The 67th Rifle Corps was a corps of the

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during

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, formed twice.

First formation

The corps was formed in March 1940 in the

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with the

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, 132nd, and 151st Rifle Divisions, 194th Separate Combat Engineer Battalion, 207th Separate Communications Battalion. The corps headquarters was stationed in

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, the regional center,

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. On 22 June 1941, the corps was stationed

– of Tarascha,

. It was part of the Supreme Command Reserve. On 2 July the corps was transferred into the body 21st Army

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. By 1 September 1941 the 67th Rifle Corps was deployed on the line Obolon – Reymentarovka – Jades – Semenivka front to the east and began an offensive against the units of the

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. That day it was listed in the

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(BSSA) as consisting of the 24th, 42nd, and

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s. However, on 2 September the Corps came under the flank attack by the Das Reich Motorized Division and the German 1st Cavalry Division and began to withdraw to their original positions. At the end of September 1941 the remains of the corps was destroyed in the Kiev pocket, the corps headquarters was disbanded 13 October 1941.

Formations and units

* 132nd Rifle Division * 151st Rifle Division *

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It transferred to the corps on 12 August 1941. A few days later almost completely destroyed in the area Dovsk – Tours – Grabovo. * 435th Artillery Regiment. Period of entry into the army to 2 July 1941. Disbanded 24 December 1941. * 645th Artillery Regiment. * 194th separate sapper battalion. Period of entry to active duty from 2 July on 1 October 1941. * 207th separate battalion of communication. Period of entry to active duty from 2 July on 1 October 1941.

Command

* Zhmachenko Philip Feodosevich, brigade commander, Corps Commander (March 1940 – July 1941) * Galitsky Kuzma Nikitivich,

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, the corps commander (July – August 1941) * Gusev, Nikolai Andrianovich, brigade commander, commander of the Corps (17 August 1941) On 22 June 1941 the corps headquarters was in Poltava, a special part of the body of

– of Tarascha, at the Kharkov Military District, composed of troops RGK. *

. The division commander, Colonel P. Hutz. Deployment of Management and divisional special units in

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. * 132nd Rifle Division. The division commander Major General Sergey Biryuzov.

Second Formation

The corps was reformed for a second time in June 1943.Bonn, Slaughterhouse, 2005, 342.

Composition

On 1 August 1943 it is listed by BSSA as being part of 12th Army, Southwestern Front, and including 172nd Rifle Division and 333rd Rifle Division. A month later it had 60th Guards Rifle Division, 172nd, and 350th Rifle Divisions. On 1 October it was part of

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in the Reserves of the Supreme High Command (RVGK) and included 87th, 127th, and

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s. On 1 November it was part of 4th Ukrainian Front, 28th Army, with 118th, 263rd, and 267th Rifle Divisions. A month later, it had been moved into the 4th Ukrainian Front troops, with 151st, 302nd, and

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First formation

Formations and units

Command

Second Formation

Composition

References

Further reading