery of Ussuriysk. | |
| 2. | Dmitrienko Vitaly Sergeevich | Private | gunner-assistant grenade launcher | 1982, Gornye Klyuchi village, Primorsky Territory | 02/20/2002 when performing a combat mission from undermining a radio-controlled landmine | buried in the cemetery of the village Gornye klyuchi | |
| 3. | Eskin Vladimir Vladimirovich | guards senior sergeant of contract service | driver mechanic | 1964, Raikonkoski village, Suoyarvsky district, Karelian ASSR | 07/12/2001 when performing a combat mission | buried at the Maryinsky cemetery in Kirovsk, Leningrad region. | |
| 4. | Korovushkin Alexander Vladimirovich | Lance Sergeant | squad leader of a separate cargo escort company | 1984, Vladivostok | 05/19/2003 when neutralizing a radio-controlled explosive device. | buried in the city of Artem, Primorsky kpai. | |
| 5. | Serdyukov Eduard Yurievich | Lance Sergeant | BMP driver | 1981, Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Territory | 05/22/2001 when a combat vehicle was blown up on a high-power improvised explosive device | buried on the Alley of Heroes of the city cemetery of Dalnerechensk. | |
| 6. | Solovyov Sergey Viktorovich | Private | senior gunner | 1980, Dzerzhinsk, Gorky region | 12/12/2001 when performing a combat mission | buried at the Marine Cemetery in Vladivostok. | |
| 7. | Khachko Mikhail Sergeevich | Lance Sergeant | senior driver | 1980, Artem, Primorsky Territory | February 8, 2001 when performing a combat mission | buried at the Shevelevsky cemetery in Artem. | |
| 8. | Posadsky, Vladislav, Anatolyevich | colonel | chief of staff of a separate motorized rifle battalion for special purposes Vostok | 09/11/1964, Saltykovka, Balashikha District, Moscow Region | 01/23/2004 during the release of hostages in the Chechen Republic | He was buried at the Slavic cemetery in Krasnodar. | |
| 9. | |||||||
42ND GUARDS MOTOR RIFLE DIVISION
07.02.2018
The turn has come to re-equip the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District. The 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment in Chechnya received a new-made BMP-3.
Units of the motorized rifle division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SMD), stationed in the Chechen Republic, have begun live firing as part of platoons at the Gvardeets combined arms training ground.
More than 1,000 servicemen were involved in the training events, about 200 pieces of weapons and military equipment were involved.
During training at the training ground, servicemen will practice firing skills from the armament of T-72B3 tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, Sani mortars, AGS-17 automatic heavy grenade launchers, RPG-7 hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, and also from small arms.
The infantry fighting vehicle BMP-3 is in service with the 19th, 20th, 27th and 136th motorized rifle brigades, 4th military base and at least four training centers.
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42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division 
The 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division (abbr. 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division) is a military formation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Russian Armed Forces (1940-2009 and since 2016).
In June 2009, as part of the ongoing reform in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the 42nd motorized rifle division, three motorized rifle brigades of constant readiness of the new organizational and staffing structure, each numbering about 3.5 thousand people, were created. 17th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (Borzoi, Chechen Republic) former 291st Guards. SME, 18th Guards Motor Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Brigade (Khankala and Kalinovskaya, Chechen Republic). The brigade headquarters are located in the settlements of Khankala, Shali and Borzoi.
In 2016, the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division was re-formed as part of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District. Location - Chechen Republic (Khankala, Kalinovskaya, Shali and Borzoi).
The history of the 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army of the North Caucasian Military District begins on the eve of the Great Patriotic War. The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as the 111th rifle division on the basis of the 29th reserve brigade of the Arkhangelsk military district.
In the active army from June 22, 1941 to March 17, 1942. On June 22, 1941, it was deployed in summer camps near Vologda. On July 16, 1940, the division was fully formed. July 16, 1940 - the day of the unit. Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was maintained by a staff of 3,000.
According to the “Information on the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the event of a war in the West”, prepared by N.F. Vatutin on May 13, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was supposed to be included as a separate formation in the 28th Army.
From June 10 to June 20, 1941, the 111th SD was replenished with 6,000 assigned personnel. The peacetime staff No. 4/120 in the spring of 1941 was 5,900 people.
By the beginning of World War II, the division included:
399th Rifle Regiment (Vologda, commander - Major A.P. Filippov);
468th Infantry Regiment (Vologda, commander - Lieutenant Colonel D.D. Vorobyov);
532nd Rifle Regiment (Gryazovets, Vologda Oblast, commander - Major Vlasov);
- 286th Light Artillery Regiment (Vologda); - 561st Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Vologda, until October 1, 1941);
- 267th separate anti-tank fighter division (Vologda); - 466th separate anti-aircraft artillery division (Vologda);
146th reconnaissance battalion (Vologda);
181st engineer battalion (Vologda);
223rd separate communications battalion (Vologda);
120th medical battalion (Vologda);
119th separate company of chemical protection;
189th motor transport company (Vologda);
490th pkhz; 1005th dvl;
1608th field postal station;
- 1652nd pkg.
