The 19th Rifle Corps was a corps of the

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. The

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was shifted into the 19th Rifle Corps of the

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in June 1929 after the 5th Red Banner Army of the RSFSR was disbanded. In August 1929 the 1st Pacific Rifle Division was transferred again, to the

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. The 19th Rifle Corps was part of the 23rd Army. After June 1941 it fought again the German invasion (

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Divisions

* 142nd Rifle Division * 115th Rifle Division

Commanders

* Kombrig Vsevolod Yakovlev (14.07.1937 - 8.01.1938), * Major General

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(01.09.1938 -01.01.1940) * Lieutenant General M.N. Gerasimov (09.07.1940 - 05.08.1941), * Major General

(06.08.1941 - 22.09.1941) * Major General Mikhail Dukhanov (04.10.1941 - 24.10.1941)

References

* Rifle corps of the Soviet Union Military units and formations established in 1924 {{Russia-mil-stub