Formed before 22 June 1941 1–10 Corps •
1st Rifle Corps –
10th Army, Western Special MD, under General Major F.D. Rubtsov with
2nd and
8th Rifle Divisions. Last mention in the Soviet Order of Battle (OOB) on 1 July 1941 with corps directly subordinated to the Western Front. The corps reappeared in the OOB on 1 June 1942 directly subordinated to the North Caucasus Front, and made up of four rifle brigades. Thereafter, the last 1942 OOB mention of the corps is on 1 August 1942. The 1st Rifle Corps reappears in the Soviet OOB on 1 September 1943 as part of the Northwestern Front. Final mention on 1 May 1945 subordinated to the 1st Shock Army and in command of the 306th, 344th, and 357th Rifle Divisions. Feskov et al. 2004 says the corps headquarters, as well as the
4th Shock Army, was moved to Central Asia after the end of the war and established at
Ashgabat. In 1969, the corps headquarters was moved to
Semipalatinsk, where it was raised in status to become
32nd Army. A tank division may have moved to Semipalatinsk alongside the corps headquarters. •
2nd Rifle Corps – formed in September 1922 as the 2nd Army Corps. As part of
13th Army Western Front participated in the
Battle of Bialystok-Minsk near the Minsk and Slutsky
Fortified Regions. in late June – early July, 1941. Reformed and fought against Japan in 1945. On 1 July 1945, was part of the
Transbaikal Front and comprised
103rd,
275th, and
292nd Rifle Divisions. •
3rd Rifle Corps-
4th Rifle Division,
20th Mountain Rifle, 47th Mtn Rifle, as part of
Transcaucasus Military District. •
4th Rifle Corps –
27th,
56th, and
85th Rifle Divisions, as part of
3rd Army. (See
:ru:4-й стрелковый корпус (1-го формирования)). On 1 July 1945 the second formation of the corps was part of the
Belomorsky Military District in the north, with
25th,
289th, and
341st Rifle Divisions. •
5th Rifle Corps –
13th,
86th, and
113th Rifle Divisions, part of
10th Army, WSMD. Reactivated 27 June 1942, often known as 5th independent Rifle Corps. On 1 July 1945 consisted of
35th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) and
390th Rifle Division (Soviet Union). With
2nd Far East Front during the
Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945, then transferred to
15th Army (Soviet Union) (August–October 1945) and then the
Far Eastern Military District. On 1 January 1946 it consisted of the 34th Rifle Division (Vyazemskiy, Khabarovsk Kray), and the 35th Rifle Division (Bikin, Khabarovsk Kray), and was part of the Far Eastern Military District. It was disbanded in July 1946. •
6th Rifle Corps – The 6th Rifle Corps HQ was formed in Kiev in May 1922. The Corps was formed on the orders of the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Crimea number 627/162 from May 23, 1922 in Kiev, part of Kiev and
Kharkov Military District. •
7th Rifle Corps – in the
Odessa Military District, under General Major K.L. Dobroserdov included
116th,
196th, and
206th Rifle Divisions. Finished war as part of
3rd Shock Army. •
8th Rifle Corps –
26th Army, Kiev Special Military District, under General Major M.G. Snegov with
99th,
173rd Rifle Divisions and
72nd Mountain Rifle Division Became
41st Guards Rifle Corps 1945, spent last of its war service in the
42nd Army, Courland Group,
Leningrad Front. •
9th Rifle Corps – In June, 1941, General Lieutenant
Pavel Batov was in command of the 9th Separate Rifle Corps, which comprised the
106th and
156th Rifle Divisions and the
32nd Cavalry Division, with a total strength of about 35,000 men. This corps was the only major Red Army formation in the
Crimea,
Odessa Military District at the outbreak of
Operation Barbarossa, and Batov had arrived at its headquarters in
Simferopol just two days earlier. In 1945 during the final
Battle of Berlin the corps was part of
5th Shock Army and comprised the
230th, 248th, and
301st Rifle Divisions. Served with the
3rd Shock Army, later 3rd Combined Arms Army, from 1947– 56. From 1947 consisted of
94th Guards Rifle Division (
Schwerin) and 18th Mechanised Division (Perleberg). Disbanded 4 July 1956. •
10th Rifle Corps -assigned to the
8th Army in the
Baltic Military District (BSMD). Included the
10th,
48th, and
90th Rifle Divisions. The corps arrived in the Urals Military District comprising the
91st,
279th, and
347th Rifle Divisions. Active in 1948 with three rifle brigades (12th, 14th and 40th (Kirov, Kirov Oblast)). 12th Brigade was disbanded, 14th Rifle Brigade became
91st Rifle Division in October 1953, and 40th Brigade was briefly
194th Rifle Division (1951–53) before becoming 65th Mechanised Division. Corps HQ moved to Vilnius in June 1956, becoming part of
11th Guards Army, and took over 26th Guards Rifle and 71st Mechanised Divisions. Became 10th Army Corps on 4 June 1957 but disbanded in June 1960.