Division command:
Ivanov Ivan Mikhailovich (07/16/1940 - 07/12/1941), colonel (died near the village of Maramorka, Pskov region);
Roginsky Sergey Vasilievich (07/13/1941 - 03/17/1942), colonel.
On March 17, 1942, for the bravery and courage shown in the battles against the German invaders, for the discipline, organization, heroism of the personnel, the 111th Rifle Division was transformed into the 24th Guards Rifle Division by order of the NPO of the USSR No. 78.
The division included:
- 70th Guards Rifle Regiment;
- 71st Guards Rifle Regiment;
- 72nd Guards Rifle Regiment;
- 50th Guards Artillery Regiment.
71st Guards Rifle Regiment awarded the order Kutuzov of the 3rd degree, the 72nd was awarded the honorary name "Königsberg".
For high military skill, valor and courage, over 14,000 officers, sergeants and soldiers of the division were awarded orders and medals, 11 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, P. Koshevoy twice, 4 became full cavaliers Order of Glory.
At the end of the Great Patriotic War, the division was withdrawn to the Bryansk region and included in the Smolensk military district. Here the division was reorganized into the 3rd Separate Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Rifle Brigade.
In February 1946, the Smolensk Military District was disbanded and the brigade became part of the Moscow Military District.
By September 1, 1949, the division was redeployed to the city of Grozny of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and reorganized into the 24th Guards Yevpatoriya Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division of the North Caucasus Military District, which passed in 1950, rearmament for carrying out in 1951-1954. mountain training.
On June 1, 1957, the formation was transformed into the 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division of the 12th Army Corps. All regiments of the division and their numbers remained the same.
In the late 1960s the division became a training division. In 1987, the 42nd Guards Training Motorized Rifle Evpatoria Red Banner Division was reorganized into the 173rd Guards District Training Evpatoria Red Banner Training Center for junior specialists (motorized rifle troops).
The division was equipped with a double staff of armored vehicles, weapons and ammunition. In case of war, it was supposed to create two full-blooded divisions on its base. One already was and only from training it became combat. The second was mobilized by the local population. For her, the second state of weapons, ammunition and ammunition, which were stored in her arsenals, was intended.
By the summer of 1991, the training division had more than 400 armored vehicles. Basically, these were tanks: T-62, T-72, BMP-1, various MTLB special vehicles and so on.
The District Training Center included:
70th Guards Training Motorized Rifle Regiment (Grozny);
71st Guards Training Motor Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment (Grozny);
72nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Königsberg Red Banner Regiment (Grozny);
392nd Training Tank Regiment (Shali);
50th Guards Training Artillery Regiment (Grozny);
1203rd training anti-aircraft artillery regiment;
95th Separate Training Missile Division (Grozny);
479th separate training battalion of communications (Grozny);
539th separate training engineer-sapper battalion (Shali);
- 367th separate training automobile battalion;
106th separate medical training battalion.
From September to December 1991, part of the equipment and weapons were withdrawn from Chechnya by rail. But no more than 20% of the funds available there.
In 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was disbanded. Directive of the General Staff No. 314/3/0159 dated January 4, 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was to be disbanded, and weapons to be removed.
By cipher telegram of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army P.S. Grachev dated May 20, 1992, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District was allowed to transfer to the Chechen Republic 50 percent of military equipment and weapons from the presence of the 173rd Guards Training and Training Center.
In 1992, when the division was disbanded, the following were transferred to the Chechen Republic: 42 tanks, 36 BMP-2s, 14 armored personnel carriers, 44 MTLBs, 139 guns and mortars, 101 anti-tank weapons, 27 multiple launch rocket systems, 2 helicopters, 268 aircraft, of which 5 are combat, 57,000 small arms, 27 wagons of ammunition, 3,000 tons of fuel and lubricants, 254 tons of food.
In December 1999, it was decided to deploy the division on a permanent basis in the Chechen Republic. At the same time, the arrangement of the places of deployment of the division began, which was completed during 2000. The division became part of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Red Banner North Caucasian Military District.
In March 2000, in accordance with the directive of the Chief of the General Staff, the 506th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Volga Military District became part of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division being formed on the territory of the Chechen Republic as the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
For this, a military camp with all the infrastructure was set up in the village of Khankala in the suburbs of Grozny. 20 prefabricated modular barracks, a hospital, and several storage hangars have been erected here.
On April 1, 2000, in the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region, the 478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Communications Battalion (battalion commander - Guards Major D. Polynkov) was awarded the Battle Banner. By the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the battalion was included in the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division with deployment in the Chechen Republic.
