| 30th Guards Rifle Corps (1943–1957) 30th Guards Army Corps (1957–1998) | |
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 Hackman Apartment Building, Vyborg, corps headquarters 1945-97. | |
| Active | 1943–1998 |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | Soviet Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Garrison/HQ | Vyborg |
| Engagements | Second World War |
| Decorations |  Order of the Red Banner |
| Battle honours | Leningrad |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Nikolai Simoniak Mikhail Panov |
The30th Guards Leningrad Army Corps (Russian: 30 Гвардейского армейского общевойскового Краснознамённого Ленинградского корпуса) was anarmy corps of theSoviet Ground Forces. As part of theRed Army during theGreat Patriotic War it was designated the30th Guards Rifle Corps.
It was formed in April 1943 on the basis of three guards rifle divisions, which had distinguished themselves in battle to break through thesiege of Leningrad – the45th,63rd and64th (the last came from theVolkhov Front). So the corps was aGuards unit from the first day of its formation.N. P. Simonyak, who had received forOperation Spark the title ofHero of the Soviet Union, was appointed as commander.
Until the second week of February 1944, the two armies of theLeningrad Front had deployed onlyvanguard elements while attempting to force entry intoEstonia.[1][2]Army GeneralLeonid A. Govorov of Leningrad Front ordered the2nd Shock Army to break through the German defence line north and south of Narva town, move the front fifty kilometres westwards and continue towards the town ofRakvere. The artillery of the 2nd Shock army opened fire on all German positions on 11 February, continuing theBattle for Narva Bridgehead. The 30th Guards Rifle Corps joined the Soviet units attempting to seize theAuvere station.[2] The guards riflemen widened the bridgehead to ten kilometres along the front. The remains of the German227th and170th Infantry Divisions retreated.[1][3] General Major Romantsov ordered an assault at Auvere settlement by the Air Force and artillery on 13 February, with the 64th Guard Rifle Division seizing the village in a surprise attack. Half a kilometre westward from Auvere station, the 191st Guard Rifle Regiment cut through the railway two kilometres from the Tallinn highway, which was the last way out for Army Group Narwa, but was repelled by the 170th Infantry Division and the502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion.[1][3][4]
The corps was deployed during the postwar period on theKarelian Isthmus with the headquarters in the city ofVyborg (Leningrad Military District).
In 1988 the corps was reported to consist of the45th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the64th Guards Motor Rifle Division, and the37th Motor Rifle Division (a mobilisation division, the double of the63rd Motor Rifle Training Division) atChernaya Rechka.[5] The 8th Guards Gun Artillery Regiment (8-й гвардейский пушечный артиллерийский полк) and the 807th Reactive (MRL) Artillery Regiments were atKamenka, the 970th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment atVyborg, and the 93rd Independent Helicopter Squadron was located atKasimovo Airfield on theKarelian Isthmus.
The corps was disbanded in 1998.
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