The 27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Division named after the 60th anniversary of the USSR (Military Unit Number 35100)[1] was a Red Army rifle division in World War II which later became a Soviet Army motor rifle division.[2]
27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Division named after the 60th anniversary of the USSR
The division draws its history from the 75th Naval Rifle Brigade formed in the end of 1941. As part of the 3rd Shock Army, Kalinin Front in 1942 the brigade participated in the Demiansk operations - the Moscow counteroffensive. For its fighting performance it became the 3rd Guards Rifle Brigade in March 1942, having spent all its time in reserve, became the 27th Guards Rifle Division in April–May 1942. With a view to the preservation of fighting and revolutionary traditions of earlier formations, the name "Omsk" which 27th Rifle Division had during the Russian Civil War had earlier was given to the new division. It included the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment (ru:76-й гвардейский стрелковый полк), the predecessor to today's 15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade.
In the late summer of 1942, it was rushed south to help stop the German offensive into the northern Caucasus and Stalingrad. It took part in the destruction of the German 6th Army during the winter of 1942/43. During World War II the division was part of the 4th Tank Army, 1st Guards Army, the 24th Army, the 66th Army, the 65th Army and since February 1943 the 62nd Army. In April 1942 the 62nd Army became the Eighth Guards Army.[3] In July 1942 the division was part of Kalinin Front's 58th Army, alongside 16th Guards Rifle Division and two other rifle divisions.[4] The division was back with the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front in May 1945.
The division participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, Izyum-Barvenkovo, Donbass, Zaporozhye, Nikopol-Krivoi Rog, Bereznegova-Snigirovka, Odessa, Lublin - Brest, Poznań, Küstrin, Warsaw-Poznan and the Berlin offensive operation. For services in battle the division was awarded the honorific "Novobug" in March 1944, then awarded the Order of the Red Banner and Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degrees. Over 10 thousand of its soldiers were awarded awards and medals, and 7 were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union. Its commanders included Colonel Konstantin Vindushev (1942), and Viktor Glebov (1942–1945), Glebov was originally a colonel but was made a general-major in November 1942.[3]
Since 1945 the division remained as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, where it became 21st Guards Mechanised Division, then 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division on 17 May 1957. On 17 November 1964 it was renamed 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division. It remained in Germany until May 1991, when it was withdrawn to Totskoye in the Volga-Ural Military District. It has contributed many personnel for peacekeeping operations.[1]
The division was renamed the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade on 1 June 2009, after the beginning of the 2008 Russian military reform.[1]
Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN9785895035306.
Bonn, Slaughterhouse: Handbook of the Eastern Front, 2005, p. 365
August 29, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Division named after the 60th anniversary of the USSR Military Unit Number 35100 1 was a Red Army rifle division in World War II which later became a Soviet Army motor rifle division 2 27th Separate Guards Sevastopol Red Banner Motor Rifle Division named after the 60th anniversary of the USSRActive1964 2009Country Soviet Union 1964 1991 Russia 1991 2009 In 2009 it was reformed into the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade Contents 1 History 2 Structure 2 1 1988 3 Commanders 4 Sources 4 1 Citations 4 2 BibliographyHistory EditThe division draws its history from the 75th Naval Rifle Brigade formed in the end of 1941 As part of the 3rd Shock Army Kalinin Front in 1942 the brigade participated in the Demiansk operations the Moscow counteroffensive For its fighting performance it became the 3rd Guards Rifle Brigade in March 1942 having spent all its time in reserve became the 27th Guards Rifle Division in April May 1942 With a view to the preservation of fighting and revolutionary traditions of earlier formations the name Omsk which 27th Rifle Division had during the Russian Civil War had earlier was given to the new division It included the 76th Guards Rifle Regiment ru 76 j gvardejskij strelkovyj polk the predecessor to today s 15th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade In the late summer of 1942 it was rushed south to help stop the German offensive into the northern Caucasus and Stalingrad It took part in the destruction of the German 6th Army during the winter of 1942 43 During World War II the division was part of the 4th Tank Army 1st Guards Army the 24th Army the 66th Army the 65th Army and since February 1943 the 62nd Army In April 1942 the 62nd Army became the Eighth Guards Army 3 In July 1942 the division was part of Kalinin Front s 58th Army alongside 16th Guards Rifle Division and two other rifle divisions 4 The division was back with the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front in May 1945 The division participated in the Battle of Stalingrad Izyum Barvenkovo Donbass Zaporozhye Nikopol