Transbaikal Front
On 15 January 1940 it became a motor rifle division. On 22 June 1941, the division, along with the 57th Motor Rifle Division, was with the 17th Army, part of the Transbaikal Front. In August 1945, it fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria as part of the 6th Guards Tank Army. From 9 August, it was attached to the 7th Mechanized Corps. On 12 August, due to lack of fuel, the division was reassigned to the army's second echelon.