The second 293rd Rifle Division was one of six new divisions formed in the Transbaikal in mid-July, 1943. Col. Stepan Mikhailovich Sgibnev was appointed to command on July 15, and he would remain in this post for the duration. The division's order of battle remained the same as the first formation. It spent most of the remainder of the war in the 2nd Rifle Corps in the Transbaikal Front reserves, but in June, 1945 it was transferred as a separate rifle division to 36th Army of the same front for the duration. When the Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 9, 1945, the division joined in the advance into Manchuria as part of Gen. Fomenko's Operational Group. This group overwhelmed the under-manned Japanese fixed fortifications at Chalainor-Manzhouli on the first day, and the remainder of the campaign was a mostly unopposed pursuit. In recognition of this success, the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. It was disbanded later in spring and summer 1946 with 36th Army.