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| | ForValor.com - Colonel Stolyarov |
 | | With the start of the War in June 1941, they were placed on high alert, and in August, were moved from Siberia to the command of the 7th Army. |
 | | Much unlike many of their brother divisions fighting against the Germans, and losing thousands of men per week, the battles along the Svir were on a much smaller scale, and the casualties were few. |
 | | "Due to these actions, the 1228th Rifle Regiment, on the heels of the enemy, forged the Svir River, and in spite of heavy resistance, captured a beachhead on the northern bank of the Svir. |
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