The division participated in the Russian Civil War in Lithuania, Ukraine and Belorussia.

In June 1940 the division was moved to the Lithuanian border and assigned to the Belorussian Military District.

[1] Assigned to 21st Rifle Corps, 10th Army when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 and located in the Vitebsk and Polotsk area.

In November 1941 it was assigned to the 43rd Army, Western Front where it participated in the Moscow Counteroffensive.

In June 1944 the division took part in Operation Bagration and the liberation of Bobruisk, Belorussia.