From 27 January to 3 February 1943, the division was transferred to the area around Sukhinichi in the Smolensk region, where it was included in the 16th Army and fought on the right bank of the Zhizdra River.

From the end of April, she was part of the 50th Army and fought defensive battles in the area of the settlement of Shchigry in the Zhizdrinsky District of the Kaluga Oblast.

Then the division marched to the area of the city of Serpeysk, where it became part of the 38th Rifle Corps of the 10th Army and until November fought offensive battles in the Roslavl and Mogilev directions.

At the end of April 1944, it became part of the 49th Army of the 2nd Belorussian Front and fought defensive battles near the settlements of Ustye and Lapeni in the Kastsyukovichy District of the Mogilev Oblast.

In July, it crossed the Neman River near the town of Belitsa, and in August it took part in the capture of the Osowiec Fortress, for which she was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree on 1 September 1944.