13th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 13th Rifle Division was a military formation of the Red Army from 1922 to 1945. serving in World War II.

It was disbanded after being defeated in 1941 and reformed from a Leningrad people's militia division later that year.

During late June – early July 1941 small groups from the division attempted to break through to the east, but were dispersed.

During the Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive, the division helped capture Dąbrowa Górnicza on 27 January.

The second formation disbanded during the summer of 1945 "in place" with the Central Group of Forces.

Soldiers of the division's blocking battalion firing at German positions from a trench, June 1942