329th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 329th Rifle Division was first formed in September 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Voronezh. This formation was assigned to the Western Front in mid-December as the Soviet winter counter-offensive west of Moscow was developing, but had the misfortune to be cut off and destroyed behind German lines. The division was formed again nearly two years later, this time in 1st Ukrainian Front, and served with distinction with this Front during the final twelve months of the war, winning honors for its roles in the fighting in Poland, Breslau and Berlin before ending the war near Prague.

329th Rifle Division
Active1941–1945
Country Soviet Union
BranchRed Army
TypeDivision
RoleInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Moscow
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Vistula-Oder Offensive
Silesian Offensives
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Halbe
Prague Offensive
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov
Order of Kutuzov 2nd class
(all 2nd formation)
Battle honoursKielce (2nd Formation)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Col. Nikolai Matveevich Makovchuk
Col. Kornei Mikhailovich Andrusenko
Col. Nikolai Lavrentevich Soldatov
Maj. Gen. Aleksey Aleksandrovich Yamanov
Maj. Gen Zakhar Trofimovich Trofimov
Col. Ivan Ivanovich Yaremenko
Col. Aleksandr Alekseevich Shikita
Col. Fyodor Fyodorovich Abashev
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