8
Asset K. Akkuzinov
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed
History of formation in Kazakhstan and the combat path of the 310th infantry division during the Soviet-German war (1941-1945)
Akkuzinov A.K. History of formation in Kazakhstan and the combat path of the 310th Infantry Division during the Soviet-German War (1941-1945). Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2023, vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 58–64 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2023-29-4-58-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2023-29-4-58-64
УДК: 94(574) «1940/1945»
EDN: MATRRA
Publish date: 2023-10-30
Annotation: The purpose of the article is to analyse the formation and combat path of the 310th Infantry Division, formed in 1941 in the territory of Soviet Kazakhstan. Topicality of the paper was determined by the need to study the history of the formation of the Kazakhstani division, from the date of issuance of the order of the Supreme Command of the USSR, the implementation of this order by the leadership of Soviet Kazakhstan, the participation of the military authorities of the republic in the implementation of the planned goals on the ground through the organisation of interaction between local government and military administration, the command of the division, the Central Asian Military District in the territorial responsibility of which included the republic. The authors of the Soviet period as well as modern Kazakhstan and Russia studied the topic in different years. The researchers’ works devoted to the history of the war against the Axis, historical documents of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty), the State Archive of Almaty and the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Podolsk) are used in the work. The peculiarities of the ongoing work on the formation of the 310th rifle division are given, the tendencies of staffing the military units of the division with senior, junior commanding and rank-and-file personnel of the units are revealed. The combat path of the Kazakhstani division during the war is revealed, some pages of heroism of its soldiers and commanders on the battlefields which became a personal example to raise the patriotic feelings of Soviet citizens, are established. It is concluded that the 310th Infantry Division from Kazakhstan made a contribution to the achievement of the Soviet victory over Germany.
Keywords: USSR, Kazakhstan, World War II (East Front), rifle division
Literature list: Abdykalykov M.A., Pankratova A.M. Istoriya Kazakhskoy SSR s drevneyshikh vremen do nashikh dney [History of the Kazakh SSR from ancient times to the present day]. Alma-Ata, KazOGIZ Publ., 1943, 670 p. (In Russ.) Aldazhumanov K.S., Dzhunisbayev A.A. Natsionalnyye voinskiye soyedineniya Kazakhstana na frontakh voyny (1941–1945) [National military formations of Kazakhstan at the war fronts (1941–1945)]. Almaty, Poligrafiya-servis i K Publ., 2021, 256 p. (In Russ.) Asilov N.T. Voinskiye formirovaniya Kazakhstana na frontakh Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny [Military formations of Kazakhstan at the fronts of the Great Patriotic War]. Nur-Sultan, Military History Museum of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Publ., 2021, pp. 82-84. (In Russ.) Balakayev T.B., Aldazhumanov K.S. Istoriografiya Kazakhstana perioda Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny [Historiography of Kazakhstan in the period of the Great Patriotic War]. Aktualnyye problemy istorii Sovetskogo Kazakhstana [Actual problems of the history of Soviet Kazakhstan]. Alma-Ata, 1980, pp. 113-124. (In Russ.) Belan P.S. Na vsekh frontakh: kazakhstantsy v srazheniyakh Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny 1941–1945 gg. [On all fronts: Kazakhstanis in the battles of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945]. Galym, Almaty Publ., 1995, 336 p. (In Russ.) Edygenov N.E. Uchastiye kazakhstantsev v partizanskom dvizhenii v Belorussii v gody Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny [Participation of Kazakhstanis in the partisan movement in Belorussia during the Great Patriotic War]. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1972, 208 p.; Edygenov N.E. Uchastiye kazakhstantsev v partizanskom dvizhenii v Belorussii v gody Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny [Participation of Kazakhstanis in the partisan movement in Belorussia during the Great Patriotic War], repeat edition. Almaty, Eltanym Publ., 2015, 192 p. (In Russ.) Komandovaniye korpusnogo i divizionnogo zvena Sovetskikh Vooruzhennykh Sil perioda Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyny 1941-1945 gg.: sbornik Glavnogo upravleniya kadrov MO SSSR [Command of corps and division level of the Soviet Armed Forces of the period of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945: Collection of the Main Personnel Directorate of the USSR Ministry of Defence]. Moscow, Publishing House of the Frunze Military Academy named by M.V. Frunze Publ., 1964, 564 р. (In Russ.) Kozybayev M.K. Izbrannyye trudy: v 2 t. [Selected Works: in 2 vols.]. Almaty Eltanym, 2015, vol. 2, pp. 27-56. (In Russ.) Nusupbekov A.N. Kazakhstantsy v bitve pod Moskvoy [Kazakhstanis in the Battle of Moscow]. Kazakhstan v Velikoy Otechestvennoy voyne: ocherki [Kazakhstan in the Great Patriotic War: collection]. Alma-Ata, Nauka Publ., 1968, vol. 1, pp. 5-31. (In Russ.) Pokrovskiy S.N. Kazakhstanskiye soyedineniya na Kurskoy duge [Kazakhstani formations at the Kursk Bulge]. Alma-Ata, 1973, 130 p. (In Russ.)
Author's info: Asset K. Akkuzinov, Candidate of Political Sciences, doctoral student of the Department of History of War and Military Art, Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed, Moscow, Russia, altinay_akku@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001- 5015-6546