It was reformed a third time in the Far East in summer 1942 and participated in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.

[3] During July and August, it fought in the Yelnya Offensive as part of the corps, now subordinated to the 24th Army.

[5] In October 1941, it was surrounded and destroyed in the Spas-Demensky District, trapped in the Vyazma Pocket.

In early March, the division was relocated to Starobilsk with the 28th Army and fought in the Second Battle of Kharkov during May 1942.

[11][12] The division was reformed a third time on 21 July 1942 in the Transbaikal Military District and served there for the duration of the war.