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It was formed on the basis of GKO Decree No. 935 dated 11/22/41, as the 431st rifle division in the PriVO in the city of Melekes (now Dimitrovgrad) of the Ulyanovsk region. On December 25, 1941, it was renamed the 58th Infantry Division. It took about two months (from December 25, 1941 to February 17, 1942) for the military units of the newly formed division, consisting of 170, 270 and 335 rifle regiments (sp), 224 artillery regiments (ap), 138 separate anti-tank artillery battalions (optad), 81 separate engineer battalions (OSB), 114 separate medical and sanitary battalions (OSMB), 100 separate communications company (ORS), 544 separate reconnaissance companies (ORR), 528 separate chemical protection companies (ORHZ), 132 separate supply auto companies (oarp), 444 field bakeries (groin) and 909 veterinary infirmaries (vl).
From February 17 to February 23, 1942, the 13-echelon division, numbering 11,215 people, was redeployed near Tula, to Stalinogorsk, now the city of Novomoskovsk, at the disposal of the 24th reserve army.
After a month of combat training and providing weapons and ammunition, the division arrived by rail via Moscow, on April 5-7, 1942, at the Sukhinichi station, from where a day later, in the Serpeisk region, it was placed at the disposal of the commander of the 50th Army of the Western Front, Lieutenant General I.V. .Boldina. By March 26, 1942, the 50th Army, having regrouped to its left flank, had the task of breaking through the enemy defenses southeast and south of Milyatino, capturing the Warsaw highway and connecting with the 1st Guards Cavalry and 4th Airborne Corps operating surrounded by superior enemy forces. The planned breakthrough site - Fomino I, Kamenka - has not been sufficiently studied. The almost continuous wooded and swampy area had a narrow three-kilometer corridor, limited, on the one hand, by the Shatino swamp, on the other, by a forest and was locked by the strongholds of Fomino - I, height 269.8, Fomino II, Zaitseva Gora. On March 26, 1942, the army went on the offensive, delivering the main blow in the direction of Milyatino. Tense fighting continued until April 2, but it was not possible to capture the enemy's strongholds. During April 2-3, the army made a partial regrouping and resumed the offensive on April 5. On April 5, the 173rd Rifle Division, in cooperation with the 108th Tank Brigade, captured Fomino - I. On April 8, 1942, the 50th Army included the 58th, 69th, 146th and 298th Rifle Divisions, full-blooded and equipped with artillery and mortars.
Against the deployed units of the 58th Infantry Division, the line along the front of Stroevka - Zaitseva Gora - height 235.7 - Bezymyanny Khutor - forest of northwestern height 235.7 - Gorelovsky - Malinovsky - Prasolovka was occupied by the 267th infantry and 10th motorized divisions of the Nazis , who had previously participated in the battles near Tula and Kaluga, who by this time had extensive combat experience and with particular tenacity defended the approaches to the Warsaw highway, which was the main supply line for the Yukhnovskaya enemy grouping.
The front line of the enemy defense was a rather complex system of field structures, combining full-profile trenches, single-row wire barriers, Bruno's spiral, forest blockages and notches, as well as minefields. In addition, the fascist German troops occupied the dominant heights, from which the terrain adjacent to the front line of the defense was clearly visible at a distance of up to ten kilometers. Particularly profitable were: Zaitseva Gora - height 235.7 and 269.8. The wooded sector of the enemy's defense from Hill 269.8 to Prasolovka allowed him to covertly maneuver fire weapons, and the Varshavskoye Highway quickly transferred tank and infantry units. In the first ten days of April 1942, a thaw began - streams opened in the hollows and lowlands, water accumulated under the melted snow, dirt roads were broken to such an extent that even horse-drawn vehicles moved with difficulty, and the artillery of our advancing units was deprived of the opportunity due to impassability go to the front line to support the infantry. In such incredibly difficult conditions, the 58th Infantry Division received its combat "baptism" by attacking the heavily fortified enemy line on the move in the area: Nameless Farm - height 235.7. The offensive lasted for three days, after which the 170th and 270th rifle regiments were forced to temporarily switch to a tough, active defense. On the night of April 18-19, 1942, the 58th Rifle Division was transferred to the Fomino-I area with the task of attacking the enemy on the morning of April 21 and capturing the heavily fortified settlement of Fomino-II and a height of 269.8, cutting the Warsaw highway at this line and by the end of the day, take possession of Old Askerov. To successfully complete this combat mission, the division was given: 5 tanks of the 11th tank brigade, the 735th artillery regiment of the reserve of the main command and the 5th engineering battalion.
September 13 - 20, 1943, the division fought in the Yartsevsky district of the Smolensk region.
In the future, the division took part in the liberation of the Smolensk, Kyiv, Volyn, Lvov regions; in the Korsun-Shevchenko operation. Liberated Poland, for crossing the river. The Oder and the development of the offensive on its western bank received the honorary name "Oder" (04/05/1945), took part in the Berlin and Prague operations. I met Victory Day in the capital of Czechoslovakia, the city of Prague. For valor and successful military operations, she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (08/09/1944) and Kutuzov II degree (06/04/1945).

