On June 22, 1941, at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, it was located at Proskurov in the Kiev Special Military District.
Its chief of staff was Colonel Alexander Danilov, who died in the Uman Pocket.
The corps' three divisions were seemingly destroyed at Uman in August 1941.
Deputy Head of the Political Department - Battalion Commissar Vinogradov Vakhrouchev.
Artillery commander - Colonel Nicanor Nikanorovich Lyubimov (died in captivity) Commander - Colonel Ashot Sargsyan Sarkisovich.