311th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
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The 311th Rifle Division was a standard Red Army rifle division formed on July 14, 1941 at Kirov before being sent to the vicinity of Leningrad, where it spent most of the war, sharing a similar combat path with its "sister", the 310th Rifle Division. The men and women of the division were fully engaged in the struggle for Leningrad until early 1944, fighting in several offensives to drive a lifeline through the German positions to the besieged city, and then to finally drive the besiegers away. When this was accomplished, the division was redeployed to take the fight into the Baltic States in 1944, then into the German heartland in the winter and spring of 1945. It ended the war north of Berlin after compiling a very distinguished record of service.
311th Rifle Division (July 14, 1941 – May 29, 1945) | |
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Active | 1941–1945 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Division |
Role | Infantry |
Engagements | Siege of Leningrad Lyuban Offensive Operation Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda Novgorod–Luga Offensive Baltic Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Berlin Strategic Offensive |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov |
Battle honours | Dvinsk |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Col. Ivan Semyonovich Gogunov Maj. Gen. Fyodor Nazarovich Parkhomenko Col. Sergei Timofeevich Biyakov Col. Vasilii Ivanovich Zolotarev Col. Teodor-Verner Andreevich Sviklin Col. Fyodor Izotovich Andreev Maj. Gen. Boris Aleksandrovich Vladimirov |