14th Railway Facilities Protection Division NKVD
The 14th Division of the NKVD of the USSR for the Protection of Railway Facilities was a Soviet military formation in World War II. It was a component of the NKVD Internal Troops.
It was formed in accordance with the order of the NKVD number 00922 of 3 August 1944.
From 1944 to 1946 it was placed under the Headquarters, Internal Troops, NKVD-MVD, Baltic Military District.
Alongside the division in the Baltic MD VV forces at times from 1944 were the 4th, 5th and 63rd Rifle Divisions NKVD, along with detachments from the Dzerzhensky Division from Moscow.
Dispositions
- Division headquarters and units of combat support and logistics - Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR
- 76th Regiment - headquartered in Orsha, Vitebsk Region, Byelorussian SSR
- 82nd Regiment - headquartered in Insterburg, then in Königsberg former East Prussia
- 152nd Regiment - headquartered in Rēzekne, then in Riga, Latvian SSR
- 211th Regiment - headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
- 212nd Regiment - headquartered in Brest, then in Baranavichy, Brest Region, Byelorussian SSR
- 213rd Regiment - first headquarters in Białystok, Belastok Region, then in Maladzyechna, Minsk Region, Byelorussian SSR
- 329th Regiment - headquartered in Jelgava, Latvian SSR
- 353rd Regiment - headquartered in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
After the end of World War II the division conducted operational work to combat gang violence.
It was disbanded in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR number 00248 of 15 May 1951.