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44th Rifle Corps

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44th Rifle Corps
AllegianceSoviet Union
BranchRed Army
Engagements

The 44th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Red Army of the Soviet Union. It took part in the Great Patriotic War in 1941 and 1943-45.

On 22 June 1941, the corps consisted of the 64th Rifle Division and the 108th Rifle Division (General Major Alexander Mavrichev on 22 June 1941[1]). Sources are unclear whether the corps was assigned to the 13th Army that day or directly responsible to the Western Special Military District.[2] Two days later the WSMD became the Western Front.

Commanders

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  • Major General Vasily Yushkevich (04.03.1941 - 11.09.1941),
  • Major General Michail Kleshnin (26.05.1943 - 11.05.1945)

References

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  1. ^ Bulkin 2018, p. 359-360.
  2. ^ Leo Niehorster, 13th Army, 22 June 1941.
  • Bulkin, Anatoly (2018). Генералитет Красной Армии (1918-1941). Военный биографический словарь в 3-х томах [Red Army Generals, 1918–1941: Three-volume Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Penza.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)