82nd Rifle Corps
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| 82nd Rifle Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | July 1943–June 1955 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Red Army (Soviet Army from 1946) |
| Type | Infantry (Rifle corps) |
| Engagements | World War II |
The 82nd Rifle Corps (Russian: 82-й стрелковый корпус) was a rifle corps of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army.
Formed in mid-1943, the corps served with the 37th Army during most of World War II. It fought in the advance southwest from the Dnieper and into Romania and Bulgaria until August 1944. After the advance to Bulgaria it remained there on garrison duty for the rest of the war. Postwar, the corps transferred to the Odessa Military District, where it was renumbered as the 25th Rifle Corps in 1955.
The corps was formed as part of the 34th Army of the Northwestern Front on 15 July 1943 under the command of Major General Pavel Kuznetsov, who led it for the rest of the war.[1] It initially existed as a headquarters without assigned troops,[2] and transferred to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command in August with the 1st and 10th Guards Airborne Divisions.[3] In September it was transferred to the 37th Army of the Steppe Front (the 2nd Ukrainian Front from 20 October), being reinforced by the 188th Rifle Division.[4] The corps fought in the capture of Left-bank Ukraine east of Kremenchuk, then crossed the Dnieper and captured a bridgehead northwest of Mishurin Rog during the Battle of the Dnieper. Between October and December it attacked towards Krivoi Rog.[5] The 1st Guards Airborne was replaced by the 89th Guards Rifle Division in October, and the latter was replaced by the 28th Guards Rifle Division the following month.[6] The 15th Guards Rifle Division replaced the 10th Guards Airborne in January 1944.[7]
Transferred to the 3rd Ukrainian Front with the army in mid-January, the corps fought in the advance into Right-bank Ukraine during the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, participating in the Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive, the Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive, and the Odessa Offensive. In these operations it advanced 350 kilometers, crossing the Inhulets, Inhul, Southern Bug, and Dniester while helping to capture the cities of Krivoi Rog, Voznesensk, and Tiraspol. The 10th Guards Airborne briefly returned to the corps in February[8] and the 15th Guards left it in March.[9] The 10th Guards Airborne was replaced by the 92nd Guards Rifle Division in April;[10] the corps would include the 28th and 92nd Guards and the 188th for the rest of the war. The 82nd fought in the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive and the advance into Bulgaria in August. This was its last combat action, as it spent the rest of the war on garrison duty in Bulgaria.[5]
