Col. Vladimir Yosifovich Grigorovich was assigned to command of the division on the day it formed, and he would remain in command until 30 October. In September it was noted that 70 percent of its personnel were of various Caucasian nationalities.David M. Glantz, Colossus Reborn, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2005, p. 594 It continued forming under the military district headquarters into November, coming under the command of Col. Gelb Nikolaievich Korchikov on the first day of that month; he would officially remain in this post until the division was disbanded. A few weeks later it was assigned to 51st Army in Transcaucasus Front.Sharp, "Red Tide", p. 110
