From November 1918 to January 1919, the division took part in the Red Army's invasion of the Baltic states and Belarus.

On 28 November 1918, the division occupied the city of Narva and further advanced to the Jägala river, reaching it in the December of 1918.

In November 1919 the division attacked Narva with the Red Army, starting the Estonian War of Independence.

The Poles captured its headquarters, tabor, 13 field kitchens and the remaining two pieces of artillery, as well as all commanding officers of the division's regiments.

After the end of the Soviet invasion of Poland in October 1939 the division became part of the Belorussian Special Military District's 6th Rifle Corps in the 4th Army.

Almost the entire division (except for its howitzer regiment) was deployed within the Brest Fortress in the Western Special Military District.

The 204th Howitzer Regiment and other units led by the commander and chief of staff of the division retreated along the Pinsk road.

By the end of the day, the main forces of the division were on the east bank of the Yaselda River north and south of Byaroza.

On June 24, German bombers raided the division on the Yaselda and resumed the attack under a heavy artillery barrage.

After suffering heavy losses, the remnants of the division became part of a combined unit under command of General Popov.

To restore the situation, a battalion from Leningrad was subordinated to the division and attempted to open a corridor to assist the 84th Regiment's breakout.

On the night of 4 August the division had broken from enemy rear and regained the main Soviet defence line.

The Germans left on the battlefield a hundred corpses, 30 motor vehicles, 45 motorcycles and large numbers of weapons.

On 2 October, one of the division's regiments continued to defend a boundary from a mouth of the river Znobovka up to (the claim.)

In the end of June 1942, the division has appeared on a direction of the main impact of the German forces who have started the approach aside of Voronezh.

For eight days of fighting, from 28 June until 6 July, the division destroyed 53 tanks, 64 motor vehicles, 4 planes, plus a lot of other enemy equipment, and many soldiers and officers.

However they have kept forces that right after deviation for Don, without rest and replenishment, to take defensive positions on the left-bank part of Voronezh and to repulse the pressed enemy.

And hardly the Germans have been stopped in a right-bank part of city as 6th division has successfully lead individual offensive operation and has begun jumping-off place Chizhovskomu.

In August 1945, the division distinguished itself in Soviet invasion of Manchuria, fighting as part of the 53rd Army of the Transbaikal Front.

After the war it was briefly made part of the 5th Red Banner Army before being disbanded with the 57th Rifle Corps in autumn 1945.