sentences:  It fought at Kharkov and in Karelia, Crimea, and Kurland.The division was formed in March 1941 in the Kiev Special Military District as the 216th Motorised Division, and was with the KSMD's 24th Mechanised Corps, along with the 45th and 49th Tank Divisions, in June 1941.After the defensive fighting on the borders it was reformed in Kharkov as the 216th Rifle Division which became the skeleton of the garrison of the city.