The division served with the 52nd Army for most of the rest of the war until its redesignation in the summer of 1945.

The 294th began forming on 10 July 1941 at Lipetsk, part of the Orel Military District.

After spending two months forming, the division was sent north to the Leningrad Front's 54th Army in late September.

[1] From September 1944, the 294th was in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command for a few weeks, and the 52nd Army moved north to the 1st Ukrainian Front.

Soon after the end of the war, the 294th was relocated to Yavoriv in western Ukraine, along with the rest of the 52nd Army.