Volkhov [SEP] inception
connecting St. Petersburg with Vologda was being constructed. It was a part of Novoladozhsky Uyezd of St. Petersburg Governorate. A second rail line running north of the station towards Murmansk was constructed in 1916, making the station an important railway junction. In 1918, construction of the Volkhov Hydroelectric Station (the first in the Soviet Union) started on this spot. In 1926, the power plant became operational and in 1932, the first Soviet aluminum plant was launched nearby.
On August 1, 1927, the uyezds
Forces.
- 292nd Rifle Division—established Kransogvardeysk 7.41, fought at Volkhov and Stalingrad. Probably inactivated 11.42, recreated ?, and with 2nd Rifle Corps of the Transbaikal Front 5.45.
- 293rd Rifle Division—established at Sumy 7.41, joined 40th Army on its creation in late 1941, then fought at Kharkiv, Tula, and Stalingrad; became 66th Guards Rifle Division 1.43. Recreated ?, with Transbaikal Front 5.45.
- 294th Rifle Division—established at Lipetsk Sep 1941. Fought at Tikhvin, Korsun,