Stationed in present-day Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan after its formation in March 1941, the corps was relocated westwards after the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
[1] The corps was formed in March 1941 in Mary in the Central Asian Military District.
[1] On 22 June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began.
The trains transporting the corps began to arrive at the station the next day, unloading only at night due to German air superiority.
Many trains were delayed due to damage to the railway tracks, including one tank battalion that was stuck at Bryansk station for three days.