11–20 Corps •
11th Rifle Corps – assigned to the
8th Army in the Baltic Special Military District, with the
11th, and
125th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded circa September 1945, by Stavka VGK Order 11097 of 29.5.45, which established the
Northern Group of Forces. •
12th Rifle Corps – Transbaikal Military District, with
65th and
94th Rifle Divisions on 22 June 1941. Disbanded July 1941. Reformed October 1942. 1 November 1942 listed with reserves, Black Sea Group of Forces, with the
77th,
261st,
349th, and
351st Rifle Divisions by BSSA. A month later it consisted of the 261, 349, 351, and 406th Rifle Divisions. January 1943 was with
Transcaucasus Front,
45th Army, with 261, 349, 392, and 406th Rifle Divisions. 12th Mountain Rifle Corps for a period. 1946 to 1957 in
North Caucasus Military District before becoming
12th Army Corps. •
13th Rifle Corps – First formed 1922 and disbanded 1935. Reformed 1936, in
12th Army, Kiev Special Military District, under General Major N.K. Kirillov, with
44th,
58th, and
192nd Mountain Rifle Divisions on 22 June 1941. Appears to have spent much of 1945 within the Front Troops of
Transcaucasus Front, consisting of
392nd Rifle Division and
94th Rifle Brigade. On 1 January 1948, still with
Transcaucasus Military District, comprising
10th Guards Rifle Division and
414th Rifle Division. By January 1951 it had become
13th Mountain Rifle Corps, with 10th Guards Mountain Rifle Division, and 145th Mountain Rifle Division. (Feskov et al 2013, 53), and was still in that configuration in 1954 (Feskov et al 2013, 55). 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). •
14th Rifle Corps –
9th Army,
Odessa Military District, under General Major D.G. Egorov comprising the
25th and
51st Rifle Divisions. By the end of the war, 14th Rifle Corps was a direct-reporting formation of
2nd Belorussian Front, including
90th Guards Rifle Division. Disbanded by Stavka VGK Order 11097 of 29.5.45, which established the
Northern Group of Forces. •
15th Rifle Corps – Kiev Special Military District assigned to the
5th Army with the
45th, and
62nd Rifle Divisions. Disbanded summer 1945. •
16th Rifle Corps – assigned to the
11th Army in the
Baltic Military District, including the
5th,
33rd, and
188th Rifle Divisions. •
19th Rifle Corps • Headquarters formed July 1924 at
Khabarovsk with the
Siberian Military District and received Primorsky honorific in October of that year. Transferred to the
Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army August 1929 and renamed Primorsky Rifle Corps in 1930. • 19th Rifle Corps (1st formation) – Headquarters reformed July 1930 at
Leningrad with the
Leningrad Military District. Assigned to the
23rd Army of the Leningrad Military District with the
115th and
142nd Rifle Divisions on 22 June 1941. Headquarters used to form headquarters of the
2nd Neva Operational Group on 25 October. • 19th Rifle Corps (2nd formation) – Headquarters reformed in February 1943 with the
1st Guards Army of the
Southwestern Front. Became
29th Guards Rifle Corps on 16 April. • 19th Rifle Corps (3rd formation) – Headquarters reformed during June 1943 in the
Volga Military District. In reserve of the Courland Group of Forces of the
Leningrad Front on 1 May 1945, assigned the
43rd Rifle Division. With
7th Guards Army in the
Transcaucasian Military District from late 1945, redesignated as mountain rifle corps during early 1950s. Became
19th Army Corps in June 1957. •
20th Rifle Corps • Headquarters formed May 1936 at
Khabarovsk with the
Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army from the
Special Kolkhoz Corps. Became headquarters of the Khabarovsk Group of Forces of the
Far Eastern Front between July and September 1938, then reverted to 20th Rifle Corps designation as part of
2nd Independent Red Banner Army at
Birobidzhan. Headquarters disbanded July 1940 and used to form
15th Army headquarters. • 20th Rifle Corps (1st formation) – Headquarters reformed with the
