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The '''362nd Rifle Division''' began forming on 10 August 1941, as a standard [[Red Army]] rifle division, at [[Omsk]]. It didn'tdid not reach the front until March 1942, assigned to the 22nd Army in [[Kalinin Front]]. It served under these commands for the next year, then was pulled out of the line for rebuilding before being moved south to 3rd Army of [[Bryansk Front]], and later Belorussian Front, for the 1943 summer offensive, during which it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. It served in 50th Army during Operation Bagration, and earned a battle honor during the crossings of the upper [[Dnieper River|Dniepr River]] near Shklov, but was soon reassigned to 33rd Army, where it remained for the duration of the war. The 362nd ended the war deep into Germany with [[1st Belorussian Front]], but in spite of an exemplary record of service, including three unit decorations, it was disbanded shortly thereafter.
 
==Formation==
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On 30 October 1942, Colonel Senchillo turned the division over to the command of Maj. Gen. Vasilii Nikitich Dalmatov. In the planning for the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive, the Army commander, Maj. Gen. V. A. Yushkevich, gave Dalmatov a diversionary assignment. His division was to attack with the 1208th and 1210th Rifle Regiments against a small German-held salient south of the road from [[Nelidovo, Nelidovsky District, Tver Oblast|Nelidovo]] to [[Olenino, Tver Oblast|Olenino]]. In the event the salient was taken and held, making it one of the few permanent gains by the Red Army in Operation Mars, although casualties in the division were high.{{sfn|Glantz|1999|pp=62–63, 210, 288}}
 
In the aftermath of the battle on 4 January 1943, the chief of staff of Kalinin Front reported on shortcomings in the combat units, including the 362nd:{{quotation|"...5. Weapons, as a consequence of the lack of care in the combat units, are rusty, filthy, rifles lack foresights; many of the automatic weapons no longer fire automatically because of defects, and heavy machine guns are not operable ([[185th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|185th]], 362nd, [[238th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|238th Rifle Divisions]] and others).{{sfn|Gerasimova|2013|p=221}}}}
 
As the German [[9th Army (Wehrmacht)|9th Army]] prepared to evacuate the salient its artillery units began firing off excess ammunition, and on 24 February the combat positions of the division were struck by up to 1,000 shells and mortar rounds.{{sfn|Gerasimova|2013|p=132}} When that Army began [[Operation Büffel]] on 1 March the 362nd was part of [[25th Rifle Corps]] and briefly took part in the pursuit before being ordered, with its Corps, on 11 March into the Reserve of the Supreme High Command for rebuilding at [[Plavsk]]. It remained there with its Corps for about a month before being assigned to [[Bryansk Front]].{{sfn|Glantz|2011|p=433}}
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