390th Rifle Division

390th Rifle Division
Armenian stamp of 1995 honoring the division's first formation
Active	1st formation: August 1941 – June 1942 2nd formation: November 1944 – late 1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Rifle division
Engagements	World War II 1st formation: Battle of the Kerch Peninsula 2nd formation: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Commanders
Notable commanders	Ivan Lyudnikov Hmayak Babayan

The 390th Rifle Division (Russian: 390-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. It was formed twice, first in August 1941, and after its destruction in 1942, re-formed in 1944.

The division landed in eastern Crimea as part of the 51st Army during the Kerch–Feodosiya landing operation, which occurred in late-December 1941 and set off the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. The landing operation sought to relieve Soviet forces trapped in Sevastopol in southwestern Crimea, but a German counterattack in mid-January forced the Soviets, including the 390th division, to retreat eastward; they eventually were cornered in the Kerch Peninsula. As a result of language problems due to lack of Russian speakers in the division, the 390th was made into an Armenian national division in February and given an Armenian commander. The division was destroyed in the final German offensive, Operation Bustard Hunt, in May, and officially disbanded soon afterwards.

The division was reformed in the Far East in November 1944 and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria before being disbanded postwar in late 1945.