The 13th Rifle Division was a military formation of the

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from 1922 to 1945. serving in

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. It was disbanded after being defeated in 1941 and reformed from a Leningrad people's militia division later that year. The division was formed 13.07.1922 in

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(

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) on the basis of the 1st Dagestan Rifle Brigade. It took the honorific 'Dagestan.' It took part in the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland in 1939. During the

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it was listed as serving from June 22, 1941, to September 19, 1941. On 22.06.1941, it was stationed at the border area

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– Snyadovo, as part of the

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, 10th Army, itself part of the Western Front. June 22, 1941, was the first fight of the division, and on June 23 it retreated toward

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and on 24 June took up the defence of the river Narev. June 26, 1941, division received an order to retreat to Supraselskuyu Forest, where the division was falling apart in unorganized groups. During late June – early July 1941 small groups from the division attempted to break through to the east, but were dispersed. The division was formally disbanded on Sept. 19, 1941. It was reformed later that year. During the Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive, the division helped capture

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on 27 January. For its actions, it was awarded the honorific "Dąbrowa". With 59th Army of the

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in May 1945. The second formation disbanded during the summer of 1945 "in place" with the Central Group of Forces.

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