General Popov was appointed to the post by a Ukaz of 30 July The second formation of the nd Rifle Division was formed on 20 May , as part of the Western Front. The nd Rifle Division was established by merging the 64th Division Second formation and th independent Rifle Brigade. The division was formed in the vicinity of the village of Svinoroyka, Sychevsky district, Smolensk Oblast. Since 7 August , the division has taken part in offensive battles for the villages of Rysava, Rechitsa, Terentyevo, Nikolskoye, Shimeni and Yushkovo of the Smolensk region during the Smolensk operation , as part of the 68th Army of the Western Front.
On September 25, , the division distinguished itself during the Battle of Smolensk , when the city was retaken from the Germans. From October to 28 January - in active defense at the turn of Rossosna - Bobrov.
Since 23 April it became subordinate to the 31st Army as part of the 3rd Belorussian Front and took up defense at the Olkhovka, Osinstroy line. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the district became part of the reduced Internal Troops of Russia in — Along with the rest of the Russian Internal Troops, the personnel, equipment, and infrastructure of the district became part of the new National Guard of Russia when the Internal Troops were dissolved and reorganised in mid The Institute for the Study of War wrote on 21 March that:.
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Notes [ edit ]. Retrieved Federal Service of the National Guard of Russia. Retrieved 14 May Retrieved 16 January Federal Service of the National Guard.
