Its second formation was formed from a People's Militia division in Leningrad, fighting in the siege of that city from September.

The division's initial composition was:[1] It remained a part of the Ukrainian Military District until 1935 when the eastern half of Ukraine was used to create the Kharkiv Military District and the division was assigned to it.

The division was first committed to combat on the 11th of August west of Volosovo (35 km from Krasnogvardeysk), where it successfully defended its sector for several days until the Army withdrew.

As part of the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front the division participated in the Tikhvin Offensive (10 November 1941 - 30 December 1941), and the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation (14 January 1944 - 1 March 1944) for which it was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd Class and the honorific "Lyuban" in honor of its capture of Lyuban.

[4] The division ended its combat service during the German-Soviet War in Czechoslovakia with the 59th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front.