Kalinin Front
In August the 220th was moved to 49th Army, also in Reserve Front. In early October the division, now in 31st Army, was surrounded north of Vyasma by German forces in Operation Typhoon. Remnants of the division were able to escape from encirclement to join 29th Army in Kalinin Front by Oct. 10. The 653rd Rifle Reg't. was least affected by these events, and fought detached from the rest of the division in 22nd Army for most of the winter; the remainder were kept in reserve in 29th and 30th Armies. In May, 1942, the 220th went into Kalinin Front reserves to be rebuilt.