At the beginning of April 2000, the 478th Guards Obs was sent to the place of permanent deployment.
April 4, 2000 from N. p. Alabino, Moscow Region, the 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Koenigsberg Red Banner, formed on the basis of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Order of the October Revolution of the Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division named after M.I. Kalinin. The regiment was relocated to the village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky district, without military equipment. The regiment has 2,500 troops. They were recruited from the Moscow and other military districts. During April 2000, the regiment received weapons and equipment and units arrived at their places of permanent deployment.
According to the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Military District also formed the division's directorate. In the future, the MVO carries out the rotation of officers and ensigns.
In the division of servicemen undergoing military service under a contract, up to 50%, servicemen undergoing military service by conscription served for at least 6 months.
On April 13, 2000, the 72nd Guards MRR arrived in the village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky District.
May 15, 2000 in Kalinovskaya began to equip the regiment. In early July 2000, the regiment's camp went into operation.
In mid-April 2000, the 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment began to be sent from the Leningrad Military District to the place of permanent deployment in Chechnya.
At first, it was decided to place the regiment in the settlement. Itum-Kale. At the end of June 2000, it was decided to deploy the regiment in the settlement. Borzoi because of the difficult terrain and for the sake of cost savings.
On April 28, 2000, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Marshal I.D. Sergeev reported to the acting President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the completion of the formation of the 42nd motorized rifle division.
On May 1, 2000, the formation of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was completed. The division and regiments were awarded Battle Banners, but without orders and registration cards. Not transferred to the headquarters of the division and the historical form of the connection.
The government allocated 1.5 billion dollars for the development of military camps and forts, and 6,000 military builders and civilian specialists, as well as about 450 units of construction equipment, participated in their development.
Since May 2000, the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment has been serving in the village of Shali. It is staffed by 35% by contract soldiers and sergeants, mainly from Tyumen region. The battalions of the regiment consist of four companies.
By the end of July 2000, the 1st stage of the deployment of the division was completed. In Khankala, the restoration of capital buildings and technical facilities was completed; in the Kalinovskaya garrison, a complex of buildings and structures was put into operation. In the Borzoi garrison, work was completed by the end of 2000.
The 2nd stage of the division's equipping was completed in 2001, the construction of the parking garage and utility and storage areas of the garrison was completed.
The division is deployed in four garrisons and its composition (15,000 people - 1450 officers and 600 ensigns, 130 tanks, 350 armored combat vehicles, 200 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 100 artillery pieces with a caliber above 100 mm, 5 heavy bridge layers) includes 5 regiments, 9 separate battalions and divisions and support units:
Division headquarters (Khankala);
70th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Shali settlement);
71st Guards Motor Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment (Khankala);
72nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment of the Koenigsberg Red Banner (village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky District, 2600 people, military unit 42839);
50th Guards Artillery Regiment (Khankala); (Addition of the blogger zavsn: Correct, fifty kopecks - he is in Shaly. At least until 2005, he was definitely there.
Medbat is also in Shali. From 2003 to 2005, I saw him there with my own eyes, if a year before / a year after he was not there / was gone, I would have known.)
478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Signal Battalion (Khankala); 539th Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion;
524th separate repair and restoration battalion;
474th separate battalion of material support;
106th separate medical battalion. Regiments in Shali and Itum-Kale were placed in fortresses.
For them, fortifications were built taking into account protection from fire damage.
In Itum-Kale, a deep ditch was dug around the perimeter of the fortress to enhance the security of military personnel. Firing points were installed on the fortress towers to control the surrounding territories. On the heights located around the fortress, 6 points of fire support for the garrison of the fortress, as well as other fortifications, were created.
As part of the ongoing reform in the armed forces of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the 42nd motorized rifle division, three motorized rifle brigades of constant readiness of the new organizational structure, each numbering about 3.5 thousand people, were created. The brigade headquarters are located in the settlements of Khankala, Shali and Borzoi.
Addition. "The 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division since 2003 was not part of the 58th OA, but was subordinate to the district." , - said Andrey Zhukov, who in the period from January to July 2006 served in the 42nd motorized rifle division as the chief of staff of the 1st motorized brigade of the 71st guards.
The history of the 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army of the North Caucasian Military District begins on the eve of the Great Patriotic War. The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as 111th Rifle on the basis of the 29th reserve brigade of the Arkhangelsk military district.
In the active army from June 22, 1941 to March 17, 1942. On June 22, 1941, he was stationed in summer camps near Vologda.
On July 16, 1940, the division was fully formed. July 16, 1940 - the day of the unit. Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was maintained by a staff of 3,000.According to the “Information on the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the event of a war in the West”, prepared by N.F. Vatutin on May 13, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was supposed to be included as a separate formation in the 28th Army.
