Commanding Officers
I.N. Khabarov (until 13 December 1939); G.M. Shtern (13 December 1939)
Major General Sobennikov (March- June 1941); lieutenant general Ivanov F.S. (June–July 1941); Major General Lyubovtsev I.M. (July August 1941); the lieutenant general Pshennikov P.S. (August- September 1941); Major General Shcherbakov V.I. (September 1941.); lieutenant general T.I. (September- November 1941); Colonel, since October 1941. Major General Bondaryev A.L. (November 1941. - January 1942.); Major General Sukhomlin A.V. (January- April 1942); Major General, since November 1942 Lieutenant General Starikov F.N. (April 1942 - to the end of the war).
Members of the military council: divisional commissar Shabalov S.I. (June July 1941.); divisional commissar Chukhnov I.F. (July- September 1941); the brigade commissar Okorokov A.D. (September 1941. - April 1942.); brigade commissar, December 1942. divisional commissar Sosnovikov V.V. (May- December 1942); Major General Zubov V.A. (December 1942. - to the end of the war).
Chiefs of staff : Major General Larionov G.A. (1940 - August 1941.); Colonel Smirnov V.I. (August- September 1941); Major General Kokorev P.I. (September 1941. - December 1942.); Colonel, June 1944. Major General Golovchiner B.M. (December 1942 - to the end of the war).
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