In August, 1944, the 317th went into the reserves of 4th Ukrainian Front, and in the following month was assigned to the 18th Guards Rifle Corps, back in the 18th Army, but this time under 4th Ukrainian Front command. In November the 18th Guards was reassigned to the reserves of 2nd Ukrainian Front, and the division took part in the Siege of Budapesht, being awarded for its services on November 14 with the Order of the Red Banner for "exemplary fulfillment of command tasks" and its "valor and courage". Col. Boris Vladimirovich Gushchin took command of the division on December 19. At the conclusion of the siege the division was one of many formations of 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts given the name of the city as an honorific: