The corps headquarters was first formed during September 1939 in theVolga Military District.[1] It was part of the21st Army in June 1941, with the53rd,148th, and167th Rifle Divisions on 22 June, under the command of Lieutenant GeneralLeonid Petrovsky.[2] The corps headquarters was disbanded on 23 August as the Red Army eliminated most corps headquarters.[3]
The corps was reformed in mid-1943. Major GeneralTikhon Butorin briefly commanded it in early August, followed by Major GeneralDmitry Stankevsky for a few days. Major GeneralPyotr Koshevoy, promoted to lieutenant general on 17 May 1944, commanded the corps from late August to late May 1944. He was replaced by Major GeneralFyodor Bakunin, who commanded the corps for the rest of the war except for a brief period in April 1945, when he was replaced by Colonel Anatoly Nekrasov.[2]
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