The 57th served in the westward advance of the Red Army in mid-1920 that ended with the Soviet defeat in the Battle of Warsaw, after which it retreated east into Belarus, where it was disbanded in November of that year.

From August to October it fought in defensive battles against the Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR) along the Seym River and in the direction of Poltava.

On 24 April Vladimir Kilomovskikh became acting division commander; he was replaced by Vasily Timofeev-Naumov three days later.

As part of the group it attacked along the right bank of the Berezina River and helped recapture Mozyr in May and June.

On 16 August the Polish counterattack in the Battle of Warsaw began by moving through the thinly held, overstretched lines of the Mozyr Group.

From September to November it fought in the suppression of Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz's Belarusian national uprising in the Bobruisk area.