The division remained there until November when it was shipped forward to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command.
The division was briefly in the reserves before being sent to the Kalinin Front's 30th Army.
[1] Despite being at 1/3 its prewar strength the division jumped off against the German flank north of Moscow.
From February until July 1942 the 11th Cavalry Corps along with the 39th Army defended a nearly encircled salient in the vicinity of Bely and Vyazma-Smolensk.
The Germans launched Operation "Seydlitz" on 2 July 1942 and eliminated the salient by the end of the month.