196th Rifle Division

The 196th Rifle Division Was raised at Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa military district in July 1941.

Commander

Brigade Commissar Dmitry Vasilyevich Averin,  9 January 1942 to  7 August 1942.

Dmitry Vasilyevich Averin

Colonel Vasily Polikarpovich Ivanov, 17 August 1942 to 12 December 1942.

863rd Infantry Regiment
884th Infantry Regiment
893rd Infantry Regiment
725th Artillery Regiment
, Sapper Battalion
228th Anti-Tank Battalion
353rd Anti-Aircraft Battalion
, Reconnaissance Company

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