Moscow Military District in July 1940. Assigned
137th and
160th Rifle Divisions, as part of the
Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK) on 22 June 1941. Headquarters disbanded 16 August and used to form
Bryansk Front headquarters. • 20th Rifle Corps (2nd formation) – Headquarters reformed in February 1943 with the
18th Army of the Black Sea Group of Forces of the
North Caucasian Front. Awarded
Brest honorific and
Order of the Red Banner. With
28th Army of the
1st Ukrainian Front on 1 May 1945, assigned
48th and
55th Guards and
20th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded summer 1945.
21–30 Corps •
21st Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Moscow Military District in September 1939. Assigned to the WSMD with the
17th,
24th, and
37th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded summer 1945. Estonian Territorial Rifle Corps. Second formation 1943-summer 1945. On June 22, 1941 it comprised the
181st and
183rd Rifle Divisions, part of
27th Army, BSMD. Latvian Territorial Rifle Corps. •
27th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Kiev Special Military District in September 1939. Assigned to the
5th Army and composed of the
87th,
124th, and
135th Rifle Divisions. Included
55th Rifle Division (IIIrd Formation), in September–October–November 1943 while part of
60th Army. Mid 1957 reorganised as 29th Army Corps. Mid 1969 disbanded by being upgraded and reorganised as
35th Army. •
30th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Orel Military District in September 1939. In the Orel Military District, including the 19th, 149th and 217th Rifle Divisions. Reformed and assigned to
18th Army,
4th Ukrainian Front in 1944 in the Mukachevo – Uzhgorod area during
Carpathian-Uzhgorod Offensive Operation (9 September 1944 – 28 September 1944) Disbanded summer 1945. Briefly reformed at
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in 1955 but disbanded in 1956. (Feskov et al 2013, 131, 580.) •
33rd Rifle Corps – in the Orel Military District, including
89th,
120th, and
145th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded July 1991, with elements absorbed by the
28th Army Corps, which was arriving in Kemerovo from the
Olomouc,
Czechoslovakia (
Central Group of Forces). •
34th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Volga Military District in September 1939. 129th, 158th and 171st Rifle Divisions, part of 19th Army •
35th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Kiev Special Military District in September 1939.
9th Army,
Odessa Military District, comprising the
95th and
176th Rifle Divisions. •
37th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Kiev Special Military District in September 1939. In the Kiev Special Military District, assigned to the
6th Army, including
80th,
139th, and
141st Rifle Divisions. •
40th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Transcaucasus Military District in March 1941. in the Transcaucasus Military District under General Major A. A. Khadeev with
9th Rifle Division and
31st Rifle Division. •
42nd Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed in the
Leningrad Military District in March 1941. Assigned to the
14th Army,
Leningrad Military District with the
104th and
22nd Rifle Divisions. First Formation 22 June 1941, disbanded 14 October 1941; was used to reinforce the Kandalksha operational group. •
44th Rifle Corps – under HQ Western Special Military District, comprised the
64th and
108th Rifle Divisions under General Major
Vasily Yushkevich. •
45th Rifle Corps – with the 187th, 227th and 232nd Rifle Divisions, part of the Stavka Reserve. •
47th Rifle Corps – under HQ Western Special Military District, comprised the
55th,
121st, and
143rd Rifle Divisions. •
48th Rifle Corps –
9th Army,
Odessa Military District, comprising the
30th Mountain Rifle and
74th Rifle Divisions. Used to form
42nd Army in August 41. Reformed in May–June 1943 and initially assigned to
38th Army. Disbanded in June–July 1945.