Division commanders
Colonel Shkodunovich Nikolai Nikolaevich - 12/25/1941 - 11/10/1942
Colonel, from 09/13/1944 Major General Samsonov Vasily Akimovich - 11/11/1942 - 04/30/1945
Unit commanders
Colonel Shikita Alexander Andreevich - 05/01/1945 - 05/11/1945
Commander of the 170th joint venture, Major A.M. Martynov;
Commander of the 270th joint venture, Major N.Ya. Pryadko;
Commander of the 335th joint venture, Major M.P. Averikhin;
Commander 224 ap, lieutenant colonel V.M. Seregin;
Commander of the 81st separate engineer battalion, senior lieutenant P.P. Troshin.
For the period of fighting on Zaitseva Gora, starting from April 1942, the command staff of the division consisted of:
Division commander, Colonel N.N. Shkodunovich;
Chief of Staff, Colonel N.N. Gusev;
Division commissar, senior battalion commissar A.A. Akinfiev;
Chief of the 1st Department of the Division Headquarters, Major N.V. Sinitsyn;
Head of the 2nd Department, Captain I.T. Illarionov;
Head of the 3rd department, Major Parkhomenko;
Head of the 4th department, quartermaster technician of the 1st rank Ya.V. Grishkov;
Head of the 5th department, Major Ya.N. Makarenko;
Head of the 6th department, senior lieutenant I.D. Barakin;
Head of the political department of the division, senior battalion commissar M.K. Maksimenko;
Deputy head of the political department, battalion commissar V.S. Zaitsev;
Assistant to the head of the political department of the division for Komsomol work, junior political instructor Yu.M. Semenov;
Editor of the divisional newspaper "Fighter of the Red Army", political instructor A.V. Gerasimenko;
Division Artillery Chief, Colonel S.S. Vasiliev;
Divisional sanitary doctor, military doctor of the 2nd rank M.S. Sergeev;
Divisional engineer, captain G.F. Remezov;
Divisional veterinarian, veterinarian of the 2nd rank L.N. Evreinov;
Head of the chemical service of the division, senior lieutenant V.N. Smirnov;
Head of financial support, quartermaster of the 2nd rank Petrenko;
Senior instructor of the political department, senior political instructor N.F. Abrashin;
Platoon commander of the division headquarters, junior lieutenant K.N. Shkodunovich.
Memory:
In the state educational institution Lyceum No. 1560 of the North-Western District Department of Education of the Department of Education of the City of Moscow in 1974, the Museum of Military Glory of the 58th Rifle Oder Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Division was created.

