313th Rifle Division
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The 313th Rifle Division was a standard Red Army rifle division formed on July 15, 1941 in the Udmurt ASSR before being sent to the vicinity of Leningrad, first in the 7th Separate Army east of Lake Ladoga, and later in 32nd Army of Karelian Front, where it spent most of the war facing the Finnish Army in East Karelia. In consequence the division saw relatively uneventful service on this mostly quiet front until the summer of 1944, when it took part in the offensive that drove Finland out of the war. When this was accomplished, the division was redeployed to take the fight into Poland and 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.
313th Rifle Division (July 15, 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 Continuation War Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Berlin Strategic Offensive |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Twice Order of Kutuzov |
Battle honours | Petrozavodsk |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Maj. Gen. Anton Aleksandrovich Pavlovich Col. Grigorii Vasilevich Golovanov Col. Nikifor Fomich Tsygankov |