51–60 Corps •
51st Rifle Corps, with 98th, 112th, and 153rd Rifle Divisions, part of the 22nd Army •
52nd Rifle Corps, with its HQ in Novosibirsk,
Siberian Military District along with the 133rd Rifle Division, additionally had the 166th Rifle Division at Barabinsk and the 178th Rifle Division at
Omsk, part of 24th Army. Became
30th Army on 13 July 1941. Disbanded by Stavka VGK Order 11097 of 29.5.45, which established the
Northern Group of Forces. •
55th Rifle Corps – composed of the
130th,
169th, and
189th Rifle Divisions In February 1944, 68th Mountain Rifle Division, 75th Rifle Division, 89th Rifle Brigade, and 90th Rifle Brigade with
4th Army. •
59th Rifle Corps – composed of the 39th and 59th Rifle Divisions, part of
1st Red Banner Army,
Soviet Far East Front •
60th Rifle Corps – Western Special Military District. 7th, 8th, and 214th Airborne Brigades. Became
4th Airborne Corps 23 June 1941.
61–70 Corps •
61st Rifle Corps –
110th,
144th,
172nd Rifle Divisions,
20th Army, Stavka Reserve •
62nd Rifle Corps –
170th,
174th,
186th Rifle Divisions, with
22nd Army •
63rd Rifle Corps –
53rd,
148th,
167th Rifle Divisions, with
21st Army. While at
Chelyabinsk in the
Urals Military District in the 1950s, disbanded by being redesignated 63rd Army Corps on 4 June 1957. •
64th Rifle Corps –
North Caucasus Military District with the
165th, and
175th Rifle Divisions. •
65th Rifle Corps – Headquarters only assigned to the Baltic Special Military District. •
66th Rifle Corps –
61st,
117th,
154th Rifle Divisions, with
21st Army •
67th Rifle Corps –
102nd,
132nd,
151st Rifle Divisions, part of the STAVKA Reserve •
46th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as part of the 61st Army, Bryansk Front. Subordinate divisions at this time were the
356th and
415th Rifle Divisions. •
54th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 June 1943, as part of the
51st Army, Southern Front. Subordinate divisions at this time were the
87th,
99th, and
302nd Rifle Divisions. •
56th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as part of the
16th Army, Far Eastern Front. Subordinate divisions at this time were the
79th and
101st Rifle Divisions. Assignment of numeric designation to the
Special Rifle Corps that disappears from the Soviet OOB on the same date. •
57th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 September 1943, as part of the
37th Army, STAVKA Reserve. Subordinate divisions at this time were the
62nd Guards,
92nd Guards,
110th Guards, and
53rd Rifle Divisions. In early October 1943 the corps, forcing the Dnieper, seized and held a bridgehead on the west bank of the river. On 06.03.1944 elements of the corps, participating in the
Odessa Offensive (part of the
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive), parts of the corps breached the German defenses on the western bank of the
Inhulets River and moved forward. Having stormed the inhabited locality of Lozovatka and after slight regrouping, the corps began the pursuit of the enemy. On March 16, 1944, the corps deterred the counterattacks by the enemy, who was attempting to force back our units from the
Ingul River and to hold the river crossings near Sofiyevka with 35–40 tanks and several infantry battalions. On March 22, the units of the corps reached the
Southern Bug River. On the night of March 27, (two divisions of) the corps, having crossed the Southern Bug, moved forward under the enemy's heavy fire and captured the large inhabited locality of Akmechet. On April 1, 1944, parts of the corps, acting as a part of the
37th Army, captured the inhabited localities of Stryukovo, Shvartsevo, Korneyevka, and the
Tiligul River crossing. On April 5, the divisions of the corps fought a battle for the station of Migayevo. On April 11, 1944, the corps, having been reinforced from the reserve with the
15th Guards Rifle Division and with the support of the
23rd Tank Corps, liberated Tiraspol, forced the
Dniester River, and stormed into Varnitsa. Commander: Major General AI Petrakovskii (- 18/01/1944 ) Major General FA Ostashenko (01.19.1944 – military commissar, deputy political commissar Colonel IN Karasev Chief of Staff : V.I. Mineev. On 9 August 1945 the corps, now part of the Soviet Far East command, comprised
52nd and
203rd Rifle Divisions under General Major A.A. Dakonov. •
68th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as part of the
57th Army, Southwestern Front. Subordinate divisions at this time were the
19th,
52nd, and
303rd Rifle Divisions. •
70th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the Western Front.
