Vorsteher
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The unit that would become the 89th Guards was raised in Gorkii (now Nizhnii Novgorod), Gorkii Military District as the 160th Rifle Division, in June of 1941. The component units of this new division were the 1293rd, 1295th, and 1297th Rifle regiments, and the 973rd Artillery regiment. The division was rapidly demolished in the early fighting, and the 160th Rifle Division (second formation) was raised at Moscow in November of 1941 with the same regimental numbers.
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