The 123rd Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in September 1939, in the Kalinin Military District, based on the shtat of that month. It was barely formed when it was move
"Poppius" (Hill 65.5) long after the War
Meeting of 123rd and 372nd Rifle Divisions
Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive. Note initial position and advance of 67th Army.
Viktor Ilyich Baranov was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Baranov, c. 1945
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