The392nd Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union V. I. Petrov Pacific Red Banner Order of Kutuzov District Training Center is a training formation of theRussian Ground Forces. It is located atKnyaze-Volkonskoye in the Khabarovsk area.
It traces its lineage to the39th Pacific Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Rifle Division (Russian:39-я Тихоокеанская Краснознаменная стрелковая дивизия), aninfantrydivision of theRed Army formed in 1922, which fought in theSoviet invasion of Manchuria against the Japanese in 1945, and became a motor rifle division in 1957. The division became a training unit in 1962, and became the 392nd District Training Centre in 1987. It then became part of theRussian Ground Forces after thedissolution of the Soviet Union.
The training center traces its history back to the formation of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Tula Infantry Division on 1 August 1918, celebrated as its anniversary.[1] In April 1919 the division was dispatched to theEastern Front and split up, with the 1st Rifle Brigade arriving in theSimbirsk region, where it joined the35th Rifle Division as its 2nd Rifle Brigade. The brigade fought in the subsequent campaigns on the Eastern Front, and was renumbered as the 104th.[2] Оn 20 July 1922, the 104th Balagansk Rifle Brigade was reorganized into the 1stTransbaikal Rifle Division of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Soviet puppet state known as theFar Eastern Republic. The division defended the border with Manchuria from its formation, and between 4 and 25 October took part in thePrimorsky operation to defeat theZemskaya Rat, the last remnants of the Whites in the Far East. During the operation, the 1st Transbaikal Rifle Division fought in the capture ofGrodekovo,Nikolsk-Ussuriysky, andVladivostok. After the end of the war, the People's Revolutionary Army was dissolved in November and the division transferred to the5th Red Banner Army. It was based atVladivostok. In honor of its defeat of White troops on the shores of Pacific and basing on the Pacific coast, the division was redesignated the 1st Pacific Rifle Division (Russian:1-я Тихоокеанская стрелковая дивизия) on 22 November 1922.[3][2] After the 5th Army was disbanded, the division shifted to the19th Rifle Corps of theSiberian Military District in June 1929. In August 1929 it was transferred to theSpecial Far Eastern Army, taking part in the border conflict with China over theChinese Eastern Railway.[4]
The division fought the Chinese during theSino-Soviet conflict (1929).[5]
In 1936, the division was renumbered as the 39th Pacific Rifle Division. During theBattle of Lake Khasan, the division was assigned to the new39th Rifle Corps in August 1938. The main forces of the division were concentrated near the battlefield and held defenses in the region of Malaya, Tigrovaya and Sangal hills. The 1st Battalion of its 115th Chita Rifle Regiment, placed under the control of the40th Rifle Division commander, defended the Zaozernaya and Bezymyannaya (Nameless) Hills against Japanese attacks.[2]
After the end of the battle, the division returned to its barracks in the 2-ya rechka district of Vladivostok and nearbyShkotovo.[2]
39th RD comprised the 50th, 199th, and 254th Rifle, 15th Artillery Regiments and other smaller sub-units. The division remained in the Far East duringWorld War II, part of1st Red Banner Army's59th Rifle Corps for the duration of the war. On 29 June 1941 the division was moved forward to the border with Japanese-controlled Manchuria, where it was based as follows:[6]
The 39th fought in theSoviet invasion of Manchuria from 9 August to 3 September 1945 and was awarded theOrder of the Red Banner for its actions.[2] The division was with the 59th Rifle Corps, 1st Red Banner Army in the Transbaikal-Amur Military District in 1945.
The division became the 129th Motor Rifle Division on 17 May 1957, and on 29 March 1960, it became the 129th Training Motor Rifle Division.[7]
The division was reorganized as the 392nd District Training Centre of theFar Eastern Military District on 14 September 1987.[8][9]
Between 1996 and 2006, GeneralNikolay Bogdanovsky was the Chief of the 392nd Pacific Center for Training Junior Specialists of Motorized Rifle Forces, and the Chief of Staff and Commander of the35th Army.
On 22 August 2002,Korea Central News Agency, a North Korean state media outlet, reported thatKim Jong-il, Chair of the DPRK National Defence Commission, visited Kharbarovsk.[10][11] Among his visits was the "Volochayev division," where he was welcomed by the Far East Military District commander and deputy commander, Generals Yakubov and Kolmakov, and "Divisional Commander A.P. Chechebatov." General Major A.V. Chechevatov was commanding the 392nd District Training Center at the time.
As a result of military reforms, the center was reorganized as the 392nd Inter-Branch Training Center of theEastern Military District on 1 September 2012, including the 212th District Training Center atChita, the 392nd District Training Center at Khabarovsk, and the 51st Submarine Training Detachment of thePacific Fleet atVladivostok. The inter-branch organization was disbanded on 1 May 2013 and the 392nd District Training Center created at Knyaze-Volkonskoye.[12] The training center was named in honor of its commander between 1957 and 1961, the future MarshalVasily Petrov, on 15 March 2019, its full official designation changing to the 392nd Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal V. I. Petrov Pacific Red Banner Order of Kutuzov District Training Center.[13]
The following have commanded the unit:[7][14]
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