| 358th Rifle Division (August 1941 – 1945) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1941–1945 |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Red_Army_flag_(Fictitious).svg){kind=small} Red Army |
| Type | Division |
| Role | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Moscow Toropets–Kholm Offensive Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive East Prussian Offensive Battle of Königsberg Samland Offensive Soviet invasion of Manchuria |
| Decorations | &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Order_of_Red_Banner.svg){kind=small} Order of the Red Banner&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Order_of_Suvorov_2nd_class.png){kind=small} Order of Suvorov |
| Battle honours | Leningrad Khingan |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Maj. Gen. Zakhar Nikitovich Usachyov Col. Semyon Aleksandrovich Vrublevskii Col. Nikifor Yegorovich Lubyagin Maj. Gen. Pavel Filippovich Zaretskii &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png){kind=small} |
The 358th Rifle Division formed in August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Buguruslan. It first saw action in January 1942, taking part in the offensive northwest of Moscow which carved out the salient around Toropets deep in the rear of Army Group Center. The division remained on this general sector of the front, nearly the whole time in 4th Shock Army, until March 1944, when it was withdrawn for rebuilding. It was then assigned to 21st Army north of Leningrad where it participated in the offensive that drove Finland out of the war from June into August, and remained on this front until December. It was then reassigned to the 39th Army, under which it fought in East Prussia until April 1945. During that month the entire 39th Army began moving to the Far East, where it took part in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August, where the 358th won its second battle honor, capping a distinguished record of service.