The 92nd Guards Rifle Division was formed in March 1943 in
Kupyansk from the soldiers of the 149th and 12th Guards Rifle Brigades, which had fought in the
Battle of Stalingrad. The 93rd Rifle Brigade was established in September 1942 in the Urals. It became 12th Guards Rifle Brigade, then in April 1943, 92nd Guards Rifle Division. In the summer of 1943 the division participated in the
Battle of Prokhorovka, then in the capture of the cities of
Kharkiv,
Poltava,
Voznesensk,
Pervomaysk. On 1 September 1943 the division was part of the
57th Rifle Corps. The corps comprised the
62nd Guards, 92nd Guards,
110th Guards, and
53rd Rifle Divisions. It was part of the
37th Army,
STAVKA Reserve. In 1943 the division liberated
Kryvyi Rih, for which the division was named Krivorozhskaya. It crossed the
River Dnieper near the village of Mishurin Rog. Soon afterwards, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. The division fought in Moldavia, and in the
Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive in Romania. It was with 37th Army in Bulgaria in May 1945. 48 soldiers of the division were awarded the title
Hero of the Soviet Union.
Composition (partial) • 276th Guards Rifle Regiment • 280th Guards Rifle Regiment • 282nd Guards Rifle Regiment • 197th Guards Artillery Regiment == Postwar ==