Central Group of Forces
After the end of the war, the division remained in Czechoslovakia in the town of Mýto, east of Pilsen, until June 6, after which it relocated to southwestern Hungary, where it was stationed in camps and manorial estates at Gyöngyöspuszta and Szentmihály south of Kadarkút. In Hungary, the division conducted combat training and served at border guard posts on the Hungary-Yugoslavia border. With its corps and army, the 252nd became part of the Central Group of Forces when the latter was formed on June 10 from units of the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts. In accordance with an order of the Central Group of Forces on June 21, the 442nd Divisional Artillery Brigade was formed in the division as part of a reorganization of Red Army rifle divisions to increase organic artillery capability; it included the 787th Gun, the 826th Howitzer Artillery, and 670th Mortar Regiments. The 1012th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion and 583rd Separate Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion, the latter equipped with the SU-76s, were also formed as units under the direct control of the division headquarters.