at the end of 1943 the division was once more in the reserve of the supreme high command, now moving north to an assignment with the 47th army of the 1st ukrainian front. it would remain in this front until just before the end of the war. by the beginning of march, 1944, the 302nd was assigned to the 106th rifle corps of the 60th army. during the final stage of the battle of the kamenets-podolsky pocket, on april 15, the men and women of the division distinguished themselves in the liberation of ternopol, for which they received the name of that city as an honorific: colonel kucherenko was also awarded the order of the red banner for "his able leadership and personal courage" in the course of this action.