On April 11, 1834, banners were presented to the 3rd and 4th battalions of the Lublin Jaeger Regiment. The cross is green, the corners are white, the stripes between the cross and the corners are blue. June 25, 1838 4th Battalion - Alexander Ribbon. On February 28, 1845, the banner of the 3rd battalion with the inscription: "For distinction / in the war / with the Turks / 1828 and 1829". On March 20, 1846, they received: the 1st battalion - a banner with the inscription: "For the campaign / to Andi in June / and the capture of Dargo / July 6, 1845", and the 3rd battalion - a banner with the inscription: "For the capture of Andi on June 14 and a trip to Dargo in July 1845". On August 13, 1846, the 2nd Battalion was granted a banner with the inscription: "For the campaign / to Andi in June / and the capture of Dargo / July 6, 1845."

According to A. Viskovatov and V. Zvegintsov

The Lublin infantry regiment had the St. George banner for Sevastopol 1854-1856, as well as the St. George banner for battles with the highlanders near Andi and Dargo 1845-1846.

Used information from the site http://warraritets.boom.ru

On August 30, 1856, the St. George banner was granted to the 2nd battalion "For the campaign in Andi in June and the capture of Dargo in July 1845 and for Sevastopol in 1854 and 1855", the St. George banners were granted to the 4th and 6th battalions of the Lublin Infantry Regiment " For Sevastopol in 1854 / and 1855", on all the cross is white, the corners are black and white. And on March 19, 1857, the following was added to the banner of the 4th battalion: "For Sevastopol in 1854 / and 1855 and for the crossing / across the Danube / on March 11, 1854"

According to V. Zvegintsov

Granted in 1856, the banner of the 4th battalion of the Lublin Chasseurs Regiment was then transferred to the 128th Starooskolsky Infantry Regiment.

Based on the work of T. Shevyakov "Banners and Standards of the Russian Army in the Great War (manuscript)"

On July 20, 1879, the banners of the 7th reserve battalions of the same regiments were transferred to the newly formed 4 battalions of infantry regiments No. 53-60. At the same time, the banner of the 8th reserve battalion of the 59th infantry regiment was transferred to the 128th infantry regiment, becoming the banner of the 4th battalion.

According to V.V. Zvegintsov.

The work of T. Shevyakov lists the banners of the battalions of the Lublin Regiment as of the beginning of the First World War:
1st battalion. Banner for distinction of the sample of 1816, granted on March 20, 1846. The cross is green, the corners are white, the stripes are blue. Inscription: "For the campaign / to Andi in June / and the capture of Dargo / July 6, 1845". The banner had an army pommel of the 1816 model and a black shaft.
2nd battalion. St. George's banner of 1857, bestowed on August 30, 1856. The cross is white. Inscription: "For the campaign / in Andy in June / and the capture of Dargo / on July 6, 1845 / for Sevastopol / in 1854 and 1855 / and for the crossing / of the Danube on March 11, 1854". The banner had a St. George's pommel of 1806 and a white shaft.
3rd battalion. Banner for distinction of the sample of 1816, granted on March 20, 1846. The cross is green, the corners are white, the stripes are light blue. Inscription: "For the capture / Andi on June 14 / and march to Dargo / in July 1845". The banner had an army pommel of the 1816 model and a black shaft.
4th battalion. A simple banner of the sample of 1816, granted on July 20, 1879 (before that, in 1854, it was granted to the 7th battalion of the Lublin Regiment) The cross is green, the corners are white, the stripes are light blue. The banner had a pommel of the 1816 model and a black shaft.

