ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

In the fighting for the liberation from the German invaders of the towns of Novomoskovsk, Sinelnikovo, Lozovaya, and Pavlograd, the following displayed examples of combat skill and the ability to manoeuvre: the 195th Rifle Division of Colonel Suchkov, the 333rd Rifle Division of Major-General Golosko, the 25th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division of Colonel Bilyutin, the 35th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division of Major-General Kulagin, the 38th Guards Rifle Division of Colonel Shcherbakov, the 295th Fighter Aviation Division of Colonel Silvestrov, the 244th Bomber Aviation Division of Major-General [of Aviation] Klevtsov, the 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division of Colonel Belitsky, the 305th Assault Aviation Division of [Lieutenant-Colonel] Mikhevichev, the 288th Fighter Aviation Division of Colonel Smirnov, and the 269th Independent Sapper Battalion of Captain Shevchuk.

To commemorate the successes achieved, these formations and units shall henceforth be named:

195th Novomoskovsk Rifle Division,

295th Novomoskovsk Fighter Aviation Division,

333rd Sinelnikovo Rifle Division,

25th Guards Red Banner Sinelnikovo Rifle Division,

35th Guards Red Banner Lozovaya Rifle Division,

38th Guards Lozovaya Rifle Division,

244th Lozovaya Bomber Aviation Division,

262nd Lozovaya Night Bomber Aviation Division,

305th Pavlograd Assault Aviation Division,

288th Pavlograd Fighter Aviation Division,

269th Pavlograd Independent Sapper Battalion.

Supreme Commander-in-Chief

Marshal of the Soviet Union I. STALIN

23 September 1943 [No. 23]