From June 10 to June 20, 1941, the 111th SD was replenished with 6,000 assigned personnel. The peacetime staff No. 4/120 in the spring of 1941 was 5,900 people.
By the beginning of World War II, the division included:
- 399th Infantry Regiment (Vologda, commander - Major A.P. Filippov);
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468th Infantry Regiment (Vologda, commander - Lieutenant Colonel D.D. Vorobyov);-
532nd Infantry Regiment (Gryazovets, Vologda Oblast, commander - Major Vlasov);-
286th light artillery regiment (Vologda);- 561st howitzer artillery regiment (Vologda, until October 1, 1941);-
267th separate anti-tank fighter division (Vologda);- 466th separate anti-aircraft artillery division (Vologda);-
146th reconnaissance battalion (Vologda);-
181st engineer battalion (Vologda);-
223rd separate communications battalion (Vologda);-
120th medical battalion (Vologda);-
119th separate company of chemical protection;-
189th motor transport company (Vologda);-
490th pkhz; - 1005th dvl;- 1608th field post station;
- 1652nd pkg.
Division command:
- Ivanov Ivan Mikhailovich (07/16/1940 - 07/12/1941) colonel (died near the village of Maramorka, Pskov region);
- Roginsky Sergey Vasilievich (07/13/1941 - 03/17/1942), colonel.
On March 17, 1942, for the bravery and courage shown in battles with the German invaders, for discipline, organization, heroism of the personnel, the 111th Infantry Division was transformed into 24th Guards Rifle Division.
The division included:
- 70th Guards Rifle Regiment;
- 71st Guards Rifle Regiment;
- 72nd Guards Rifle Regiment;
- 50th Guards Artillery Regiment.
The 71st Guards Rifle Regiment was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree, the 72nd was given the honorary name "Königsberg".
For high military skill, valor and courage, over 14,000 officers, sergeants and soldiers of the division were awarded orders and medals, 11 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, P. Koshevoy twice, 4 became full holders of the Order of Glory.
At the end of the Great Patriotic War, the division was withdrawn to the Bryansk region and included in the Smolensk military district. Here the division was reorganized into 3rd Separate Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Rifle Brigade.
In February 1946, the Smolensk Military District was disbanded and the brigade became part of the Moscow Military District.
By September 1, 1949, the division was redeployed to the city of Grozny of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and reorganized into 24th Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division North Caucasus Military District, which took place in 1950, rearmament for carrying out in 1951-1954. mountain training.
On June 1, 1957, the connection was converted to 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motor Rifle Division 12th Army Corps.All regiments of the division and their numbers remained the same.
In the late 1960s the division became a training division.In 1987, the 42nd Guards Training Motorized Rifle Yevpatoriya Red Banner Division was reorganized into the 173rd Guards District Training Yevpatoriya Red Banner Training Center for Junior Specialists (Motorized Rifle Troops).
The division was equipped with a double staff of armored vehicles, weapons and ammunition. In case of war, it was supposed to create two full-blooded divisions on its base. One already was and only from training it became combat. The second was mobilized by the local population. For her, the second state of weapons, ammunition and ammunition, which were stored in her arsenals, was intended.
By the summer of 1991, the training division had more than 400 armored vehicles. Basically, these were tanks: T-62, T-72, BMP-1, various MTLB special vehicles and so on.
The District Training Center included:
- 70th Guards Training Motorized Rifle Regiment (Grozny);
- 71st Guards Training Motorized Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment (Grozny);
- 72nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Königsberg Red Banner Regiment (Grozny);
- 392nd Training Tank Regiment (Shali);
- 50th Guards Training Artillery Regiment (Grozny);
- 1203rd training anti-aircraft artillery regiment;
- 95th Separate Training Missile Division (Grozny);
- 479th separate training battalion of communications (Grozny);
- 539th separate training engineer-sapper battalion (Shali);
- 367th separate training automobile battalion;
- 106th separate medical training battalion.
From September to December 1991, part of the equipment and weapons were withdrawn from Chechnya by rail. But no more than 20% of the funds available there.
In 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was disbanded. Directive of the General Staff No. 314/3/0159 dated January 4, 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was to be disbanded, and weapons were to be removed.
By cipher telegram of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army P.S. Grachev dated May 20, 1992, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District was allowed to transfer to the Chechen Republic 50 percent of military equipment and weapons from the presence of the 173rd Guards Training and Training Center.
In 1992, when the division was disbanded, the following were transferred to the Chechen Republic: 42 tanks, 36 BMP-2s, 14 armored personnel carriers, 44 MTLBs, 139 guns and mortars, 101 anti-tank weapons, 27 multiple launch rocket systems, 2 helicopters, 268 aircraft, of which 5 are combat, 57,000 small arms, 27 wagons of ammunition, 3,000 tons of fuel and lubricants, 254 tons of food.
