374th Rifle Division
The 374th Rifle Division was raised in 1941 as an infantry division of the Red Army, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. It began forming in August 1941 in the Siberian Military District. It joined the fighting front in December with the new 59th Army along the Volkhov River and it continued to serve in the fighting near Leningrad until early 1944. The dismal fighting on this front gave little opportunity for a unit to distinguish itself, and the division did not finally earn a battle honor until late January 1944, during the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive. It continued to serve in the summer and autumn offensive through the Baltic States, becoming so reduced in strength that its remaining infantry was consolidated into a single understrength regiment which nevertheless won a battle honor in the liberation of Riga. The 374th ended the war in Latvia, helping to contain and reduce the German forces trapped in the Courland Pocket, and was disbanded shortly thereafter.
| 374th Rifle Division (10 August 1941 – 1946) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941 - 1946 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Leningrad Lyuban Offensive Operation Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive Battle of Narva (1944) Baltic Offensive Riga Offensive Courland Pocket |
| Battle honours | Lyuban |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Col. Aleksei Dmitrievich Vitoshkin Col. Dmitrii Ivanovich Barabanshchikov Col. Stefan Vladimirovich Kolomiets Col. Viktor Yakovlevich Popov Col. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov Col. Boris Alekseevich Gorodetskii Col. Dmitrii Ivanovich Pavlov |