71–80 Corps •
71st Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and as part of the 31st Army, Western Front. •
72nd Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the 68th Army, Western Front. Part of 5th Army, 3rd Belorussian Front, on 1 November 1944. Part of
5th Army,
1st Far East Front, on 3 September 1945, comprising 63rd, 215th, and 277th Rifle Divisions. (BSSA) •
73rd Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and as part of the 52nd Army, STAVKA Reserve. •
74th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and as part of the Moscow Military District. •
75th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and as part of the Moscow Military District. •
76th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and as part of the Moscow Military District. In
Transcaucasus Military District postwar, until it became the 31st Army Corps in 1955. •
77th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and as part of the Moscow Military District. In July 1945 in Germany, part of
47th Army, with the 185th,
260th,
328th Rifle Divisions. •
78th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the Ural Military District. •
79th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the Ural Military District. This corps commanded units that stormed the
Reichstag on 2 May 1945. (150th, 171st, 207th Rifle Divisions on July 9, 1945, on formation of
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany). Disbanded by being redesignated
2nd Rifle Corps in 1957 in
Sakhalin. •
80th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the Trans-Volga Military District.
81–90 Corps •
81st Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 August 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the 68th Army, Western Front. •
82nd Rifle Corps – existed until 13.6.55, when it was renamed
25th Rifle Corps, and 25.6.57 it was renamed 25th AK. Disbanded 6.60. HQ in Nikolayev with the
28th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 34th Gds MSD and
95th Motor Rifle Division in the late 1950s. •
83rd Rifle Corps (119th, 339,
360th Rifle Divisions) as part of
4th Shock Army on 1 December 1944 (
Combat Composition of the Soviet Army (BSSA)) •
84th Rifle Corps •
85th Rifle Corps •
86th Rifle Corps •
87th Rifle Corps – see 33rd Motor Rifle Division#Service in the invasion of Manchuria. On 9 August 1945 comprised
342nd Rifle Division and
345th Rifle Division plus 914th Signals Battalion, 967th Engineer Battalion, plus an artillery regiment. Became
32nd Rifle Corps 1955 and disbanded under that number in 1956. (Feskov et al 2013, 131, 580). •
88th Rifle Corps –
Hunchun, August 1945 •
89th Rifle Corps •
90th Rifle Corps – finished war with
43rd Army, comprising
26th Rifle Division,
70th Rifle Division, and
319th Rifle Division. Corps headquarters, as well as 70th and 319th RDs were disbanded in August–September 1946.
91–100 Corps •
91st Rifle Corps •
92nd Rifle Corps •
93rd Rifle Corps •
94th Rifle Corps (124th, 221st, 358th Rifle Divisions) and 113th Rifle Corps (192, 262, 338th Rifle Divisions) with
39th Army, RVGK on 1 May 1945), By November 1945 the
21st Rifle Division had become the 20th Mechanised Division, and the 151st Rifle Division had either been disbanded or transferred elsewhere. The corps appears to have disbanded on 11 June 1946. •
105th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 November 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the
North Caucasus Military District. The
193rd Rifle Division was joined with the
354th Rifle Division in April to form the 105th Rifle Corps, commanded by General D. F. Alekseev, where it would remain for the duration of the war. •
106th Rifle Corps – first appears in Soviet OOB 1 November 1943, as a headquarters with no troops assigned and part of the North Caucasus Military District.