Based on the work of T. Shevyakov "Banners and Standards of the Russian Army in the Great War (manuscript)"; (see also tarlith-history.livejournal.com). Drawing of banners - from the quartermaster's card of the regiment

May 1, 1942.
The Red Army begins the celebration of this day at 3 o'clock in the morning with one hour of the strongest artillery and mortar fire. This is repeated at 9 o'clock, here our HKL moves back a little on the left, and even stronger, more unpleasant fire from machine guns and grenade launchers from the flank falls on us.
Our regimental commander Oberst von Treshkov receives a promotion from the Major General and takes command of the 322nd Infantry Division. Oberst Fuchobach becomes the new commander of the regiment.
With the advent of more and more heat comes strong flour from mosquitoes. Therefore, at the posts we stand in overcoats, mittens and adapt nets over steel helmets. We are trying to drive them out of the bunkers with strong clouds of smoke, tin cans with a splinter and spruce cones are smoking.
May 9, 1942.
I have been assigned to the Chancellery to replace our penultimate Rehnungsführer, Sergeant Major Oskar Schurkamp. Convoy supplies, a field kitchen, stationery, footwear, clothing, weapons and equipment, ammunition, horses and vehicles are now located 3 km behind the front, in the village of Batyuki/Pleshki.
Now I can watch the fighting from some distance. True, every day the village is shelled, the location of the enemy is visible, it is necessary to hide every movement to the place where the section of the street is masked by bushes. Here, behind every second house there is a small "bathing house" - a sauna, which we use regularly.

