Central Orsha-Khingan Red Banner National Guard District
The Central Orsha-Khingan Order of Zhukov Red Banner National Guard District is a regional district of the National Guard Forces Command, National Guard of Russia. It is headquartered in Moscow and under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Popov (ru:Попов, Александр Анатольевич). General Popov was appointed to the post by a Ukaz of 30 July 2021.[1]
The district traces its heraldic descent to the 192nd Rifle Division (2nd formation) (ru:192-я_стрелковая_дивизия_(2-го_формирования)) of the Red Army of the Second World War, which became 76th Orsha-Khingan Red Banner Convoy Division of the escort forces of the MVD USSR in 1945-46.
Establishment of 192nd Rifle Division (Second Formation)
The second formation of the 192nd Rifle Division was formed on May 20, 1943, part of the Western Front by merging the 64th (Second formation) and 112th independent Rifle Brigade. The division was formed in the vicinity of the village of Svinoroyka, Sychevsky district, Smolensk Oblast.
Since August 7, 1943, during the Smolensk operation, as part of the 68th Army of the Western Front, the division took part in offensive battles for the villages of Rysava, Rechitsa, Terentyevo, Nikolskoye, Shimeni and Yushkovo of the Smolensk region. On September 25, 1943, the division distinguished itself during the Battle of Smolensk, when the city was retaken from the Germans. From October 1943 to January 28, 1944 - in active defense at the turn of Rossosna - Bobrov. Then it became subordinate to the 31st Army (since April 23 - as part of the 3rd Belorussian Front) and took up defense at the Olkhovka, Osinstroy line.
Divisional Assignments during the Second World War
| Date | Front | Army | Corps | Примечания |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 1943 | Reserve of the Supreme High Command | 68th Army | - | - |
| 1 July 1943 | Reserve of the Supreme High Command | 68th Army | - | - |
| 01.08.1943 года | Western Front | 68th Army | 72nd Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.09.1943 года | Western Front | 68th Army | 72nd Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.10.1943 | Western Front | 68th Army | 72nd Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.11.1943 года | Western Front | 68th Army | 72nd Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.12.1943 года | Western Front | 5th Red Banner Army | 72nd Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.01.1944 | Western Front | 49th Army | 61st Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.02.1944 года | Western Front | 49th Army | 61st Rifle Corps | - |
| 1 March 1944 | Western Front | 49th Army | 61st Rifle Corps | - |
| 1 April 1944 | Western Front | 31st Army | 71st Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.05.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 31st Army | 71st Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.06.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 31-я армия | 71-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.07.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 31-я армия | 71-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.08.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 31-я армия | 71-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.09.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 113th Rifle Corps | - | |
| 01.10.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 39-я армия | 113-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.11.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 39-я армия | 113-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.12.1944 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 39-я армия | 113-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.01.1945 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 39-я армия | 113-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.02.1945 года | 3rd Belorussian Front | 39th Army | 113-й стрелковый корпус | - |
| 01.03.1945 года | 3rd Belorussian Front (Земландская группа войск) | 39-я армия | 113-й стрелковый корпус | |
| 01.04.1945 года | 3rd Belorussian Front (Земландская группа войск) | 39-я армия | 113-й стрелковый корпус | |
| 01.05.1945 года | Reserve of the Supreme High Command | 5th Army | 113th Rifle Corps | |
| 01.06.1945 года | Reserve of the Supreme High Command | 39th Army | 113th Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.07.1945 года | Transbaikal Front | 39th Army | 113th Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.08.1945 года | Transbaikal Front | 39th Army | 113th Rifle Corps | - |
| 01.09.1945 года | Transbaikal Front | 39th Army | 113th Rifle Corps | - |
In 1945-46 the 192nd Rifle Division became 1st Department for Escort and Protection of the Internal Troops of the Soviet Union (MVD SSSR), located in Moscow.[2] In November 1968 the 1st Department became the 36th Convoy Division of the Internal Troops. On 7 May 1986 the division was reorganised and expanded into the Orshansko-Khinganskaya Red Banner Central Administration Internal Troops MVD SSSR, located in Moscow (Military Unit Number 7554). From that point in time the 43rd Convoy Division of the MVD in Minsk was attached to the Central Administration. In 1990 the district's troops included the 43rd Convoy Division, the 32nd Convoy Brigade, eight Convoy regiments, a training regiment, two Special Motorised Militia Battalions (OMON) and an independent convoy battalion. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the district became part of the reduced Internal Troops of Russia in 1991-92.
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-2016.
Notes
- "Командование Центрального округа – Росгвардия [Commander Central District - Rosgvardia]". Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии [National Guard Forces] (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- Michael Holm (April 2014). "36th Orshansko-Khinganskaya Red Banner Escort Division VV MVD SSSR - 36-я конвойная Оршанско-Хинганская Краснознаменная дивизия ВВ МВД СССР - Military Unit: 7554". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991: Organisation and order of battle.
References
- Galeotti, Mark (2013). Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991. London: Osprey. ISBN 9781780961057. (see Mark Galeotti)
- Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union (1964). Командование корпусного и дивизионного звена советских вооруженных сил периода Великой Отечественной войны 1941–1945 гг [Commanders of Corps and Divisions in the Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Frunze Military Academy.