2nd Rifle Corps

The 2nd Rifle Corps of the Red Army was formed in September 1922 as the 2nd Army Corps. In March 1923 it was renamed the 2nd Rifle Corps. It was stationed out of the Moscow Military District June 1922 – 1936, the Belarussian Military District 1936 – July 1938, the Kalinin Military District July 1938 – July 1940, the Baltic Military District July 1940 – May 1941, and Bielsk Podlaski Western Special Military District from May 1941 onward.

On 22 June 1941 under HQ Western Special MD, comprised the 100th and 161st Rifle Divisions under General Major Arkady Ermakov (). Part of the 'operational army' from June 22, 1941, to August 20, 1941. As part of 13th Army Western Front participated in the Battle of Bialystok-Minsk near the Minsk and Slutsky Fortified Regions. in late June – early July, 1941.

Reformed and fought against Japan in 1945. In January, 1945, the corps comprised the 103rd, 275th, 292nd and 293rd Rifle Divisions; in June the 293rd would be reassigned as a separate rifle division in 36th Army. The corps was disbanded in November, 1945.

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