June 17, 1942.
Day at the front. At about 1 o'clock in the morning bombs fall on Batyuki; a quick jump from the house to the nearest trench, again not falling asleep. Ivan again flies in circles over the area, firing from airborne guns and machine guns and throwing incendiary bombs. Our two neighboring houses are burning with bright flames.
In front of us are the positions of the 37th neighboring regiment, where we see heavy shelling and can also attack one Russian tank. The regiment repelled 10 attacks, 9 of the 12 attacking tanks were defeated. We are loaded all day, mines and air bombardment from morning to evening.
And it happens: one soldier, being under arrest, is killed to death by an enemy mine.
Finding, catching and destroying an enemy master of a particularly bloodthirsty kind - a louse, becomes a lengthy task. In the folds of their clothes, they found an acceptable place for themselves. The reserve army of nits is waiting in the wings. She will immediately replace the bloody losses on the battlefield between the nails of the thumbs.
The destruction of lice by boiling clothes under these conditions is impossible and also useless - some still survive. Also supplied anti-lice "Russla-Puder" does not cause them any harm. Not only their danger, as carriers of the terrifying typhus, compels every soldier to act, but also their crawling, scratching and noticeable revival when you get from the cold into the heat.
An example of this is told by one of the cameramen: “In February 1942, a troupe of variety was formed from the soldiers of our division. It was supposed to bring joyful moments to the soldiers pulled out of the front line for a short time.
In Malakhov, where the combat positions of the 18th and 58th regiments were also located, they found a large, well-heated room for presentation. The soldiers sat on the wooden floor close to each other.
The actors gave the best and most interesting, and the little animals perked up. First, here and there, they began to secretly scratch themselves; the lice swarmed harder, no one could stand it any longer, everyone scratched, wiped himself and vigorously beat the lice. Someone first took off his tunic, well, now there were no more obstacles, tunics and trousers flew off, all the soldiers went out to hunt for lice with their naked bodies - the performance continued.
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The Commander-in-Chief of the Center Army, Field Marshal von Kluge, visits our regiment on June 19. After more than 6 months of defense at the "Position - Koenigsberg", our company left the HKL on July 7th. After 15 km march in the opposite direction, we spend 2 days of rest at the bivouac.
Then we move to the place Asushnorva, where we stay until July 20. Then further for 2 nights to the village northwest of Sychevka. Accommodation in houses. We sleep on a bare plank floor, the tunic taken off serves as a blanket.
The wonderful feeling is already that you can move freely, no artillery salvos, freedom from the pressure of a constant state of combat readiness, "always be able to jump" from enemy surprises.
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There are rumors about our direction to France or to replace the Russian Southern Front. Ersatz arrives, weapons and instruments are added and understaffed, training from morning to evening is on official schedule, in addition, it is pouring rain.
(The land of Rzhev is saturated with blood. It became the eternal cradle for 45,000 German and more than 100,000 Russian soldiers. Of the 5443 houses in the city, only 300 remained habitable by the end of the fighting. Rzhev was not paid attention in military reports; the offensive was considered more defense. Sevastopol, Stalingrad and The Caucasus were the most important triumphal points in the summer of 1942.)
June 30, 1942.
After an hour and a half artillery preparation, at 8 o'clock, Russian infantry burst into the German positions north of Rzhev, supported by strong tank and air formations.
At 12 o'clock an order came to the division: the 58th Infantry Regiment was preparing for the march on the morning of July 31. Heavy rains and floods make the roads nearly untravelable. The companies were ordered to reach the Sychevka station at high speed. Completely soaked, forced to find their way in deep water, they came to the loading.
Our company convoy, to some extent, endured the march to the station well, and now, despite the air raids, it is located in the forecourt. After the combat troops left, we have been here since August 1, 50 km. the trip to the Rzhev I station went off without a hitch, the "Red Air Weapons" have things to do at the very front.
The convoys stretch along the still intact city, along the bridge across the Volga and are located in houses near the North Station. Many headquarters located in the city, important units were located in Rzhev. Beautiful front gardens are broken and everything is clean and tidy.
As soon as we found a roof over our heads and a dry place to sleep, the shelling and bombing began, which continue day and night. Night bombardments of the city are especially strong, everything is on fire everywhere. We find refuge in the cellars of light wooden houses.
Our horses are in great danger, they are targets for countless fragments of bombs and shells, underground bunkers must be built for them immediately - only underground there is safety, to some extent.
August 3, 1942.
It's too hot in this hell tonight, we have to go outside. Horse-drawn wagon trains seek a safe path under a hail of bombs, in a city lit by many burning houses, visible to bomber pilots. We find shelter in a barn away from the village of Zelenichino eastern Rzhev.
We had the right instinct: as long as artillery fire was whistling everywhere, we were calm. Russian bombers and combat aircraft can be seen almost all day long, the front is raging.
Our former "Spies", staff sergeant Richard Kavger, is the first to die in our company in these battles, he died on August 2 during a reconnaissance sortie.
Day after day the Soviets are attacking our lines with strong tank and artillery support. In the first days of his Great Offensive, the Russian managed to push the German front 15 km and approach the city of Rzhev 5 km. Supreme danger! Now it is worth protecting this "cornerstone" from collapse.
August 4, 1942.
Our 6th Infantry Division advanced from the 18th to the 58th regiments into a defensive position north of the city, the 37th regiment remains in reserve. Our 9th company stands in front of the village of Polunino.
An organizational novelty has been introduced: the regiments now consist of only 2 battalions. As an example, 2 days in the life of our 9th company:
