title: 50th Rifle Corps
text: # 50th Rifle Corps
  
  The 50th Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army. It was part of the 23rd Army on 22 June 1941. It took part in the Great Patriotic War.
  
  ## Organization
  
  On 22 June 1941, the corps included the following units:
  
  * 43rd Rifle Division
  * 70th Rifle Division
  * 123rd Rifle Division
  
  ## Commanders
  
  * Komkor Filipp Gorelenko (08.1939 - 05.1940)
  * Komkor Panteleimon Zaitsev (05.1940 - 08.1940)
  * Major General Vladimir Shcherbakov (17.01.1941 - 04.08.1941)
  * Major General Sarkis Martirosyan (25.06.1943 - 24.04.1944)
  * Major General Pavel Batitsky (25.04.1944 - 27.05.1944)
  * Major General Serafim Merkulov (28.05.1944 - 20.04.1945)
  * Major General Nikolai Tavartkiladze (21.04.1945 - 11.05.1945)
  