In December 1999, it was decided to deploy the division on a permanent basis in the Chechen Republic. At the same time, the arrangement of the places of deployment of the division began, which was completed during 2000. The division became part of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Red Banner North Caucasian Military District.
In March 2000, in accordance with the directive of the Chief of the General Staff, the 506th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Volga Military District became part of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division being formed on the territory of the Chechen Republic as the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
For this, a military camp with all the infrastructure was set up in the village of Khankala in the suburbs of Grozny. 20 prefabricated modular barracks, a hospital, and several storage hangars have been erected here.
On April 1, 2000, in the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region, the 478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Communications Battalion (battalion commander - Guards Major D. Polynkov) was awarded the Battle Banner. By the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the battalion was included in the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division with deployment in the Chechen Republic.
At the beginning of April 2000, the 478th Guards Obs was sent to the place of permanent deployment.
April 4, 2000 from N. p. Alabino, Moscow Region, the 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Koenigsberg Red Banner, formed on the basis of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Order of the October Revolution of the Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division named after M.I. Kalinin. The regiment was relocated to the village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky district, without military equipment. The regiment has 2,500 troops. They were recruited from the Moscow and other military districts. During April 2000, the regiment received weapons and equipment and units arrived at their places of permanent deployment.
According to the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Military District also formed the division's directorate. In the future, the MVO carries out the rotation of officers and ensigns.
In the division of servicemen undergoing military service under a contract, up to 50%, servicemen undergoing military service by conscription served for at least 6 months.
May 15, 2000 in Kalinovskaya began to equip the regiment. In early July 2000, the regiment's camp went into operation.
In mid-April 2000, the 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment began to be sent from the Leningrad Military District to the place of permanent deployment in Chechnya.
At first, it was decided to place the regiment in the settlement. Itum-Kale. At the end of June 2000, it was decided to deploy the regiment in the settlement. Borzoi because of the difficult terrain and for the sake of cost savings.
On April 28, 2000, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Marshal I.D. Sergeev reported to the acting President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the completion of the formation of the 42nd motorized rifle division.
On May 1, 2000, the formation of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was completed. The division's administration and regiments were awarded Battle Banners, but without orders and registration cards. Not transferred to the headquarters of the division and the historical form of the connection.
The government allocated 1.5 billion dollars for the development of military camps and forts, and 6,000 military builders and civilian specialists, as well as about 450 units of construction equipment, participated in their development.
Since May 2000, the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment has been serving in the village of Shali. It is staffed by 35% with contract soldiers and sergeants, mainly from the Tyumen region. The battalions of the regiment consist of four companies.
By the end of July 2000, the 1st stage of the deployment of the division was completed. In Khankala, the restoration of capital buildings and technical facilities was completed; in the Kalinovskaya garrison, a complex of buildings and structures was put into operation. In the Borzoi garrison, work was completed by the end of 2000.
The 2nd stage of the division's equipping was completed in 2001, the construction of the parking garage and utility and storage areas of the garrison was completed.
The division is deployed in four garrisons and its composition (15,000 people - 1450 officers and 600 ensigns, 130 tanks, 350 armored combat vehicles, 200 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 100 artillery pieces with a caliber above 100 mm, 5 heavy bridge layers) includes 5 regiments, 9 separate battalions and divisions and support units:
- Division Headquarters (Khankala);
- 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (Shali settlement);
- 71st Guards Motor Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment (Khankala);
- 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Koenigsberg Red Banner Regiment (village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky Districton, 2600 people, military unit 42839);- 291st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (settlement Borzoi);
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50th Guards Artillery Regiment (Khankala); (Blogger's addition
zavsn :
Correct, fifty kopecks - he is in Shali. At least until 2005 he was definitely there.
Medbat is also in Shali. From 2003 to 2005, I saw him there with my own eyes, if a year before / a year after he was not there / was gone, I would have known.)
- 478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Signal Battalion (Khankala);- 539th separate engineer-sapper battalion;
- 524th separate repair and restoration battalion;
- 474th separate battalion of material support;
- 106th separate medical battalion.The regiments in Shali and Itum-Kale were placed in fortresses.
For them, fortifications were built taking into account protection from fire damage.
In Itum-Kale, a deep ditch was dug around the perimeter of the fortress to enhance the security of military personnel. Firing points were installed on the fortress towers to control the surrounding territories. On the heights located around the fortress, 6 points of fire support for the garrison of the fortress, as well as other fortifications, were created.
As part of the ongoing reform in the armed forces of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the 42nd motorized rifle division, three motorized rifle brigades of constant readiness of the new organizational structure, each numbering about 3.5 thousand people, were created. The brigade headquarters are located in the settlements of Khankala, Shali and Borzoi.
