The 93rd Rifle Division was formed in June and July 1942 in Dzherzhinsk as part of the 9th Reserve Army.

The division was assigned to the 41st Army on 15 September and fought in offensive and defensive battles in the area of Pushkari, Verevkino, Primushki, and Vyshegory west and southwest of Bely.

For "failure to carry out an order," Isayev was given a suspended prison sentence and demoted to deputy commander of another division.

[2] In April 1943, the 93rd Rifle Division was transferred to the 39th Army, and in May 1943 withdrawn to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command.

[2] The division fought as part of the 57th Army in the Belgrade offensive, in which it liberated the cities of Topola, Kragujevac, Čačak and others.

[6] Colonel Konstantin Sergeyev replaced Salychev, when the division was part of the 10th Guards Rifle Corps.

[2][7] The division was part of the 104th Rifle Corps of the army for the Vienna offensive, fighting west of Lepshen.