383rd Rifle Division

383rd Rifle Division 'Shakhterskaya'
Commemorative plaque honouring the 383rd Division in Donetsk, Ukraine, on the building of its first headquarters.
Active	September 1941 – June 1945
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Infantry
Nickname(s)	'Shakhterskaya'
Engagements	World War II Battle of the Caucasus Battle of the Crimea Battle of Berlin
Battle honours	Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov, second class
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major General Konstantin Provalov

The 383rd 'Miners' Rifle Division (Russian: 383-я 'шахтёрская' стрелковая дивизия) was a formation of the Red Army, created during the Second World War. The division was officially created on 18 August 1941. It was given the name Shakhterskaya (which in Russian literally means 'miners'), as it was originally composed completely of miners from the Donets Basin, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).^[1] During the course of the war, its losses were continually replaced, and thus it began to consist not only of miners from Donbas.