171st Rifle Division (September 18, 1939 - December 27, 1941) 171st Rifle Division (December 1941 - December 1945)
Active
1939–1945
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Type
Infantry
Size
Division
Engagements
Battle of Kiev (1941) Demyansk Pocket Demyansk Offensive (1943) Battle of Nevel (1943) Pskov-Ostrov offensive Baltic offensive Riga offensive (1944) Vistula–Oder offensive East Pomeranian offensive Battle of Berlin
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner (2nd Formation) Order of Kutuzov (2nd Formation)
Battle honours
Idritsa Berlin (both 2nd Formation)
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Efimovich Budykho Col. Bogumil Iosifovich Zobin Col. Mikhail Emmanuilovich Moskalik Col. Sergei Ivanovich Aksyonov Col. Aleksandr Ivanovich Malchevskii Col. Aleksei Ignatevich Negoda
Military unit
The 171st Rifle Division was originally formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the North Caucasus Military District on September 18, 1939, based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of that same month. It was in the Kharkov Military District at the time of the German invasion, and it was soon moved to the northwest of Kyiv as part of Southwestern Front. It would remain defending the Ukrainian capital into September, eventually as part of 37th Army, when it was deeply encircled and destroyed.
A new 171st was designated in January 1942, based on a 400-series division that had begun forming the previous month in the Ural Military District. After several months to complete formation and training the division was railed to Northwestern Front where it joined 34th Army near Demyansk. Over the next ten months it mostly held the line containing the German forces in the pocket around that town, occasionally participating in unsuccessful attacks against well-prepared defenses. In February 1943 the 171st was moved to 27th Army in the same Front just as Army Group North was evacuating the salient, but returned to 34th Army in April. During the summer and early autumn it fought local actions along the Lovat River, briefly as part of 1st Shock Army, before being moved west to 2nd Baltic Front in November, joining 79th Rifle Corps in 3rd Shock Army, where it would remain for the duration. After spending the winter and spring of 1944 deep in the Nevel salient, in July it took part in the Pskov-Ostrov Offensive and quickly won a battle honor for its role in the liberation of Idritsa. Shortly after it was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner after the fall of the Latvian city of Rēzekne. It continued to advance through Latvia into November, but was then redeployed with the rest of 3rd Shock to 1st Belorussian Front east of Warsaw. During the winter offensive into Poland the Army was initially in reserve but moved into the line in order to close the gap that had developed between 1st and 2nd Belorussian Fronts in East Pomerania. During this operation two of the 171st's regiments received awards. After it concluded 3rd Shock was reinforced and redeployed into the bridgehead over the Oder River at Küstrin just prior to the Berlin offensive.
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Order of the Red Banner (2nd Formation)
Order of Kutuzov (2nd Formation)