100th and
306th Rifle Divisions during the battle for Lvov in July 1944. Disbanded by Stavka VGK Order 11097 of 29.5.45, which established the
Northern Group of Forces. Holm 2015 gives the formation date as 16 December 1943. Soon after the war it arrived at
Dushanbe in the
Turkestan Military District with the
201st,
360th, and
374th Rifle Divisions. It appears that quickly, on 30 October 1945, the 374th Rifle Division was redesignated the
306th Rifle Division. On 13 June 1955 it was redesignated 33rd Rifle Corps. •
120th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed during December 1943 in the
Moscow Military District. With
3rd Guards Army of the
1st Ukrainian Front on 1 May 1945, assigned the
106th,
197th, and
329th Rifle Divisions. Awarded the
Order of Suvorov. Disbanded during the northern hemisphere summer of 1945.
121–130 Corps •
121st Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed during December 1943 in the reserve of the
Belorussian Front. With
49th Army of the
2nd Belorussian Front on 1 May 1945, assigned the
42nd,
191st, and
199th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded during the northern hemisphere summer of 1945. •
122nd Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed during December 1943 with the
2nd Shock Army of the
Leningrad Front. With
42nd Army of the Courland Group of Forces of the Leningrad Front on 1 May 1945, assigned the
56th and
85th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded in March 1946. •
123rd Rifle Corps – in Summer 1945, the 123rd Rifle Corps arrived in the
Ural Military District and its headquarters was established at
Kuibyshev. It comprised the
29th,
43rd, and
376th Rifle Divisions. They were established at
Shikhany (Saratov Oblast), Kuibyshev, and
Serdobsk. In 1946–53 they were reduced into the 10th, 21st, and 48th Rifle Brigades, and the 48th may have been disbanded in 1947. In 1953 the 63rd Mechanised Division was formed on the basis of the 29th Rifle Division at Shikhan. In 1955 the 123rd Rifle Corps became the 40th Rifle Corps, and in May 1957 the 40th Army Corps. That year the 43rd Rifle Division became the 43rd Motor Rifle Division, and the 63rd Mechanised Division the 110th Motor Rifle Division. In November 1964 the 110th was redesigned the
29th Motor Rifle Division. In 1968 the 29th MRD was moved to
Kamen-Rybolov, Primorskiy Krai, in the
Far East Military District. The 40th Army Corps was active until at least 1962, and Feskov et al 2013 lists its commanders until October 1960 (p. 508). •
124th Rifle Corps – Headquarters began forming during December 1943 with the
Moscow Military District. With
50th Army of the
2nd Belorussian Front on 1 May 1945, assigned the
51st,
208th, and
216th Rifle Divisions. Disbanded in December 1945. •
125th Rifle Corps – in July 1945 in Germany, part of
47th Army, with
60th, 76th, 175th Rifle Divisions. •
126th Light Rifle Corps - Arctic,
14th Army •
127th Light Rifle Corps - Arctic,
14th Army •
128th Rifle Corps – Headquarters formed during April 1944 with the
Moscow Military District. With
28th Army of the
1st Ukrainian Front on 1 May 1945, assigned the
61st,
130th, and
152nd Rifle Divisions. Awarded
Gumbinnen honorific. Stationed in the
Belorussian Military District postwar with the 28th Army and renumbered as the
42nd Rifle Corps in 1954. •
129th Rifle Corps – in July 1945, in Germany, part of
47th Army, with 82nd, 132nd, 143rd Rifle Divisions. •
130th Latvian Rifle Corps of the Order of Suvorov. This Red Army national formation was formed on June 5, 1944, shortly before the Red Army attacked Latvia. Their strength was about 15,000 men, which consisted three divisions – 43rd Guards, and
308th Latvian Rifle Division and a Soviet division. The corps commander was Major General
Detlavs Brantkalns, Staff headquarters head Major General
P. Baumanis, Corps rear commander was Regiment Commander
E. Blekis. The Latvian Rifle Corps (
2nd Baltic Front) fought in Latvia at
Rēzekne and
Daugavpils,
Madona,
Krustpils and
Riga Offensive (1944) and combat at
Courland Pocket. During the Courland battles it was subordinate to 2nd Baltic Front
22nd and later
42nd Army. The Corps units fought against
Latvian Legion 19th SS Division units.
