on 25 May. Second Formation The 270th was begun forming in July 1942, part of the Arkhangelsk Military District. The new division included the same basic order of battle as the previous division, and was not assigned a commander until 11 October, weeks after it had left the Arkhangelsk Military District for the Voronezh Front's 6th Army. In the 6th Army, Colonel Adam Dashkevich became the first division commander. At the end of October, the 973rd Rifle and 810th Artillery Regiments took up defensive positions at the junction of the 6th Army with the 40th Army in the Osinovka area on the left bank of the Don River 35 kilometers south of Voronezh. On 18 November, when it completed its formation, the remainder of the 270th moved up to defend positions on the left bank of the Don. Four days later, Dashkevich was relieved of command for "negligence in leadership". The division defended positions along the Don River at Babki, Donskoye, Pavlovsk, Russkaya, Kazinka, Nizhny Karabut, and Verkhny Mamon. On 20 December, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Polyatkov became the division commander. At the end of 1942, the 270th became part of the 18th Separate Rifle Corps. From 18 January, the division fought in the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive, capturing Novy Oskol. At the beginning of February, the corps became the 69th Army. The 270th fought in Operation Star, the advance on Kharkov, entering Kharkov Oblast on 3 February. On 9 February, it captured Volchansk and developed the attack towards the city. The 270th participated in the capture of Kharkov on 16 February and began advancing on Bogodukhov. The division fought in the Third Battle of Kharkov, advancing on Poltava, and Colonel Ivan Belyayev took command on 26 February, replacing Polyatkov. In early March, the 270th was thrown back by the German counterattack and retreated to Bogodukhov, from which it covered the 69th Army's retreat. After retreating from Bogodukhov, the division held Zolochiv for three days, then defended in the area of Mikoyanovka. At the end of March, it was withdrawn to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK). In July, the division was moved north in the RVGK and became part of the 6th Guards Army on 6 July, fighting in the Battle of Kursk and on the outskirts of Belgorod during the Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation. On 27 July, the 270th was withdrawn to the RVGK and transferred to the Kalinin Front