The 353rd Rifle Division formed on August 27, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Krasnodar. It was assigned to the southern sector of the Soviet-German front, at first in 56th Army, and i
Maj. Gen. F. S. Kolchuk
383rd Rifle Division
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The 383rd 'Miners' Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army, created during the Second World War. The division was officially created on 18 August 1941. It was given the name Shakhterskaya, as i
Commemorative plaque honouring the 383rd Division in Donetsk, Ukraine, on the building of its first headquarters.
Riflemen of Captain Pyotr Podkidysh's 3rd Battalion, 696th Rifle Regiment conduct reconnaissance by fire during the Kerch–Eltigen operation, November 1943. Podkidysh died of wounds on 23 January 1944.