Yayiyini i-97th Rifle Division
Context:I-97th Rifle Division yakhiwa kathathu njengengxenye yezempi yeRed Army, okokuqala njengengxenye yokwakhiwa kwamandla ngaphambi kwempi. Ukuhlelwa kokuqala kwakusekelwe ku-pre-September 1939 shtat (ithebula lenhlangano nemishini) futhi isigaba ekuqaleni sasihloselwe ukukhonza ezinqabeni eziseceleni komngcele nePoland entshonalanga ye-Ukraine. Ukuqala ngoSepthemba 17, 1939 wathatha ingxenye ekuhlaselweni empumalanga yePoland wabe esethuthelwa enyakatho ukujoyina i- 7th Army futhi kamuva i-13th Army ku-Karelian Isthmus ngesikhathi seMpi Yasebusika ngokumelene neFinland lapho yabona khona isenzo engxenyeni yokugcina yomzabalazo. Ngemva kwalokhu yabuyela entshonalanga ye-Ukraine lapho yayisemngceleni ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwamaJalimane ngoJuni 1941. Ngezindleko ezinkulu yakwazi ukubuyela emuva eMfuleni iDniepr eningizimu yeKiev ngoJulayi futhi yayiseseyingxenye ye-26th Army lapho amabutho aseSoviet empumalanga ye-Ukraine ayezungezwe kakhulu futhi esulwa ngoSepthemba. Le nhlangano yagcina ihlakaziwe ekupheleni kukaDisemba.
I-97th Rifle Division yakhiwa kathathu njengengxenye yezempi yeRed Army, okokuqala njengengxenye yokwakhiwa kwamandla ngaphambi kwempi. Ukuhlelwa kokuqala kwakusekelwe ku-pre-September 1939 shtat (ithebula lenhlangano nemishini) futhi isigaba ekuqaleni sasihloselwe ukukhonza ezinqabeni eziseceleni komngcele nePoland entshonalanga ye-Ukraine.  Ukuqala ngoSepthemba 17, 1939 wathatha ingxenye ekuhlaselweni empumalanga yePoland wabe esethuthelwa enyakatho ukujoyina i- 7th Army futhi kamuva i-13th Army ku-Karelian Isthmus ngesikhathi seMpi Yasebusika ngokumelene neFinland lapho yabona khona isenzo engxenyeni yokugcina yomzabalazo.