27th Rifle Corps

27-й стрелковый корпус

Military Unit: 53742

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Filipp Mikhaylovich Cherokmanov, 25.6.43 - 20.3.47
• Lieutenant-General Stepan Kirillovich Mamonov, 20.3.47 - 4.50
• Lieutenant-General Sarkis Sogomonovich Martirosyan, 4.50 - 10.2.51
• Lieutenant-General Khadzhi-Umar Dzhiorovich Mamsurov, 10.2.51 - 25.6.55
• Major-General Mikhail Georgievich Fomichev, 25.6.55 - 2.8.56

Activated 25.6.43.

Organisation 10.5.45:

• 6th Guards Rifle Division
• 121st Guards Rifle Division

In 6.45 the 6th Guards Rifle Division was replaced by the 172nd and 350th Rifle Divisions.

Organisation 1.10.45:

• 121st Guards Rifle Division (Belokorovichi, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 172nd Rifle Division (Korosten, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 350th Rifle Division (Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast)

In 6.46 reorganised - now with (1.1.47):

• 97th Guards Rifle Division (Slavuta, Rovno Oblast)
• 10th Guards Mechanised Division (Rovno, Rovno Oblast)

Organisation 1950:

• 97th Guards Rifle Division (Slavuta, Rovno Oblast)
• 10th Guards Mechanised Division (Rovno, Rovno Oblast)

Disbanded 2.8.56.

Headquarters:

• Zatec, Czechoslovakia, 10.5.45
• Freiberg, East Germany, 20.5.45
• Schildau, East Germany, 30.5.45 - 7.45
• Korosten, Zhitomir Oblast, 8.45 - 6.46
• Rovno, Rovno Oblast, 6.46 - 8.56

Subordination:

• 13th Combined Arms Army, 5.45 - 8.56