August 4: At lunchtime, Russian bombers attack the small village of Polunino in countless numbers. Monstrous explosions shake the coverings of the shooters' windows. The village is on fire, and thick clouds of smoke hang over the positions. After 10 minutes, a hurricane of exploding grenades hits our HKL with a roar, and then waves of enemy infantry attacks roll in, they repeat 7 times!
And supported by 30 T34 and KV1 tanks. Three tanks drive through the trenches of our company. 9 tanks were shot down, 3 more were damaged. The Russian infantry rolls back every time, partly in close combat and during retaliatory attacks. Our artillery shoots as much as possible, solid fire.
Assault guns and anti-aircraft combat units - 8.8 mm guns are involved in anti-tank operations. But in close battles, every opportunity is also used to break through enemy tanks, they are blown up with mines: this is how Corporal Schulete-Shtrafhaus destroyed 2 tanks with mines.
August 10, 1942.
Already at night, bombs are falling with a roar on HKL, and again forward. At 4.40 - the strongest artillery fire of all calibers, besides, "Stalin's organ" - rocket-volley guns. At the same time, bombers and combat aircraft. After 35 minutes of drum fire, the enemy, supported by tanks, attacks.
15 enemy tanks are standing in front of our company, many are knocked out, 3 are shot from our position.
At 10 o'clock our "Stukas" arrive - heavy combat bombers, which aim at the tank in flight, and then throw their bombs.
Although the light signs were shot through, one "Shtuka" was aiming at a Russian tank already out of combat on our line, while touching the trench of the company commanders.
The company commander Hauptmann Müller and soldiers from the company were killed.
Also, the commander of the 3rd battalion, Hauptmann Tumenes, dies on this day.
The Russians manage to infiltrate our company's positions at 200 m. In a retaliatory attack, they are again driven back, the line is held.
On days like these, even carts are shelled. Then we take a forward position in order to keep possible enemy breakthroughs. This is how we experience violent events from some distance, guessing about the struggle for the survival of our comrades. The war machine is running at full capacity.
Incessant artillery fire, the roar of machine guns, the wildly circling planes of both sides, and the constantly eerie question: will the front hold up? The powerful superiority of the enemy requires inhuman tension, the fulfillment of duties and returns from everyone.
47 rifle divisions, 5 cavalry divisions, 18 rifle brigades, 37 Soviet tank brigades stand before our 9th army with an unconditional task: to take the city of Rzhev, regardless of losses.
Our losses are significant. The companies are melting day by day. A replacement comes, fresh from the homeland, or the cameramen who were wounded in the 41st return. Often it's only hours until this hell spits them out dead or wounded again. Every day we ride a cart to the front line next to the ammunition and supply carts to pick up the dead.
Often the cart is loaded to the top, and there are familiar faces. As Rehnungsführer (accountant) I have the duty to set up the personal belongings of the fallen, pack them in a bag and send them to relatives. Our roads pass through the darkness under artillery fire and heavy Russian machine-gun fire.
We must pass the road from Rzhev through the villages of Timofeev and Gapakhovo, bypassing grenade and bomb craters. The instinct of our horses is remarkable; in places of artillery shelling, they themselves trot.
August 14, 1942.
The convoys were drawn along a pontoon bridge across the Volga into the forest about 5 km south of the city of Rzhev. On the front line, a fiery cauldron boils day after day, from morning to evening. Raids are repulsed by retaliatory strikes. Tanks are increasingly passing through the trenches of our shooters. Soviet warplanes and their own Stuka amplify the infernal sounds of exploding shells.
On August 10, 25 tanks were destroyed in our section of our regiment alone, 8 of them in close combat. These defensive successes were noted in the message of the Wehrmacht on August 19, 1942: "... eastern Vyazma and near Rzhev, where the Westphalian 58th infantry regiment especially distinguished itself, enemy attacks were again defeated during heavy fighting, thanks to the tireless return of German infantry and tank divisions with the assistance of aviation ... ".
Our com. baht. Colonel Furbak was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) for the success of the regiment.
August 19, 1942.
The first attack against our company begins already at 0.30, the next, supported by 7 tanks, at 4 in the morning; HKL is holding up. During the attack at 15.25, five Russian tanks came close to our HKL. There are no means for combat, the shooters have a lot to do, they must keep the enemy infantry "by the neck."
Lieutenant Marks, the commander of our 9th company and the chief of the 12th company, Oberleutnant Illers, were killed.
On the evening of that day, all the soldiers of our company were killed or wounded. Other examples, combat strength: 1 company of the 58th regiment - 1 officer, 4 non-commissioned officers, 18 soldiers; 2 company - 1 officer, 1 non-commissioned officer, 13 soldiers; 3rd battalion (4 companies) - 103 people. Who then can measure the victims?
August 22, 1942.
A new replacement is coming from home. 1 officer and 49 soldiers, all from Saxony.
August 28, 1942.
The first units of the elite division "Grossdeutschland" "emerge" in the places of convoy. We are surprised at their good equipment, their weapons, their assault guns, and the still unknown MG-42 machine gun. A new hope is coming.
August 31, 1942.
Our division broadcasts the slogan "Salvation".
Our regiment must be transferred from the Rzhev front.
Outcome: The Regiment was awarded high awards: 2 Knight's Crosses of the Iron Cross; 7 German Golden Crosses; 88 Iron Crosses I class; 570 Iron Cross II class; 40 close tank combat badges.
137 destroyed enemy tanks stand in front of the regiment's position.
From one message of the 6th Infantry Division to the General Command of the VI Army Corps on August 31, 1942. Combat strength of the 58th Infantry Regiment:
On 07/31/42 - 21 officers, 130 non-commissioned officers, 837 soldiers. Replacement (additional) in August 9 officers 47 non-commissioned officers 545 soldiers.
In rifle companies, only 13 non-commissioned officers and 58 soldiers survived the month of August 1942 unharmed, the bulk of which belonged to machine gun companies, which, as a rule, were at some distance from the front line. 377 fallen from our regiment are buried in the cemeteries of memory in the city of Rzhev and near it. - from the diary of the grenadier of the 6th infantry division of the Wehrmacht Franz Belke.

