13th Rifle Division (RSFSR)
13th Rifle Division can refer to: *13th Guards Rifle Division * 13th Motor Rifle Division NKVD *13th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) The 13th Rifle Division was a military formation of the Red Army from 1922 to 1945. serving in World War II. It was disbanded after being defeated in 1941 and reformed from a Leningrad people's militia division later that year. The division was ...

13th Guards Rifle Division
The 13th Guards Poltava Order of Lenin Twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division () was an infantry division of the Red Army that was highly decorated during World War II. Formed in January 1942 from the 87th Rifle Division (Second Formation) in January 1942, the division suffered heavy losses in the Second Battle of Kharkov and the subsequent Soviet retreat. Rebuilt, the division entered the Battle of Stalingrad in mid-September, in which it distinguished itself during several months of urban combat in the city center and at Mamayev Kurgan. After the end of the battle in early February, the division was withdrawn for rebuilding and in July 1943 joined the 5th Guards Army with which it spent the rest of the war. The division fought in the Battle of Kursk and the subsequent Soviet advance into Ukraine, capturing Dresden in the last days of the war. After the end of the war, the division was reorganized as the 13th Guards Mechanised Division. It became part ...
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13th Motor Rifle Division NKVD
The 13th Motorized Rifle Division of the NKVD Internal Troops (Russian: 13-я мотострелковая дивизия внутренних войск НКВД СССР 13-y motostrelkovaya diviziya vnutrenikh voisk NKVD SSSR) was formed as a division of the NKVD, but was used as a division of the Red Army Rifle Division during short period of World War II. The Division was formed in Voronezh region in May 1942, using the management and part of the forces of 8th Motorized Rifle Division of the NKVD internal troops as the basis. Subordinate Units In May 1942 the division included: * 4th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Red Banner * 266th Motorized Rifle Regiment * 274th Motorized Rifle Regiment Also in the Division was handed over to the 287th Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Rifle Division of the internal troops of the NKVD. As part of the 6th Army of the Southwestern Front, the Division participated in the Second Battle of Kharkov. In March–May 1942, the Division was advan ...
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