21st Army Order of Battle On 22 June 1941
Source: Leo Niehorster
Commander: Lieutenant-General Vasilii Gerasimenko
Infantry Forces:
63rd Rifle Corps:- Lieutenant-General Leonid Petrovskii
- 53rd Rifle Division- Colonel Konovalov
- 148th Rifle Division- Colonel Cherokmanov
- 167th Rifle Division- Colonel Rakovskii
66th Rifle Corps:- Major-General Fedor Sudakov
- 61st Rifle Division- Colonel Prishchepa
- 117th Rifle Division- Colonel Chernyugov
- 154th Rifle Division- Colonel Jakov Fokanov
Artillery:
- 387th Howitzer Regiment of the Highest Command Reserve (RGK)
- 420th Corps Artillery Regiment
- 546th Corps Artillery Regiment
Mechanised Forces:
25th Mechanized Corps:- Major-General Semen Krivoshein
- 50th Tank Division- Colonel Bakhorov
- 55th Tank Division- Colonel Badanov
- 219th Mechanized Division- Major-General Korzun
- 12th Motorcycle Regiment
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