21st Rifle Corps

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21st Rifle Corps
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch Soviet Red Army
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The 21st Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the Western Front. It took part in the Great Patriotic War.

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The headquarters formed in the Moscow Military District in September 1939. [1] Assigned to the WSMD with the 17th, 24th, and 37th Rifle Divisions. [2] The commander was Major General Vladimir Borisovich Borisov.

The corps was disbanded in summer 1945. [3]

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