was forced to withdraw to the Southern Bug River. Then the division was involved in defensive and offensive battles on the Rostov axis, holding the line on the river Mius. In January 1942 the division crossed the Mius and in March 1942 participated in the attack on Taganrog. From the second half of July 1942 the division conducted a fighting retreat in the Caucasus. On 25 July, after covering the crossing of the Don in the Azov area for three days, the division defended positions in the area of Krasnodar. On 12 August the division was forced to retreat from Krasnodar. In August, the division defended near Goryachy Klyuch. The division fought in the Tuapse Defensive Operation. By 20 August 1942 the division covered the road through the Pyatigorsk and Khrebtovy passes, After a lull in the fighting, which lasted until 23 September 1942, the division was again involved in heavy fighting. By the end of October the 30th Rifle Division held the line in the Kaverze River valley, covering the Khrebtovy Pass. On 12 December 1942 the division was transformed into the 55th Guards Rifle Division as a reward for its actions. The Second Formation of the 30th Rifle Division was recreated at Rossosh in April 1943. It fought at Rostov, Kiev, Zhitomir, and in the Carpathian Mountains. It was with 38th Army of the 4th Ukrainian Front in May 1945. The division was disbanded with the Northern Group of Forces in the summer of 1945. Postwar In 1955 the division was reformed by redesignation of the 203rd Rifle Division at Karaganda, but then the division was disbanded by being redesignated as the 102nd Motor Rifle Division in 1957. Subordination Southern Front, 9th Army, 35th Rifle Corps – on 22 June 1941. Southern Front, Separate Coastal Army – on 6 August 1941, Southern Front, 9th Army – on 1 October 1941. Southern Front, 56th Army – from January 1942. Trans-Caucasian Front, the Black Sea Group of Forces, 56th Army – on 1 October 1942. Composition 30th Mountain Division 35th Mountain Rifle Regiment 71st Mountain Rifle Regiment 256th Mountain Rifle Regiment 369th Mountain Rifle Regiment 59th Artillery Regiment 121st Howitzer Artillery Regiment 147th Separate Antitank Battalion 89th Cavalry Squadron 101st Sapper Battalion 115th Separate Battalion 40th Division Artillery Park 57th Medical-Sanitary Battalion 66th Separate Company Chemical Protection 407th Trucking Company 80th Field Bakery 94th Second Division Veterinary Hospital 81st Field