92nd Training Centre (Ukraine)

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92nd Training Centre

Active	1943–c. 2000s
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Army
Garrison/HQ	Mykolaiv, Odessa Military District
Engagements	Prokhorovka, Kharkiv, Poltava
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner

Military unit

The 92nd Training Centre was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, that drew most of its history from the 92nd Guards Rifle Division, that became the 92nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division in 1965.

World War II

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

In 1946, the division was relocated to the city of Mykolaiv, joining the Odessa Military District. It became 34th Guards Mechanised Division postwar, the 34th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957. On 7 October 1960 it was redesignated as a training division, and was renumbered as the 92nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division to restore its World War II designation on 11 January 1965. On 14 September 1987, it became the 150th Guards District Training Centre.

After the Soviet collapse, the centre became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It was redesignated the 150th Training Centre for Junior Specialists and remained part of the Odessa Military District.

Its commander, Colonel Valery Alexandrovich Ageyev, of the Odessa Military District was promoted to major-general in Decree 350/93 of 21 August 1993. Duncan noted in April 1997 that '..the motor rifle training centre remain under the command of the new MD.'

Later it was redesignated the 92nd Training Centre of the Southern Operational Command (92 УЦ ЮОК).

References

“Red Banner from Ural", Military Publishing, 1983, p. 137, via Lenskii, A.G.; Tsybin, M.M. (2001). Советские сухопутные войска в последний год Союза ССР [The Soviet Ground Forces in the Last Years of the USSR]. St Petersburg: B&K Publishers. ISBN 5-93414-063-9..
^ Holm, Michael. "92nd Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
Edict of the President of Ukraine on conferring military ranks, 21 August 1993.
Andrew Duncan, 'Ukraine's forces find that change is good,' Jane's Intelligence Review, April 1997, p.163

External links

http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/92gvmsd.htm

List of Soviet divisions (1917–1945)

Airborne

Cavalry

Rifle

Mountain	60th 63rd 68th 72nd 83rd 192nd

Reserve	10th 34th 35th 36th 41st 50th Lithuanian

Guards

Motorized

Tank

Motor Rifle

Other

Divisions of the Soviet Union 1945–1957

Airborne

11
13
21
31
76
98
99
100
103
104
105
106
107
114

Artillery

Gun	4 7 8 9 10 27 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Antiaircraft

Machine Gun

Guards

Mechanised

Tank

Other

OMSDON

Guards units marked in bold.

Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989

Airborne

7
31
44 Training
76
98
103
104
105
106
107

Artillery

2
15
20 Training
26
34
51
55
81
110
149

Aviation

Motor
Rifle

Guards

1st – 18th	1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18

20th – 39th	20 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

42nd – 66th	42 45 47 48 50 51 (I) 51 (II) 53 55 57 59 62 63 64 66

70th – 97th	70 72 77 81 83 86 87 90 92 93 94 97

109th – 144th	109 112 113 114 115 120 122 123 128 144

Training	2 16 34 37 42 53 62 63 66 80 92 100 112

4th – 27th	4 9 12 13 15 18 19 21 22 24 27

32nd – 49th	32 33 35 40 41 43 44 46 47 48 49

52nd – 69th	52 54 56 58 60 61 62 65 67 68 69

71st – 99th	71 73 74 75 78 79 80 82 84 85 88 89 91 92 93 95 96 99

100th – 119th	100 101 102 108 110 111 114 116 117 118 119

121st – 135th	121 124 125 126 127 129 130 131 134 135

145th – 199th	145 146 147 148 149 150 152 155 157 164 180 192 197 198 199

201st – 295th	201 203 207 213 242 245 254 265 266 270 272 295

Training	43 56 61 67 78 121 129 150

Rocket

Tank

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24 Training
25
28
29
30
31
32
34
36
37
40
41
42
44 Training
45 Training
47
48 Training
51
60
75
78
79
90
117 Training
193

Other

OMSDON

Guards units marked in bold unless they are in a Guards section.

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