Krivoi Rog Bereznegova Snigirovka Odessa Lublin Brest Poznan Kustrin Warsaw Poznan and the Berlin offensive operation For services in battle the division was awarded the honorific Novobug in March 1944 then awarded the Order of the Red Banner and Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degrees Over 10 thousand of its soldiers were awarded awards and medals and 7 were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union Its commanders included Colonel Konstantin Vindushev 1942 and Viktor Glebov 1942 1945 Glebov was originally a colonel but was made a general major in November 1942 3 Since 1945 the division remained as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany where it became 21st Guards Mechanised Division then 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division on 17 May 1957 On 17 November 1964 it was renamed 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division It remained in Germany until May 1991 when it was withdrawn to Totskoye in the Volga Ural Military District It has contributed many personnel for peacekeeping operations 1 The division was renamed the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade on 1 June 2009 after the beginning of the 2008 Russian military reform 1 Structure Edit 1988 Edit When stationed in Germany 1 Division Headquarters Halle East Germany 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 68th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment BMP Halle 51 26 30 north 11 56 50 east 243rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment BTR Halle 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 244th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment BTR Schlotheim 51 15 50 north 10 38 30 east 28th Tank Regiment Halle 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 54th Guards Self Propelled Artillery Regiment Halle 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 286th Guards Anti Aircraft Missile Regiment Halle 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 488th Independent Anti Tank Battalion Halle 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 5th Independent Reconnaissance amp Radio EW Battalion Muhlhausen 51 12 20 north 10 27 00 east 35th Independent Guards Signals Battalion Halle 51 29 40 north 11 55 40 east 29th Independent Guards Engineer Sapper Battalion Halle 51 26 40 north 11 57 10 east 44th Repair Reconstruction Battalion 367th Independent Chemical Defence Battalion 21st Independent Medical Sanitation Battalion 1126th Independent Material Support Battalion 327th independent Helicopter Squadron SchlotheimCommanders EditColonel Konstantin Vindushev 28 May 15 July 1942 Colonel Viktor Glebov 15 July 1942 26 October 1946 promoted major general 27 November 1942 5 Major General Dmitry Bakanov acting 26 October 1946 20 January 1947 5 Major General Boris Anisimov 11 January 1947 26 February 1948 5 Major General Ivan Burmakov 26 February 1948 2 August 1950 5 Colonel Aleksandr Klopov 2 August 1950 29 September 1952 5 Colonel Mikhail Frolenkov 29 September 1952 24 April 1956 promoted major general 31 May 1954 5 Colonel Georgy Ivanishchev 26 May 1956 24 July 1958 5 Colonel Ivan Katyshkin 24 July 1958 10 December 1960 promoted major general 7 May 1960 5 Colonel Aleksandr Mironov 10 December 1960 13 May 1965 promoted major general 27 April 1962 5 Colonel Nikolay Storch 13 May 1965 5 September 1968 promoted major general 16 June 1965 5 Colonel Boris Borodin 5 September 1968 19 July 1973 promoted major general 6 November 1970 5 Colonel Zhansen Kereyev 19 July 1973 17 July 1975 promoted major general 25 April 1975 5 Colonel Boris Krylov 17 July 1975 5 April 1978 promoted major general 14 February 1978 5 Colonel Mikhail Moiseyev 5 April 1978 21 June 1980 promoted major general 16 February 1979 5 Colonel Anatoly Ushakov 21 June 1980 15 June 1984 promoted major general 16 December 1982 5 Colonel Valery Nikitin 21 June 1984 1 May 1987 5 Colonel Aleksandr Zhurov 2 May 1987 5 December 1990 promoted major general 25 April 1990 5 Colonel Valery Gubarenko 6 December 1990 26 July 1991 5 Colonel Aleksandr Kosyakov 27 July 1991 23 June 1992 promoted major general 18 December 1991 5 Major General Anatoly Sidyakin 1992 1995 Major General Averyanov 1995 1999 Major General Aleksandr Protchenko September 1999 2002 Major General Vladimir Zarudnitsky 2002 2005 Colonel Aleksey Salmin 2005 at least 2007 Major General Dmitry Kovalenko June 2008 June 2009 Sources EditCitations Edit a b c d Michael Holm 27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division 27 ya otdelnaya gvardejskaya motostrelkovaya brigada v ch 61899 Mosrentgen in Russian Retrieved 27 July 2023 a b 27 ya gv Omsko Novobugskaya strelkovaya diviziya 27th Omsk Novobug Guards Rifle Division samsv narod ru in Russian Retrieved 28 May 2016 Combat Composition of the Soviet Army 1 July 1942 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Feskov et al 2013 p 607 Bibliography Edit Feskov V I Golikov V I Kalashnikov K A Slugin S A 2013 Vooruzhennye sily SSSR posle Vtoroj Mirovoj vojny ot Krasnoj Armii k Sovetskoj The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II From the Red Army to the Soviet Part 1 Land Forces in Russian Tomsk Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing ISBN 9785895035306 http samsv narod ru Div Sd gvsd027 default html Bonn Slaughterhouse Handbook of the Eastern Front 2005 p 365 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division amp oldid 1167637655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