131–140 Corps •
132nd Rifle Corps – formed part of
19th Army •
133rd Rifle Corps – may have disbanded at Stanislav (
Ivano-Frankovsk) in September 1945, along with its
104th and
122nd Rifle Divisions. •
134th Rifle Corps – formed part of
19th Army. Disbanded by Stavka VGK Order 11097 of 29.5.45, which established the
Northern Group of Forces. See also . On 13 June 1955 redesignated
43rd Rifle Corps.
Guards Rifle Corps 1st–40th Guards Rifle Corps formed after June 22, 1941:
1–10 Guards Rifle Corps •
1st Guards Special Rifle Corps – was formed in late 1941 •
1st Guards Rifle Corps •
2nd Guards Rifle Corps – still active in the
Baltic Military District in 1955 (Feskov et al.). •
3rd Guards Rifle Corps •
4th Guards Rifle Corps – in September 1943 included
38th Guards Rifle Division, 263rd RD,
267th Rifle Division, part of
6th Army,
Southwestern Front. From November 1943 commanded by
G.E. Afanas'evich, former commander of the
Soviet Airborne Forces (
3rd Ukrainian Front). From
8th Guards Army, the corps headquarters was relocated to
Estonia, with
48th Rifle Division and 36th Guards Mechanised Division from the disbanded
10th Guards Army. On 30 March 1948 10th Guards Army was renamed 4th Guards Rifle Corps. On 25 June 1957 renamed 4th Guards Army Corps. Disbanded May 1960. •
5th Guards Rifle Corps – (
17th Guards Rifle Division,
19th Guards Rifle Division and
91st Guards Rifle Divisions), 1 May 1945 with
39th Army. Same three divisions with 39th Army at Port Arthur in the early 1950s. •
6th Guards Rifle Corps •
7th Guards Rifle Corps Kovenskiy Red Banner – seemingly reformed in March 1955 in the Far East from the
72nd Rifle Corps, active since the war ended with the 63rd,
215th and
277th Rifle Divisions. •
8th Guards Rifle Corps – With
11th Guards Army, headquarters in
Polotsk, after the end of the war. In June 1946 became
8th Guards Red Banner Neman Airborne Corps, supervising the
7th,
103rd, and
114th Guards Airborne Divisions based in Belarus. The corps along with the 114th Guards Airborne Division was disbanded in 1956. Still active in the
Belorussian Military District in 1955. Merged with 20th Rifle Corps after the end of the war? At
Battle of Debrecen. Circa 1956, 10th Guards 'Budapest' Rifle Corps formerly part of the Odessa Military District with headquarters at
Kishinev, became
14th Guards Army.
