289th Rifle Division

289th Rifle Division
Active	1st formation: July–September 1941 2nd formation: October 1941 – July 1946
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Rifle division
Engagements	World War II 1st formation: Battle of Kiev 2nd formation: Continuation War Svir-Petrozavodsk Offensive

The 289th Rifle Division (Russian: 289-я стрелковая дивизия) was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed twice. The division was first formed in the summer of 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and was sent to the front and destroyed in the Battle of Kiev in September. The division was formed a second time in October 1941 from the 5th Rifle Brigade, a separate infantry brigade fighting in the Continuation War against Finnish and German troops in Karelia. The new division spent most of the war in Karelia and in the summer of 1944 fought in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, which resulted in the end of the Continuation War in September. The division was stationed at Belomorsk in Karelia until its disbandment after the end of World War II in July 1946.