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Soviet Armed Forces
Contributions by Michael Avanzini, Philippe Carmoy, and Evgeniy Drig
Soviet Rifle Divisions
Nos. 2 through 49

22 June 1941
 
Divsion
   Commander
Rifle
Rgt
Rifle
Rgt
Rifle
Rgt
Lt Art
Rgt
How
Rgt
AT
Bn
AA
Bn
Recon
Bn
Engr
Bn
Signal
Bn
Medical
Bn
Supply
Bn
Chem
Def Co
Location
Military District Army Corps
2 Rifle Division
   COL M.D.Grishin
13 200 261 164 243 70 94 59 15 43 91 84 87 Western Special
Military District
10 1
3 Rifle Division
   MG S.E.Mozhaev
8 18 70 65 147 114 42 47 77 40 97 * 108 Far Eastern Front 2 –
4 Rifle Division
   COL I.P.Roslyi
39 101 220 40 95 80 56 41 7 63 55 433 280 Transcaucasian
Military District
– 3
5 Rifle Division
   COL F.P.Ozerov
142 190 336 27 174 61 324 28 54 90 31 1 270 Baltic Special
Military District
11 16
6 Rifle Division
   COL M.A.Popsiu-Shapko
84 125 333 131 204 98 246 75 111 37 95 31 57 Western Special
Military District
4 28
8 Rifle Division
   COL N.I.Fomin
151 229 310 62 117 108 162 2 21 61 77 24 41 Western Special
Military District
10 1
10 Rifle Division
   COL I.I.Fadeev
62 98 204 30 140 153 168 24 94 31 111 62 271 Baltic Special
Military District
8 10
11 Rifle Division
   COL N.A.Sokolov
163 219 320 72 539 11 * 33 26 87 94 23 9 Baltic Special
Military District
8 11
12 Rifle Division
   COL A.M.Maksimov
57 192 214 7 148 96 * 29 34 80 * 54 3 Far Eastern Front 2 –
13 Rifle Division
   COL A.Z.Naumov
119 172 296 48 58 115 312 14 81 59 112 21 8 Western Special
Military District
10 5
14 Rifle Division
   COL A.A.Zhurba
95 135 325 143 241 149 * 35 14 112 75 82 39 Leningrad
Military District
14 –
16 Rifle Division
   GM I.M.Lyubovtsev
156 167 249 224 232 78 103 18 93 39 80 78 23 Baltic Special
Military District
27 –
17 Rifle Division
   COL T.K.Batsanov
55 271 278 20 390 102 161 71 114 109 88 27 115 Western Special
Military District
– 21
18 Rifle Division
   COL K.V.Sviridov
97 208 316 3 12 64 356 56 85 97 105 72 48 STAVKA Reserves 20 –
19 Rifle Division
   MG Ya.G.Kotel’nikov
32 282 315 90 – 132 * 88 133 92 88 292 91 Orel
Military District
28 30
21 Rifle Division
   COL P.V.Gnedin
94 116 326 78 109 93 * 37 56 2 64 430 74 Far Eastern Front 1 26
22 Rifle Division
   COL V.A.Semenov
211 246 304 157 182 95 * 32 13 65 24 438 40 Far Eastern Front 1 26
23 Rifle Division
   MG V.F.Pavlov
89 117 225 211 226 106 338 82 131 45 61 35 266 Baltic Special
Military District
11 –
24 Rifle Division
   MG K.N.Galitskii
7 168 274 160 246 52 370 8 73 56 66 59 72 Western Special
Military District
– 21
25 Rifle Division
   COL A.S.Zakharchenko
31 54 263 69 99 164 323 80 105 52 47 89 46 Odessa
Military District
9 14
26 Rifle Division
   COL P.G.Kuznetsov
87 312 349 19 142 62 * 67 9 70 30 52 29 Far Eastern Front 1 26
27 Rifle Division
   MG A.M.Stepanov
132 239 345 53 75 120 49 21 45 33 63 6 75 Western Special
Military District
3 4
31 Rifle Division
   COL M.I.Ozimin
75 177 248 32 129 151 * 86 104 128 16 435 282 Transcaucasian
Military District
– 40
32 Rifle Division
   COL V.I.Polosukhin
17 113 322 133 154 65 53 12 30 60 4 433 2 Far Eastern Front 25 39
33 Rifle Division
   MG K.A.Zheleznikov
73 82 164 44 92 105 * 63 92 77 35 55 273 Baltic Special
Military District
11 16
34 Rifle Division
   COL A.I.Prilepskiy
83 134 327 63 145 75 * 7 59 89 12 58 14 Far Eastern Front 15 –
35 Rifle Division
   COL F.Z.Borisov
183 196 352 119 177 88 * 48 62 46 89 51 56 Far Eastern Front – 18
37 Rifle Division
   COL A.E.Chekharin
20 91 247 170 245 103 358 68 58 83 39 74 13 Western Special
Military District
– 21
38 Rifle Division
   COL M.G.Kirillov
29 48 343 214 240 134 124 70 132 122 52 117 172 STAVKA Reserves 19 –
39 Rifle Division
   MG V.S.Kuznetsov
50 199 254 15 199 83 * 16 71 * 62 57 47 Far Eastern Front 1 59
40 Rifle Division
   Bde Com S.K.Mamonov
3 178 231 91 107 53 74 5 23 86 5 362 1 Far Eastern Front 25 39
41 Rifle Division
   MG G.N.Mikushev
102 139 244 132 249 117 65 117 116 106 38 79 6 Kiev Special
Military District
6 6
42 Rifle Division
   MG I.S.Lazarenko
44 455 459 472 17 4 393 84 262 18 3 158 35 Western Special
Military District
4 28
43 Rifle Division
   MG V.V.Kirpichnikov
65 147 181 162 200 73 299 25 37 3 101 32 92 Leningrad
Military District
23 50
45 Rifle Division
   MG G.I.Sherstyuk
10 61 253 178 217 69 63 10 52 94 43 49 116 Kiev Special
Military District
5 15
46 Rifle Division
   MG A.A.Filatov
176 314 340 393 198 60 60 49 40 66 36 13 63 STAVKA Reserves 16 32
48 Rifle Division
   MG P.V.Bogdanov
268 301 328 10 14 127 39 85 118 67 34 71 67 Leningrad
Military District
8 10
49 Rifle Division
   COL C.F.Vasil’ev
15 212 222 36 166 121 291 91 1 79 85 85 132 Western Special
Military District
4 28
Divsion
   Commander
Rifle
Rgt
Rifle
Rgt
Rifle
Rgt
Lt Art
Rgt
How
Rgt
AT
Bn
AA
Bn
Recon
Bn
Engr
Bn
Signal
Bn
Medical
Bn
Supply
Bn
Chem
Def Co
Location
Military District Army Rifle
Corps
NOTES:
*  no data on the unit, which could also mean no such unit in the division at all.
–  no such unit in the division.
 
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