"On 22.03.1918 in Nikolaevsk, V.I. Chapaev formed a partisan detachment.
In April 1918, the detachments of Chapaev, Bauhin, Bubenets, Plyasunkov were reorganized into the "Nikolaev Regiments".
In May 1918, the Nikolaev Regiments and red partisans of the Samara and Saratov provinces, which were not part of these units, were formed into a Division, consisting of 2 brigades:
1st Brigade (1st and 2nd Regiment and the Domashkinsk Detachment), commanded by V.I. Chapaev,
2nd Brigade (3rd and 4th Regiments) commanded by Gavrilov, later S.V. Sokol, and in 1920 by – Ivan Plyasunkov.
The forming of the Division was approved by Order ¹ 1 of 30.07.1918 from the 4th Army Eastern Front. The Division was named the "Division of Nikolaev Regiments".
8.08.1918. the Division's brigades received a new numbering: 73rd (former 1st Brigade) and 74th (former 2nd Brigade).
22.09.1918 the Division was renamed as the "1st Nikolaev Soviet Infantry Division" (Division Order ¹ 44), but 25.09.1918 it got a new name "1st Samara Infantry Division" (Order ¹ 38 of 25 September 1918 from the 4th Army). The name was approved at a general meeting of delegates representing the units in the Division, which was held 28.09.1918 with the presence of a representative from the RVS (The Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic)…"
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