The author of the history of the division is Former Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Regiment of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Red Banner Red Banner Evpatoria North Caucasian Military District Reserve Captain ZHUKOV ANDREI YEVGENIEVICH.
The combat path of the 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division
The history of the 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division begins on the eve of the Great Patriotic War. The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as 111th Rifle on the basis of the 29th reserve brigade of the Arkhangelsk military district.
In the active army from June 22, 1941 to March 17, 1942. On June 22, 1941, he was stationed in summer camps near Vologda.
On July 16, 1940, the division was fully formed. July 16, 1940 - the day of the unit. Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was maintained by a staff of 3,000.
According to the “Information on the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the event of a war in the West”, prepared by N.F. Vatutin on May 13, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was supposed to be included as a separate formation in the 28th Army.
From June 10 to June 20, 1941, the 111th SD was replenished with 6,000 assigned personnel. The peacetime staff No. 4/120 in the spring of 1941 was 5,900 people.
The division met the beginning of the war in the Vinnitsa region. On June 22, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division met in field camps at the Kushchuba training center, which is 50 km from Vologda.
From June 24 to June 30, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was included in the 41st Rifle Corps of the Moscow Military District. The division was redeployed through Yaroslavl and Leningrad. With the 41st division departed for the North-Western Front. On June 30, 1941, the corps arrived in the area of the city of Ostrov, Pskov Region, to engage in defense in the Ostrovsky and Pskov fortified areas. Under enemy fire, parts of the division unloaded at the stations of Pskov, Cherskaya, Ostrov and directly from the wheels into battle. On July 10, the first commander of the division, Colonel I.M., died. Ivanov.
On July 1, 1941, the 41st Rifle Corps became part of the 11th Army of the North-Western Front. From July 3 to 4, 1941, the division received a baptism of fire at the turn of the Velikaya River near the city of Ostrov.
On August 1, 1941, the corps became part of the Luga Operational Group of the North-Western Front. The division defended itself northwest of the city of Luga and the Luga River, near the village of Maramorka (35 km from Pskov towards Luga). September 1, 1941 - part of the South operational group of the Leningrad Front.
In October 1941, the 111th Rifle Division left the encirclement. The division was complete.
November 10 - December 30, 1941, the division as part of the 52nd separate army participated in the Tikhvin offensive operation. She also participated in the Luban operation.
On November 12, 1941, the division, as part of the 52nd Separate Army, went on the offensive north and south of Malaya Vishera, inflicting a flank attack on the base of the enemy wedge. For a week on the outskirts of Malaya Vishera there were heated battles. Due to shortcomings in the organization of the offensive, the 259th, 267th and 111th rifle divisions broke through the enemy defenses only on November 18, liberated a number of settlements and captured Malaya Vishera on the night of November 20th.
On December 16, the troops of the 52nd Separate Army, having defeated the enemy garrison in Bolshaya Vishera, began to advance towards the Volkhov River.
The troops of the 4th and 52nd armies, united on December 17, 1941 in the Volkhov Front, reached the Volkhov River by the end of December and captured several bridgeheads on its left bank, pushing the Nazi troops back to the line from which they launched an attack on Tikhvin .
On December 17, 1941, the division as part of the 52nd Army of the Volkhov Front, in accordance with the directive of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command No. 005826, received the task of capturing Novgorod and a further offensive in the direction of Solets to ensure the offensive of the Volkhov Front to the northwest.
On February 1, 1942, the division became part of the 2nd Shock Army of the Volkhov Front. From March 1, 1942, the division operated as part of the operational group of General Korovnikov of the 59th Army of the Volkhov Front.
On March 17, 1942, for the bravery and courage shown in battles with the German invaders, for discipline, organization, heroism of the personnel, the 111th Infantry Division was transformed into 24th Guards Rifle Division.
In August 1942, in the area of the village of Valkovo near Volkhov, the division was awarded the Guards banner. At the end of August 1942, the division as part of the 6th Guards Rifle Corps became part of the 8th Army of the Volkhov Front. From August 19 to October 1, 1942, the division participated in the Sinyavino offensive operation.
On the right flank of the 8th Army, the 6th Guards Rifle Corps of Major General S.T. was advancing on Sinyavino. Biyakov, which included the 3rd, 19th and 24th Guards and 128th Rifle Divisions.
On September 6, 1942, the division was withdrawn from the 6th Guards Rifle Corps and became directly subordinate to the commander of the 8th Army.
Subsequently, the 8th Army, consisting of the 24th Guards, 265th, 11th, 286th Rifle Divisions and the 1st Separate Mountain Rifle Brigade, received the task of firmly holding the Kelkolovo - 1st Estonian settlement - Tortolovo - Voronovo line and reliably ensuring operations 2 th shock army from counterattacks from the south.