11–20 Guards Rifle Corps •
11th Guards Rifle Corps – still active in the
Voronezh Military District in 1955. •
12th Guards Rifle Corps – •
13th Guards Rifle Corps – became 13th Guards Army Corps postwar, stationed in
Moscow Military District. Disbanded by being redesignated 22nd Army 1990–91. •
14th Guards Rifle Corps •
15th Guards Rifle Corps – finished the war as part of
10th Guards Army. •
16th Guards Rifle Corps – finished the war as part of
11th Guards Army, incorporating the
1st Guards Rifle Division,
11th Guards Rifle Division, and
31st Guards Rifle Division on 1 May 1945. •
17th Guards Rifle Corps •
18th Guards Rifle Corps – Formed April 1943. 18th Guards Red Banner Stanislavsky-Budapest. General Lieutenant Ivan Afonin took command of the corps in February 1943. Assigned to armies including the
13th,
60th,
1st Guards,
38th Army,
18th,
46th, and
53rd Armies. After the war with Japan the Corps was transferred from Transbaikal to the
Siberian Military District (Omsk). Later included the 109th Guards, 67th and 95th MRD (former 109th Guards, 56th and 198th RD) and 411 Guards Corps artillery regiment. Presumably in 1960, it was reorganised as Headquarters
49th Guards Rocket Division,
Strategic Rocket Forces. •
19th Guards Rifle Corps – finished the war as part of
10th Guards Army. •
20th Guards Rifle Corps 21–30 Guards Rifle Corps •
21st Guards Rifle Corps •
22nd Guards Rifle Corps •
23rd Guards Rifle Corps – as of 1 April 45 included
51st Guards Rifle Division and
67th Guards Rifle Division in 42nd Army, but was not part of the 42nd Army by 1 MAy 1945.: •
24th Guards Rifle Corps – spent much of the war associated with
53rd Army. Commander N.А. Васильев. Disbanded while part of 14 Army,
Odessa Military District,
Bolgrad, 15 November 1956. (Feskov et al 2013, 133) •
25th Guards Rifle Corps •
26th Guards Rifle Corps – Formed 24 April 1943 from
30th Rifle Corps (II), commanded by
Pavel Firsov. Fought in
Battle of the Dnieper in October 1943 with the
46th Army. Fought in
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive and
Battle of Berlin with
5th Shock Army. •
27th Guards Rifle Corps – May 1945 under
7th Guards Army,
Central Group of Forces. Headquarters at Nagykanizsa, Hungary, until December 1945. Thereafter transferred to
Konotop,
Sumskaya Oblast, Ukraine. In October 1953 the corps' three independent rifle brigades were expanded into divisions: the 7th independent Guards into the 64th Guards Mechanised Division at Belaya Tserkov, the 9th independent Guards into the
81st Guards Rifle Division at
Hlukhiv, and the 12th independent Guards into the
112th Guards Rifle Division at
Desna, Kozelets Raion. In July 1954 the 64th Guards Mechanised Division was redesignated the
14th Guards Tank Division and transferred directly to
Kiev Military District control. Renamed as an Army Corps in August 1957 and disbanded in August 1958. •
28th Guards Rifle Corps – originally formed as
15th Rifle Corps (second formation). See brief sketch history in Bonn 2005. – became 30th Guards Army Corps after World War II, and based at
Vyborg in the
Leningrad Military District for many years until 1998.
31–41 Guards Rifle Corps •
31st Guards Rifle Corps – part of
4th Guards Army •
32nd Guards Rifle Corps – part of 5th Guards Army, fought in Berlin Offensive •
33rd Guards Rifle Corps – part of 5th Guards Army •
34th Guards Rifle Corps – formed 25 April 1943 from
18th Rifle Corps (III), part of
5th Guards Army since July 1944, fought in
Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive, Prague Offensive •
35th Guards Rifle Corps – Although it never fought in the vicinity of
Prokhorovka, the 35th Guard Rifle Corps confronted the supportive actions of the
III Panzer Corps on the right flank of
II SS Panzer Corps during the
Battle of Prokhorovka (precisely, during Operation Roland). •
36th Guards Rifle Corps – Neman Red Banner. At least until the end of the 1950s the corps was part of the
11th Guards Army, including the
1st Guards Motor Rifle Division and 5th MRDs and the 30th Mechanised Division (unclear as to whether the two last-mentioned were Guards divisions.) •
37th Guards Rifle Corps – later 37th Guards Airborne Corps, fought in
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive,
Vienna Offensive and
Prague Offensive; honorific "Svir" •
38th Guards Rifle Corps – later 38th Guards Airborne Corps, honorific "Vienna", fought in Vienna & Prague Offensives •
39th Guards Rifle Corps – later 39th Guards Airborne Corps, honorific "Vienna", fought in Vienna & Prague Offensives •
40th Guards Rifle Corps – on 9 July 1945 in Germany, this corps was part of
2nd Shock Army. •
41st Guards Rifle Corps – Estonian Tallinn. Formed 1945 from
8th Estonian Rifle Corps ==See also==