Formed in mid-1919 as the 6th Consolidated Rifle Division but soon redesignated, it fought against the Ukrainian People's Army on the Southern Front, retreating north and taking heavy losses.

In late 1919 it advanced southwest into western Ukraine, where it fought in the Polish–Soviet War as part of the Southwestern Front in 1920.

It left the 14th Army on 14 August, being reduced to a rifle brigade due to heavy losses in September.

The division transferred back to the 14th Army of the Southwestern Front on 13 February, and fought in the battles near Zhmerynka and Vapniarka until April.

[3] On 28 April 1921, by an order of the Kiev Military District, it was reduced to a brigade, which was incorporated into the 24th Rifle Division.