On October 15, 1942, the division was withdrawn from the Volkhov Front to the reserve of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command. It was redeployed by rail along the route Tikhvin - Cherepovets - Vologda - Yaroslavl - Moscow - Tambov - Platonovka station. Then the division made a foot march near Rasskazovo.
Here the division became part of the 1st Guards Rifle Corps of the 2nd Guards Army. Replenishment came to the division, mainly cadets of military schools and sailors of the Pacific Fleet.
On the afternoon of December 4, 1942, the division received an order to load into railway trains, and as night fell, the first divisions of the division were already boarding the cars.
The division was unloaded at the Ilovlya and Log stations. For the first day, the division made a march of 65 km, for the second - no less. By the evening of December 14, 1942, the division arrived in Kalach.
At the beginning of December 1942, the 2nd Guards Army was part of the Don Front, and on December 15, when the offensive of the Nazi troops from the Kotelnikovsky (Kotelnikovo) region began with the aim of deblocking the encircled troops in Stalingrad, it was transferred to the Stalingrad Front (from 1 January 1943 - Southern Front).
On December 14, 1942, having received a combat order to advance to the line of the Myshkov River, the division made a difficult forced march in winter conditions, passing from the places of unloading to areas of concentration of 200 - 280 km.
Entering the battle at the turn of the Myshkova River, the division played a decisive role in repelling the enemy's attack, and on December 24, 1942, the division went on the offensive and forced the Nazi troops to begin retreating to the south.
On December 29, 1942, the division liberated Kotelnikovsky. Developing the offensive in the Rostov direction, on February 13, 1943, the division liberated the city of Novocherkassk, and after 3 days went to the Mius River, where, having met stubborn resistance from the enemy, it went on the defensive.
In August - September 1943, the division, as part of the troops of the Southern Front, participated in the Donbass operation of 1943, and at the end of September - October in the Melitopol operation of 1943, during which in early November it reached the Dnieper River and the Black Sea coast.
In December 1943, after stubborn fighting, the division participated in the liquidation of the enemy bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
In February 1944, the division was redeployed to the area of the Perekop Isthmus and in April-May took part in Crimean operation 1944.
For successful military operations in capturing the cities of Evpatoria and Saki, by order of the NKO of the USSR No. 0185 of April 24 (14), 1944, the division was given the honorary name "Evpatoria", and for participation in the battles to liberate Sevastopol, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 25 (10 July) 1944, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Developing a decisive offensive in the Crimea, the division, in cooperation with other troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front, liberated the hero city of Sevastopol on May 9, 1944. From May 5 to May 9, 1944, the division took part in the assault on Sevastopol.
The regiments of the division broke through the enemy's fortifications on the Mekenzievy mountains, crossed the seven-kilometer Northern Bay with battles, fought for the liberation of the northern Ship side, the center of Sevastopol - Rudolf's settlement.
In May - June 1944, the division as part of the 2nd Guards Army was redeployed to the area of \u200b\u200bthe cities of Dorogobuzh, Yelnya and on July 8 became part of the 1st Baltic Front.
In July-August, the division participated in the Šiauliai operation of 1944, during which it repelled strong enemy counterattacks west and northwest of Šiauliai; in October - in the Memel operation of 1944.
In December 1944, the division was transferred to the 3rd Belorussian Front and in January - April 1945 she took part in East Prussian operation 1945, during which it successfully broke through the long-term defense of the enemy, destroyed, together with other troops of the front, the encircled grouping southwest of the city of Koenigsberg and the Zemland grouping of the enemy.
The division participated in the Insterburg-Koenigsberg operation, fought 90 kilometers and stormed Königsberg.
On April 15 and 16, 1945, the successful landing of two tactical assault forces of the 24th Guards Rifle Division on the dam of the Königsberg Canal in the Zimmerbude area and fire support by armored boats allowed the troops of the 43rd Army to capture the strongholds of the enemy Zimmerbude and Paise, to clear the canal dam. This created favorable conditions for the offensive of the front troops along the coast of the Frisches Huff Bay and the deployment of combat operations of armored boats. The division landed on the Fishes-Nerud spit, made a significant contribution to the capture of Pillau.
At the end of the Great Patriotic War, the division was withdrawn to the Bryansk region and included in the Smolensk military district. Here the division was reorganized into 3rd Separate Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Rifle Brigade.
In February 1946, the Smolensk Military District was disbanded and the brigade became part of the Moscow Military District.
By September 1, 1949, the division was redeployed to the city of Grozny of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and reorganized into 24th Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division North Caucasus Military District, which took place in 1950, rearmament for carrying out in 1951-1954. mountain training.
On June 1, 1957, the connection was converted to 42nd Guards Evpatoria Red Banner Motor Rifle Division 12th Army Corps. All regiments of the division and their numbers remained the same.
