Moțca | |
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Coordinates: 47°15′N26°37′E / 47.250°N 26.617°E Coordinates: 47°15′N26°37′E / 47.250°N 26.617°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Iași |
Population (2011-10-31) [1] | 4,939 |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | IS |
Moțca is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Boureni and Moțca.
The 232nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed in the weeks just before the start of the German invasion, based on the shtat of September 13, 1939. It was quickly moved to the fighting front as part of the 66th Rifle Corps in 21st Army, and it remained in this Corps for its brief existence. 21st Army was deployed in western Belarus, attempting to plug the gaps created by the defeats of the border armies in the first weeks of Barbarossa, and the division made a deep penetration into the German rear in the eastern fringes of the Pripet Marshes, but this was ultimately unsustainable. By early September, the 232nd was greatly depleted due to almost continual combat, before being encircled and destroyed east of Kyiv.