The corps headquarters was renamed from that of the15th Rifle Corps(2nd formation) on 16 April 1943 and became part of the8th Guards Army,which it served with for the rest of its existence. Its previous divisions were replaced with the39th,79th,and88th Guards Rifle Divisions.The corps entered combat on theSouthwestern Fronton 19 July 1943 on the right bank of theSeversky Donetsin theIzyumbridgehead. It fought in theDonbass Strategic Offensivesin August and September, and in October fought in the elimination of the German bridgehead on the left bank of theDnieperat the city ofZaporozhye,during theZaporozhye Offensive.For its actions in the latter, the corps' 88th Guards Rifle Division received the name of the city as an honorific. On 24 October the corps crossed the Dnieper and on the next day the 39th Guards and the152nd Rifle Divisionof the46th ArmycapturedDnepropetrovsk.15 soldiers of the corps were madeHeroes of the Soviet Unionfor their actions in the fighting, among them Lieutenant Colonel Yu.M. Mazny, Captain V.A. Belyayev, Senior Sergeant V.S. Kashcheyev, and Sergeant A.I. Paradovich.[1]
In the spring of 1944, the corps fought in theBereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensiveand theOdessa Offensive.For their actions in the breakthrough of Axis defenses on theInhulets River,divisions of the corps were decorated. In April the corps defended the east bank of theDniester Estuary,and in May replaced elements of the5th Guards Armyin the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester in the area ofGrigoriopol.In June, the corps and the 8th Guards Army were shifted to the left wing of the1st Belorussian Front.During theLublin–Brest Offensive,the corps broke through German defenses west ofKovel,crossed theWestern Bug,entered Polish territory, and capturedLublinon 24 July. For its "courage in these battles," the corps received the name of Lublin as an honorific on 9 August. On 1 August the forces of the corps crossed theVistulaand captured theMagnuszew bridgehead.[1]
In theWarsaw–Poznan Offensiveof January 1945, the corps attacked from the bridgehead on 14 January and advanced onPoznań.On 2 February, its units crossed theOdernearReitwein,10 km south ofKustrin,and in February and March fought to retain their bridgehead. For its "courage and heroism" in these operations the 28th Guards Corps was awarded theOrder of the Red Banneron 19 February 1945 and corps commander Lieutenant GeneralAlexander Ryzhovand corps artillery commander Colonel A.G. Timoshenko were made Heroes of the Soviet Union. The corps subsequently fought in theBerlin Offensive,during which they captured 11,000 German soldiers. For its actions the corps was awarded theOrder of Suvorov,2nd class, on 11 June, and all of its divisions received theOrder of Leninon 28 May.[1]
Monakhov, Dmitry Petrovich(January 19 - February 18, 1944), Guard major-general (mortally wounded in battle on February 18, 1944);
Morozov, Stepan Ilyich (February 18 - July 1944), Major General, from March 1944, Lieutenant-General;
Ryzhov, Alexander Ivanovich(July 10, 1944 - April 11, 1949), Guard major-general, from November 2, 1944 Guard-lieutenant general, Hero of the Soviet Union;
Vedenin, Andrei Yakovlevich (April 11, 1949 - November 1, 1951), Guard general-major;
Komarov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (November 1, 1951 - May 11, 1953), Guard major-general;
Frolenkov, Andrei Grigorievich (July 1953 - June 1954), Guard general-major, from 31.05.1954 the Guard lieutenant-general;
Soviet Union corps