In the late 1960s the division became a training division. In 1987, the 42nd Guards Training Motorized Rifle Yevpatoriya Red Banner Division was reorganized into the 173rd Guards District Training Yevpatoriya Red Banner Training Center for Junior Specialists (Motorized Rifle Troops).
In 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was disbanded. Directive of the General Staff No. 314/3/0159 dated January 4, 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Center was to be disbanded, and weapons to be removed.
By cipher telegram of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army P.S. Grachev dated May 20, 1992, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District was allowed to transfer to the Chechen Republic 50 percent of military equipment and weapons from the presence of the 173rd Guards Training and Training Center.
In 1992, when the division was disbanded, the following were transferred to the Chechen Republic: 42 tanks, 36 BMP-2s, 14 armored personnel carriers, 44 MTLBs, 139 guns and mortars, 101 anti-tank weapons, 27 multiple launch rocket systems, 2 helicopters, 268 aircraft, of which 5 are combat, 57,000 small arms, 27 wagons of ammunition, 3,000 tons of fuel and lubricants, 254 tons of food.
In December 1999, it was decided to deploy the division on a permanent basis in the Chechen Republic. At the same time, the arrangement of the places of deployment of the division began, which was completed during 2000. The division became part of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Red Banner North Caucasian Military District.
In March 2000, in accordance with the directive of the Chief of the General Staff, the 506th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Volga Military District became part of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division being formed on the territory of the Chechen Republic as the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment.
For this, a military camp with all the infrastructure was set up in the village of Khankala in the suburbs of Grozny. 20 prefabricated modular barracks, a hospital, and several storage hangars have been erected here.
On April 1, 2000, in the city of Podolsk, Moscow Region, the 478th Separate Guards Order of the Red Star Communications Battalion (battalion commander - Guards Major D. Polynkov) was awarded the Battle Banner. By the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the battalion was included in the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division with deployment in the Chechen Republic.
At the beginning of April 2000, the 478th Guards Obs was sent to the place of permanent deployment.
April 4, 2000 from N. p. Alabino, Moscow Region, the 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Koenigsberg Red Banner, formed on the basis of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Taman Order of the October Revolution of the Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division named after M.I. Kalinin. The regiment was relocated to the village of Kalinovskaya, Naursky district, without military equipment. The regiment has 2,500 troops. They were recruited from the Moscow and other military districts. During April 2000, the regiment received weapons and equipment and units arrived at their places of permanent deployment.
According to the directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Military District also formed the division's directorate. In the future, the MVO carries out the rotation of officers and ensigns.
In the division of servicemen undergoing military service under a contract, up to 50%, servicemen undergoing military service by conscription served for at least 6 months.
May 15, 2000 in Kalinovskaya began to equip the regiment. In early July 2000, the regiment's camp went into operation.
In mid-April 2000, the 291st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment began to be sent from the Leningrad Military District to the place of permanent deployment in Chechnya.
At first, it was decided to place the regiment in the settlement. Itum-Kale. At the end of June 2000, it was decided to deploy the regiment in the settlement. Borzoi because of the difficult terrain and for the sake of cost savings.
On April 28, 2000, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Marshal I.D. Sergeev reported to the acting President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin on the completion of the formation of the 42nd motorized rifle division.
On May 1, 2000, the formation of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was completed. The division's administration and regiments were awarded Battle Banners, but without orders and registration cards. Not transferred to the headquarters of the division and the historical form of the connection.
The government allocated 1.5 billion dollars for the development of military camps and forts, and 6,000 military builders and civilian specialists, as well as about 450 units of construction equipment, participated in their development.
Since May 2000, the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment has been serving in the village of Shali. It is staffed by 35% with contract soldiers and sergeants, mainly from the Tyumen region. The battalions of the regiment consist of four companies.
By the end of July 2000, the 1st stage of the deployment of the division was completed. In Khankala, the restoration of capital buildings and technical facilities was completed; in the Kalinovskaya garrison, a complex of buildings and structures was put into operation. In the Borzoi garrison, work was completed by the end of 2000.
The 2nd stage of the division's equipping was completed in 2001, the construction of the parking garage and utility and storage areas of the garrison was completed. The regiments in Shali and Itum-Kale were placed in fortresses. For them, fortifications were built taking into account protection from fire damage.
In Itum-Kale, a deep ditch was dug around the perimeter of the fortress to enhance the security of military personnel. Firing points were installed on the fortress towers to control the surrounding territories. On the heights located around the fortress, 6 points of fire support for the garrison of the fortress, as well as other fortifications, were created.
As part of the ongoing reform in the armed forces of the Russian Federation, on the basis of the 42nd motorized rifle division, three motorized rifle brigades of constant readiness of the new organizational structure, each numbering about 3.5 thousand people, were created. The brigade headquarters are located in the settlements of Khankala, Shali and Borzoi.
