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The 9th Kursk Infantry Division was created on the 20 July 1918 as one of the first divisions of the Soviet Union during the Russian Civil War. The division was stationed in the Caucasus region, later the Transcaucasian Military District and soon renamed 9th Infantry, and later 9th Rifle division.〔(Мужество с майкопской пропиской )〕 In 1922 the division was renamed the 1st Caucasus ('Kavkaz') Rifle Division. After service during the Civil War, during which the division changed its name numerous times, the division was awarded the honorific name "of the Central Executive Committee of the Georgian Soviet Socialist" ((ロシア語:ЦИК ССР Грузии)) in 1928. For the 10th anniversary of Red Army on February 29, 1928 the division was awarded the Honored Revolutionary Order of the Red Banner and added the Red Banner (Krasnoznamennaya) to its title. During 1931 the division was reorganised into a mountain rifle division. On 23 February 1936 the division was awarded the Order of the Red Star and on the 23 February the name was slightly changed to "of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic". In July of the same year the division was renamed again as the 9th Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division. == Second World War combat history == Before the war the division consisted of the following units: *36th infantry regiment (later, as the 36th Motor Rifle Regiment, a Georgian national unit. Originally 309th Caucasian infantry regiment.) *121st infantry regiment *93rd infantry regiment *256th artillery regiment *1448th self-propelled gun regiment *55th separate anti-tank destroyer divizion (battalion) *26th reconnaissance company *140th self-propelled artillery gun battalion *232nd separate communications battalion (and 1432nd separate communications company) *123rd medical-sanitary battalion *553rd separate company of chemical defence *161st auto-transportation company *104th field bread bakery *156th divisional veterinary treatment station *203rd field post station *216th field pay branch of the State Bank The division began the war in the Transcaucasian Military District with the 40th Rifle Corps alongside the 31st Rifle Division. During the war the division was at various times serving as part of the 46th, 37th, 56th, Separate Coastal, 69th, 18th, 5th Guards Army and 60th Armies. The division took part in the Battle of the Caucasus. The division participated in the fighting for Feodosiya, Tuapse, in the Kuban and Taman Peninsula, and Krakow. On September 3, 1943 for the liberation of Kuban region and the capital of the region, Krasnodar, the division was awarded the honorary name “Krasnodarskaya”, and the division was reformed again and became known as the 9th Plastunskaya 〔The word "Plastunskaya" comes from the Russian ''plastun'' which literally means 'crawler'. The military meaning of this evolved during the 19th century when units were formed to infiltrate the enemy lines by crawling to avoid detection, greater effects of artillery fire and negotiation of barbed wire barriers.〕 Krasnodar Red Banner, Order of Red Star Rifle Division ((ロシア語:9-я пластунская стрелковая Краснодарская Краснознамённая, ордена Красной Звезды дивизия)).〔See :ru:9-я пластунская стрелковая дивизия〕 Its enlisted and non-commissioned personnel came largely from the cossacks of the Kuban region. During the period 1944 – 1945 the division participated in the Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive (13 July – 29 August 1944 also known as the 6th Stalin's Shock), and the liberation of Poland and Czechoslovakia for which in April 1945 the division was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd class. With 60th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front in May 1945. Its full title in 1945 was Кrasnodar Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov, Red Star им ВС Georgian SSR.〔See also (Кrasnodar Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov, Красной Звезды им ВС Georgian SSR )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「9th Motor Rifle Division」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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