The division was reestablished on 26 September 1941 from the 7th Leningrad
People's Militia Division, serving with the
42nd Army in the
siege of Leningrad. It included the 37th, 184th, and the 213th Rifle Regiments, as well as the 113th Artillery Regiment, the same regimental numbers that the previous formation began the war with. The division fought around Leningrad and Riga. On 1 April 1945 it was part of the
122nd Rifle Corps, 42nd Army. It was with the
42nd Army of the Kurland Group (
Leningrad Front) May 1945. It received the honorific
Pushkin and the
Order of the Red Banner for its actions during the war. In September, with the 122nd Rifle Corps, the division was relocated to the
Western Siberian Military District at
Omsk. In 1946 it was reduced to the 20th Separate Rifle Brigade and became part of the Siberian Military District's
18th Guards Rifle Corps. In October 1953, it was reorganized as the 67th Mechanised Division. In 1957, it was reorganized as the 67th Motor Rifle Division, while the corps became an army corps. The corps was soon disbanded and the division directly subordinated to the district headquarters. On 24 May 1962, the division became a motor rifle training division, and on 11 January 1965 it was renumbered as the 56th Motor Rifle Training Division, restoring its World War II number. On 27 March 1967 it received the honorific Leningrad in recognition of its actions in World War II. In 1987, the division was reorganized into the 465th District Training Centre when all Soviet Army training divisions became training centers. In August 1993, the 465th was disbanded and its barracks taken over by the
242nd Training Centre. A small number of its personnel were used to form the 180th Motor Rifle Brigade. == Third formation ==