58th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 58th Mountain Rifle Division formally the 58th Oder Rifle Division was a Division sized unit of the Red Army that existed during and before World War II.

History
The 58th (Oder) Rifle Division, as it was first known, was formed in 1932 as a result of Mikhail Tukhachevsky's army reforms which established a number of new divisions. Russian Wikipedia however reports it was formed in 1935. The division was headquartered at Cherkasy as part of the Kiev Military District where it remained at peacetime strength until January 1941 when it was re-formed as the 58th Mountain Rifle Division.

Organization on Formation
The division was first formed in 1932 as the 58th Rifle Division. In Cherkasy the division had the following structure:


 * 170th Rifle Regiment
 * 279th Rifle Regiment
 * 335th Rifle Regiment
 * 244th Artillery Regiment
 * 138th Howitzer Regiment

Organization on Disbandment
Organization of the division before it was destroyed during the Uman pocket:


 * Headquarters
 * 170th Rifle Regiment
 * 279th Rifle Regiment
 * 335th Rifle Regiment
 * 368th Rifle Regiment
 * 244th Artillery Regiment
 * 258th Howitzer Regiment
 * 138th Anti-Tank Battalion
 * 125th Anti-Aircraft Battalion
 * 81st Reconnaissance Battalion
 * 126th Engineer Battalion
 * 100th Signal Battalion
 * 114th Medical Battalion
 * 132nd Supply Battalion
 * 105th Chemical Defense Company
 * Also Attached
 * 59th Field Bakery
 * 258th Field Post Station
 * 353rd Field Ticket Officer of the State Bank

Commanders
The division had a number of divisional commanders, including:


 * Colonel Sergei Yakovlevich Ogurtsov
 * Major General Nikolay Ignatevich Proshkin
 * Colonel Nikolay Nikolayevich Shkodunovich
 * Major General Vasiliy Akimovich Samsonov

Subordination
The division was transferred between commands many times, including the following:


 * Kiev Military District
 * Volga Military District
 * Western Front
 * 15th Army
 * 49th Army
 * 65th Rifle Corps
 * 33rd Army
 * Reserve of the Supreme High Command (STAVKA)
 * 104th Rifle Corps
 * 40th Army
 * 1st Ukrainian Front
 * 3rd Guards Army