Seniority - 02/14/1831. Regimental holiday - December 6. Dislocation - Nikolaev, Kherson province. (until 1.07.1903-1.01.1914)

Regimental office and regiment headquarters - Tavricheskaya (now Shevchenko) d.1 phone - 165.
Regiment commander - Colonel A.E. Kushakevich
Regimental adjutant - pit. - cap. (I don’t know what kind of title this is) Ya.G. bacon
The head of the household is Lieutenant Colonel K.V. Borovikov
The clerk of the regimental court - lieutenant D.M. Encho
Regimental Treasurer - Lieutenant - V.I. Luchinsky
Commanders: 1st Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel S.N. Azarov
2nd Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel F.F. Svirsky
3rd Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel E.N. Perepelitsyn
4th Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel A.I. Sakalsky
Head of weapons of the provincial sector A.V. Sirotina
Senior Physician - Art. owls. Ashurkov

Church of the 58th Prague Infantry Regiment in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

1831 February 14. From the third battalions of the Lithuanian and Vilna infantry regiments, the 2nd battalion Prague infantry regiment was formed.

The camp (at the shelf) church has existed since 1831, i.e. since the formation of the regiment. This church accompanied the regiment on campaigns: 1) in Sevastopol, during its defense, in 1854-1855, 2) in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905.

The Prague regiment from 1873, from the time of its quartering in the city of Nikolaev, and until 1900, did not have a special adapted building for its regimental church, and the latter was mostly located in hired private buildings. In 1899, the city allocated a place at the large Admiralskaya Square for the construction of a building for a church; and at the expense of the city (about 10,000 rubles), the church building itself was then built. The building is stone, oblong, built in 10 soots. length, 6 sazhens. width and 3½ sazhens. heights, without an altar and a vestibule with a bell tower, which have: an altar of 8 square meters. soot., porch 2 sq. soot Inside the church landscaped: the walls are painted light blue; on the cornices and pilasters of the walls with oil paints in several colors, an ornament in the Byzantine style is depicted in stencil painting; oak iconostasis, carved, with rare delicate gilding; painting in the Byzantine style, modeled on the painting of the artist Vasnetsov and others, which is in the Kiev Vladimir Cathedral.

The sights of the regimental church include: 1) a small icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands - the blessing of the Sovereign Emperor in 1904 when the regiment set out on a campaign in Manchuria; 2) the image of St. Nicholas - the blessing of Patriarch Constantinople of Constantinople in 1833, during the stay of the regiment on the banks of the Bosphorus.
Abakanovich Stanislav Konstantinovich (03/23/1860 - 03/13/1914, Odessa) Commander of the 58th Prague Infantry Regiment 06/01/1904-02/19/1907.