The13th Rifle Corps (Russian:13-й стрелковый корпус) was arifle corps of theRed Army, first formed in 1922.
On October 12, 1922, the Corps began forming in theTurkestan Front.Alexander Todorsky became the corps commander. The corps participated in the suppression of theBasmachi movement and was disbanded in 1935.
On October 12, 1922, the Commander of theTurkestan Front issued Order No. 345 on the formation of the 13th Rifle Corps from units located in theBukhara People's Republic andSamarkand Oblast. The headquarters was established in the city ofNovaya Bukhara.[1] The corps was led by itsRevolutionary Military Council.[2]
On October 12, 1922, the commander of the Turkestan Front issued Order No. 1436/575, in which the headquarters of the abolished Bukhara group of troops turned on the formation of Management 13th RC.[3][4]
In April–May 1923, the Revolutionary Military Council in housing were subject to Bukhara of the Red Army.[3][4]
Corps units were involved in the fight against Basmachis in Bukhara and Samarkand Oblasts. The Turkestan Front became theCentral Asian Military District in June 1926, and the corps its assignment with the latter. Its headquarters moved toSamarkand in October 1926.[2]
The corps headquarters was relocated toKazan when it transferred to theVolga Military District in September 1927. Its headquarters was again shifted toSverdlovsk in 1931 and there it briefly became part of theUral Military District in July 1935 before being disbanded in the same month.[2]
The corps was reformed in theKiev Military District (КВО) in accordance with Order No. 194 of the military district of December 5, 1936, assigned to the12th Army. Headquarters was located in the city ofBelaya Tserkov.
Reformed 1936, in12th Army, Kiev Special Military District, under General Major N.K. Kirillov, with44th,58th, and192nd Mountain Rifle Divisions on 22 June 1941. The corps headquarters was disbanded in August of that year.[2]
The corps headquarters was formed again on 13 October 1942 as part of theTranscaucasian Front, with which it spent the war.[5]
For most of 1945, the corps included the392nd Rifle Division and the94th Rifle Brigade.[6] On 1 January 1948, still withTranscaucasus Military District, comprising10th Guards Rifle Division and414th Rifle Division. The corps was redesignated as the 13th Mountain Rifle Corps in 1949.[5] By 1951 it included the 10th Guards Mountain Rifle Division, and 145th Mountain Rifle Division, and was still in that configuration in 1954.[7]
The 13th Mountain Rifle Corps was disbanded by being redesignated 31st Special Rifle Corps on 1 July 1956, and then successively 31st Special Army Corps (1 October 1957) and 31st Army Corps (9 May 1961).[5]
In February 1962 the 145th Mountain Rifle Division was renamed the 145th Motor Rifle Division.[5]
On 1 June 1962 the 10th Guards Mountain Rifle Division was renamed10th Guards Motor Rifle Division.
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