 In October 1944 the division participated in the liberation of Riga after which the division was transferred to the 1st Baltic Front and participated in the containment of the Courland encirclement of Wehrmacht forces.From March 1945 the division was in the 1st Rifle Corps of the 1st Shock Army of the Kurland Group (Leningrad Front).On 1 October 1945 the division completed its movement to Dushanbe in Tajikistan.