In consequence the division saw relatively uneventful service on this mostly quiet front until the summer of 1944, when it took part in the offensive that drove Finland out of the war.

[1] Its basic order of battle was as follows: Maj. Gen. Anton Aleksandrovich Pavlovich was given command of the division on the day it began forming.

In October it moved north and became part of the Karelian Front, in the Medvezhegorskaya Operational Group, which became the 2nd Formation of the 32nd Army in March 1942.

[4] Leningrad Front began its offensive on the Isthmus of Karelia on June 10, making rapid progress towards Vyborg despite strong Finnish resistance.

On April 5 it was awarded its second Order of the Red Banner for its role in the capture of the Pomeranian towns of Człuchów, Czarne, Biały Bór and others.