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The13th Guards Army Corps was acorps of theSoviet Ground Forces, formed from the previous13th Guards Rifle Corps, which saw service during theSecond World War.
The 13th Guards Rifle Corps was formed from 30 October to 15 November 1942 inRanenburg,Tambov Oblast, under the command of Major GeneralPorfiry Chanchibadze. The corps received itsbaptism of fire in December 1942 during theBattle of Stalingrad. It was part of2nd Guards Army on 1 December 1942.[1] On 1 February 1943, still with 2nd Guards Army, the corps consisted of the3rd Guards,49th Guards, and387th Rifle Divisions. By 1 December 1943, the295th Rifle Division had joined the corps.[1]
Later the corps helped liberateNovocherkassk, theDonbas,Kherson, Crimea, Belarus and Lithuania. After theCrimean Offensive Chanchibadze moved up to army command, the 3rd Guards Rifle DivisionKantemir Tsalikov was selected to be corps commander. From 8 July, the corps fought in theŠiauliai Offensive, in which Tsalikov was killed when his jeep exploded a mine on 21 July.[2] Lieutenant GeneralAnton Lopatin succeeded him as commander and led the corps for the remainder of the war. It took part in the capture of East Prussia andKönigsberg. The corps ended the war on theBaltic Sea. 42 awards ofHero of the Soviet Union were made to personnel attached to the corps. During the assault and capture of the walled city of Koenigsberg the name "Konigsberg" was conferred on the corps (1945).
On June 12, 1946,75th Guards Rifle Division was transformed into the 17th Guards Rifle Brigade. The brigade, stationed at Tula, was transferred in the summer of 1946 to 13th Guards Rifle 'Konigsberg' Corps. The brigade was relocated from Tula toKaluga. In May 1946, the brigade was relocated from the city of Kaluga to the city ofDorogobuzh in the Smolensk area. The headquarters of 13th Guards Rifle Corps was relocated in the summer of 1946 to the city ofMoscow.
On 30 April 1955 the 272nd Rifle Division was renumbered the46th Rifle Division while part of the 13th Guards Rifle Corps. In 1956 the corps headquarters was moved toGorky.[3] On 25 June 1957, it became the 46th Motor Rifle Division.[4] The same month, the corps became the 13th Guards Army Corps. At the same time it became part of theMoscow Military District, and on 17 November 1964 was renumbered as the272nd Motor Rifle Division, restoring its World War II designation.[5] In February 1967, the division was relocated toBabstovo,Jewish Autonomous Oblast, as a result of rising tensions with China.
When the103rd Rocket Brigade was established in 1960, it joined the corps. In 1965, the 43rd Tank Division was renamed the 60th Tank Division. In 1968, the Corps was awarded theOrder of the Red Banner. In the corps were:[6]
In September 1987, the 225th Motor Rifle Division were disbanded.[9] On 1 October 1987, the 89th Motor Rifle Division was reorganized into the 5347th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (VKhVT). In March 1989, the 60th Tank Division became the 5409th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base, which was then disbanded on 13 February 1990.
In 1990, the corps was under the command ofFyodor Reut.[10] According to the directive of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 14 September 1990, 13th Guards Army Red Konigsberg Corps was transformed into the22nd Guards Combined Arms Army. The Army was formed on March 1, 1991. In 1990, the 31st Tank Vislenskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division joined the army, relocated from theCentral Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia.
In 1994, the47th Guards Tank Division joined the 22nd Army, relocated from Germany, and which was set up at the Mulino barracks previously used by the 225th MRD.
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