Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Nuwambar 1941 an kafa rukunin 257th Rifle Division wani rukunin sojoji ne na Red Army, rukuni na biyu da za a sanya shi a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Ƙungiyar ta shiga cikin rundunar soja ta 3 da aka aika zuwa yaki a cikin
Toropets <unk> Kholm na kai farmaki a watan Janairun 1942. Bayan kammalawa na hare-haren, 257th ya kare matsayi a arewa maso gabashin birnin Velikiye Luki a mafi yawan shekara. Don rarrabe kanta a lokacin yakin Velikiye Luki a ƙarshen 1942 da farkon 1943, an sake tsara rukunin a matsayin rukunin 'yan bindiga na 91 a watan Afrilu na 1943.