50th Rifle Corps

50th Rifle Corps
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Red Army
Engagements	Eastern Front (World War II) Operation Barbarossa; ;

The 50th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the 23rd Army on 22 June 1941.[1] It took part in the Great Patriotic War.

Organization

On 22 June 1941, the corps included the following units:[1]

Commanders

Komkor Filipp D. Gorelenko (08.1939 - 05.1940)
Komkor Panteleimon Zaitsev (05.1940 - 08.1940)
Major General V. I. S'cherbakov (17.01.1941 - 04.08.1941)

Major General Pavel Batitsky (25.04.1944 - 27.05.1944)

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References

Citations

Gurkin & Malanin 1963, p. 7.

Bibliography

Gurkin, V.V.; Malanin, K.A. (1963). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть I (июнь-декабрь 1941 года) [Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part I (June–December 1941)] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Military Historical Department of the Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[FOOTNOTEGurkinMalanin19637-1] Gurkin & Malanin 1963, p. 7.