236th Motorized Division (April 20, 1941 – July 26, 1941) 236th Rifle Division (July 26, 1941 – July 1945)
Active
1941–1945
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Type
Infantry
Role
Motorized Infantry
Size
Division
Engagements
Crimean campaign Battle of the Kerch Peninsula Battle of the Caucasus Battle of the Dniepr Dnipropetrovsk operation Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive First Jassy–Kishinev offensive Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive Belgrade offensive Budapest offensive Operation Konrad III Operation Spring Awakening Vienna offensive
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov
Battle honours
Dnipropetrovsk
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj. Gen. Vasilii Konstantinovich Moroz Col. Pyotr Ivanovich Nemertsalov Col. Gleb Nikolaevich Korchikov Maj. Gen. Nikita Emelianovich Chuvakov Maj. Gen. Nikita Fyodorovich Tsepliaev Maj. Gen. Ivan Ivanovich Fesin Maj. Gen. Pyotr Ivanovich Kulizhskii
Military unit
The 236th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army after a motorized division of that same number was reorganized in the first weeks of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It was based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of July 29, 1941, although it was briefly redesignated as a mountain rifle division prior to making an amphibious landing at Feodosia in late December. This overly ambitious undertaking by Crimean Front's 44th Army led to a disaster when a German counterattack retook the port, destroying much of the division's personnel and equipment. The remnants of the division were forced to evacuate the Crimea in the wake of the German counteroffensive in May.
As it gradually rebuilt in the western Caucasus region the 236th played an important role in the defense of Tuapse during Army Group A's summer offensive. Over the winter it pursued the German 17th Army as it withdrew to the Kuban and took part in the liberation of Krasnodar. It was then moved north to join 46th Army in Southwestern Front (later 3rd Ukrainian Front) and advanced through eastern Ukraine, forcing a crossing of the Dniepr River and helping to liberate Dnepropetrovsk, for which it received a battle honor. Soon after, it was awarded two decorations for its successes in the winter battles in the great bend of the Dniepr. Its combat path was halted for a few months along the Dniestr River, but in August 1944 it began its advance through Bessarabia and into the Balkans, where all three of its rifle regiments received honors for the liberation of Belgrade. After crossing the Danube the 236th took part in the battles outside Budapest, the Hungarian capital, in early 1945, and then advanced toward Vienna, ending the war in Austria as part of 26th Army's 135th Rifle Corps. It continued to serve in the Balkans after the German surrender, but was disbanded in the fall.
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