[5] During this period elements of the division managed to escape encirclement around Minsk, crossing the Berezina and later the Dniepr near Smolensk, but these were more refugees than fighting forces.

While it is still included in the Red Army order of battle of August 1 under Western Front command[6] it disappears a month later and was officially disbanded on September 19.

[7] Colonel Chalenko would be promoted to the rank of major general in March 1943 and would command several cavalry divisions well into the postwar era before his retirement in August 1953.

Akimov returned to command of the 35th Reserve Rifle Brigade that he had led prior to the 209th and was promoted to the rank of major general on December 20 before taking over the division again on January 24, 1943.

The 492nd Self-propelled Artillery Battalion of 12 SU-76s was added to the 209th to provide fully-tracked mobile firepower given the difficult and mostly roadless terrain to be found in Manchuria.

When the Manchurian operation began the 17th Army was in a secondary role on the western flank of the invading forces and saw very little combat before the Japanese capitulation on August 20.