Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Operation Mars Operation Gallop Izyum–Barvenkovo offensive Donbas strategic offensive (August 1943) Battle of the Dniepr Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive Odessa Offensive First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Budapest offensive Siege of Budapest Bratislava–Brno offensive Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours
Nikopol Khingan
Commanders
Notable commanders
Maj. Gen. Fyodor Nazarovich Parkhomenko Col. Yakov Gavrilovich Tsarkov Maj. Gen. Vitalii Sergeevich Polenov Col. Vasilii Kuzmich Guryashin Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Andreevich Kutsenko Col. Mitrofan Sergeevich Tkachyov Col. Nikolai Nikolaevich Parfentev Col. Mikhail Alekseevich Bushin
Military unit
The 243rd Rifle Division was the first of a group of 10 regular rifle divisions formed from cadres of NKVD border and internal troops as standard Red Army rifle divisions, very shortly after the German invasion, in the Moscow Military District. It was largely based on what would become the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of July 29, 1941, with several variations. It served as part of 29th Army in the heavy fighting around Smolensk in July and August, then later in the counteroffensive operations around Kalinin, where it helped to clear the first Soviet territory to be permanently liberated. It then saw extensive service in the severe fighting around Rzhev, before being moved south in the winter of 1942-43. During Operation Gallop in February, as part of 3rd Guards Army, it participated in the action that liberated the city of Voroshilovgrad, before attacking into the Donbas during the following summer. In February of 1944 the division was recognized for its role in the liberation of Nikopol, receiving that place name as an honorific, and then was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner after helping to free Odesa. In May it was trapped by German counterattacks in a deep bend on the east bank of the Dniestr River north of Grigoriopol while serving with 5th Shock Army and suffered heavy losses in breaking out to friendly territory. After recovering from this debacle the 243rd advanced into Romania and Hungary, mostly under either 53rd or 7th Guards Armies, and during early 1945 fought through Czechoslovakia; two of its regiments were decorated for their roles in the liberation of Brno just weeks before the German surrender. Along with the rest of 53rd Army it was railed across Siberia to take part in the Soviet offensive against the Japanese forces in Manchuria in August. While the division saw little, if any, actual combat in the far east, it received a second honorific for the sheer accomplishment of advancing through the mountainous terrain. Within months of the Japanese surrender the 243rd was disbanded.
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