The 9th Rifle Corps was a
corps of the
Red Army. Located in
Simferopol during the beginning of the war in the east.
History
The corps headquarters was formed in accordance with orders of the
North Caucasus Military District of 6 June and 26 August 1922. Its headquarters was initially located at
Grozny, then relocated to
Vladikavkaz in January 1923 and thence to
Novocherkassk in August 1925. The corps included the
13th Rifle Division for the disarmament of population of
Dagestan in August 1925 and the
9th Rifle Division for the suppression of
Karachay rebels between April and May 1930. In May 1932 the corps headquarters was relocated to
Krasnodar, where it remained until 1941.[1]
In late May 1941 the corps was relocated to Crimea with headquarters at
Simferopol. At the beginning of the war the corps was re-organized as the new
51st Army. The corps was re-created in August than in May 1942 it was disbanded. In 1942 it was reformed yet again than assigned to the
9th Army later in February 1943. In 1944 it was assigned to the
28th Army as part of the
3rd Ukrainian Front where it remained until April 1945 when it transferred to the
5th Shock Army where it participated in both the
Battle of Poznań and the
Battle of Berlin where it later joined the
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, where was possibly disbanded later that year.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The corps was later disbanded in October 1946 when the 5th Shock Army was disbanded.[9]
Prior to the
Vistula-Oder offensive the
248th Rifle Division came under command of the corps and continued under its command until the corps was disbanded in October 1946.