10th Rifle Division

May 7, 2003
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In the War
Front-line forces June 22, 1941 - May 9.1945
July 4, 1941 Had only 930 soldiers (including 600 men collected from different formations). Without heavy weapons.
Aug.1941 Defended Tallinn
Was evacuated in Kronshtadt (~2,500 men)
Sept.1941 In Strelna region was reinforced by man-of-war's men (not mariners!) and home guards
Sept. 16, 1941 Transferred to the 42 Army (almost without artillery)
Sept., 23, 1941 Left Petrodvorets (Peter Palace) and was included to Oranienbaum's bridgehead group
  reinforced by the 10th Light Artillery Regiment (21 guns) from the 48th Rifle Division
Oct. 1941 Transferred to Nevskaya Dubrovka

On June 22, 1941
Command 10th Rifle Corps of the 8th Army, Severo-Zapadnij (North-Western) Front
Disposition Kuley (HQ)
Near German frontier from Baltic Sea (Palanga cape) to Shvekshna (~80km)
Commander Gen.-Major I.I. Fadeev
Structure
62th Rifle Regiment  
98th Rifle Regiment  
204th Rifle Regiment  
30th Artillery Regiment  
140th Howitzer Regiment (till Jan., 08, 1942)
153th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion (till Aug,30,1941 and again since Nov., 13 1942, 334 Anti-Aircraft Battery (168th Separate Anti-Aircraft Battalion), 24th Recon Company, 94th Field Engineering Battalion, 31 Separate Signals Battalion (767 Separate Signals Company), 111th Medical Battalion, 271 Anti-Gas Company, 60th Repairing Company, 62nd Auto-Transport Battalion, 117th (35) Auto-Transport Company, 18 (281) Field Bakery, 4th (201) Veterinary Field Hospital, 117 Field Post Station, 263th Field Bank Department


Commanders
Aug. 23, 1939 - Sept. 18, 1941 Kombrig, since June, 4, 1940 Gen.-Major I.I. Fadeev (dismissed for hard drinking, arrested and convicted
Sept. 19.1941 - Sept. 26,1941 Gen.-Major M.P. Dukhanov
Sept. 27, 1941 - Feb. 12,1943 Col. I.D. Romantsov
Feb. 16, 1943 - Jun. 11, 1943 Col. A.F. Mahoshin
Jun. 17.1944 - Nov. 25, 1944 Gen. - Major I.M. Platov
Nov. 26, 1944 - Mar. 6, 1945 Col. M.F. Fedorov
Mar. 7.1945 - May 9, 1945 Col. M.J. Mones

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