World War II Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1st and 3rd formations) Order of Suvorov 2nd class (3rd formation) Borisov (3rd formation) The 62nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed four times and active during World War II and the postwar period.

The division was formed in 1936 and fought in the Winter War and Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

After suffering heavy losses, it was withdrawn from combat but was sent back to fight in the Battle of Stalingrad in November.

On 24 November it was renamed the 2nd Turkestan Rifle Division, receiving the designation Red Communards on 25 January 1920.

All Soviet units in Fergana Oblast were subordinated to the latter, which in effect became an army-level command, on 25 April.

From then until February 1921 the division fought against the Basmachi movement in Fergana, in the areas of Osh, Nookat, Matchа, Namangan, Uch-Kurgan, Kurgan-Tyube, Gorbua, and the Alay Valley.

Between May and June the 2nd Turkestan fought in the elimination of the remnants of the troops of Andrey Bakich in the Bakhty and Chuguchak area of Semirechye.

In June 1926 the division became part of the Central Asian Military District, which replaced the Turkestan Front.

[1] On 21 May 1936, when the Red Army standardized its unit designations, the 2nd Turkestan was renumbered as the 62nd Rifle Division.

[8] This formation inherited the honorific "Nevel" and the Order of the Red Banner from the 360th Rifle Division.