The 150th Red Banner Turkestan Mountain Rifle Regiment was part of the 83rd Turkestan Mountain Rifle Division. This division was created as the 1st Turkestan Rifle Division, renamed to 1st Turkestan Mountain Rifle Division on 13 Feb 1930, renamed to 83rd Turkestan Mountain Rifle Division on 1 Jul 1936 and renamed to 128th Guards Rifle Division on 9 Oct 1943. The division was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
The division commander was Colonel Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Luchinsky from 2 Nov 1941 to 4 Mar 1943, and switched commanders seven (!) times later in 1943. The division consisted of the 45th, 100th, 150th and 428th Mountain Rifle Regiment and the 67th Artillery Regiment and smaller units.
Division subordination:
Dec 1941 - Oct 1942: 58th Rifle Corps - Northern Asian Military District (Iran, inactive army)
Oct - Nov 1942: Stavka Reserve
Nov 1942 - Jan 1943: 18th Army - Black Sea Group of Forces - Transcaucasus Front
Jan - Mar 1943: 56th Army - Black Sea Group of Forces - Transcaucasus Front
Mar - Apr 1943: 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Apr - Jul 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Jul - Aug 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - Northern Caucasus Front
Aug - Sep 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Sep - Oct 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - Northern Caucasus Front
Oct - Nov 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Nov - Dec 1943: Independent Coastal Army
Etc.
The division commander was Colonel Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Luchinsky from 2 Nov 1941 to 4 Mar 1943, and switched commanders seven (!) times later in 1943. The division consisted of the 45th, 100th, 150th and 428th Mountain Rifle Regiment and the 67th Artillery Regiment and smaller units.
Division subordination:
Dec 1941 - Oct 1942: 58th Rifle Corps - Northern Asian Military District (Iran, inactive army)
Oct - Nov 1942: Stavka Reserve
Nov 1942 - Jan 1943: 18th Army - Black Sea Group of Forces - Transcaucasus Front
Jan - Mar 1943: 56th Army - Black Sea Group of Forces - Transcaucasus Front
Mar - Apr 1943: 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Apr - Jul 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Jul - Aug 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - Northern Caucasus Front
Aug - Sep 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Sep - Oct 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - Northern Caucasus Front
Oct - Nov 1943: 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps - 56th Army - Northern Caucasus Front
Nov - Dec 1943: Independent Coastal Army
Etc.












