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409:, the Oger, on 19 August, but then had to fend off a strong German attack mounted by three divisions with air support. The Soviets slowly moved toward Riga, but the emphasis was shifted south, and the 2nd Baltic Front found itself playing a supporting role from early October as Bagramyan's First Baltic Front raced for the Baltic coastline itself to sever the remaining connection between the German forces in East Prussia and those in Latvia and Estonia. Riga fell on 13 October and the remaining German forces in the area were bottled up in the Courland area.
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were created with the specific structure to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and were reinforced with more armoured and artillery assets than other combined arms armies. Where necessary the Shock armies were reinforced with mechanised, tank, and cavalry units. During the Second World War,
372:
The Army's next major effort was as part of the Nevel–Gorodok offensive operation in
October–November 1943. Nevel was taken at the start of the offensive on 6 October 1943. The Kalinin Front had been renamed Baltic Front on 13 October 1943, and under Yeremenko, used two armies on the left flank, the
384:
Following the
Starorussa–Novorzhev offensive operation (February 1944), the Army's next attack was as part of 2nd Baltic Front's July 1944 offensive: the Rezhitsa–Dvina offensive operation. Beginning on 10 July, 3rd Shock Army had reached the Velikaya River by 12 July, captured the bridges despite
361:. However, the forces available were becoming dangerously thin for the enormous tasks that Stalin was setting them. The Army got no further than Velikie Luki, and was unable to take the town in the face of stiffening German resistance and shortages of food, fuel, and ammunition. Velikie Luki was
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itself was surrounded on 22 January, though it was never taken and was relieved on 5 May. With some success in view, Stalin widened the operation's goals, and with a Stavka directive on 19 January directed 3rd Shock, as part of the wider operation, to head for
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on 27 December 1941 as part of the Moscow counteroffensive. Matters were not improved by the lack of supplies, aggravated by horrible communications; the assault troops did not get a full meal before the offensive due to food shortages.
416:, and the first Soviet attacks started on 16 October. However, by the end of October, it was seen that despite some advances, there was little hope for full success, and the Army was shifted south. 3rd Shock became part of the
401:. The 2nd Baltic Front was now facing central Latvia, and on 2 August 1944 the armies were on the march again, with 3rd Shock tasked to move south of Lake Lubań and on to the south of Madon, but after the Soviet forces seized
891:, T–64Bs (one third of each battalion), and eventually T–64BVs with dynamic armour. In 1984, a decision was made to re–equip the formations with T–80BV variants (10th Guards Tank Division), replacing the T–64s,
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918:(Stendal, East Germany), plus a large number of supporting brigades, regiments, and battalions. In May 1983 it was reorganised, and the 207th Motor Rifle Division was transferred to the
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278:
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665:
273:, and a number of artillery and other units. The Shock Army was also singled out by having its own aviation units attached because of its intended use. These units included the
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962:, but then disbanded. The "out of Germany transfer" directive was issued 15 April 1991, but the Army did not leave until November 1991. The Army headquarters arrived in
301:). However, by the beginning of April, this was reduced to one light–bombing regiment (12 Po–2 aircraft) and three fighter regiments with 12 Polikarpov I–16s in total.
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from 31 December 1944. The Army was placed in the second echelon for the Warsaw–Poznań strategic offensive operation, attacking in the direction of Poznań under
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The headquarters of 60th Army was converted into the headquarters of 3rd Shock Army on 25 December 1941, under the command of
General Lieutenant
724:: 11th highest ranking sniper, senior sergeant, 1232nd Rifle Regiment (370th Rifle Division, 3rd Shock Army, 2nd Baltic Front) (349 confirmed).
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There was an army reorganisation in June 1964 and a number of divisions were switched into and out of the army. It was awarded the
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Feskov et al., Советская Армия в годы «холодной войны» (1945–1991), p. 40, Tomsk: Tomsk
University Press, 2004, and Holm.
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area. This would see the
Soviets astride the routes leading to the rear of Army Group North and cut vital rail links.
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The army kept the descriptive title "shock" until 1954, when it became the 3rd "Red Banner" Combined Arms Army (
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43rd and 49th, to distract the
Germans' attention from his main blow, from the 3rd and 4th Shock Armies against
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405:, some heavy fighting followed with only limited success. 3rd Shock forced a passage over a tributary of the
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Winter
Campaign of 1942–43 (Russian: Зимняя кампания 1942–1943 гг.) (19 November 1942 – 3 March 1943)
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of the
Victory Banner. The Army's active service ended when fighting ceased in Berlin on 8 May 1945.
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124:
662:
Summer–Autumn
Campaign of 1944 (Russian: Летне–осенняя кампания 1944 г.) (1 June – 31 December 1944)
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Summer–Autumn
Campaign of 1943 (Russian: Летне–осенняя кампания 1943 г.) (1 July – 31 December 1943)
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p.762, Military Encyclopaedic dictionary, Editor in chief C.F. Akhromeyev, Moscow, Voyenizdat, 1986
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General Major from July 1945. General Lieutenant M.F. Bukshtynovich (August 1944 – end of the war).
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958:. The Army was relocated from Germany during 1990–1991. Army headquarters was briefly sent to the
623:
Winter Campaign of 1941–42 (Russian: Зимняя кампания 1941/42 г.) (5 December 1941 – 30 April 1942)
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1991:
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1604:"Боевой счет лучших советских снайперов периода Великой Отечественной войны — Журнал "Братишка""
1043:
10th Guards Tank Ural Volunteer Division in the name of Marshal of Soviet Union R. A. Malinovsky
593:
The Army took Pankow, a suburb of Berlin, on 23 April 1945. A week later, two regiments of the
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109:
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1943:
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1226:
677:
498:
487:
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417:
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714:: 3rd highest ranking sniper, Guards senior sergeant, sniper of 59th Guards Rifle Regiment (
701:
Campaign in Europe during 1945 (Russian: Кампания в Европе 1945 г.) (1 January – 9 May 1945)
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2501:
2486:
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919:
653:
Winter–Spring Campaign (Russian: Зимне–весенняя кампания 1944 г.) (1 January – 31 May 1944)
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Summer–Autumn Campaign (Russian: Летне–осенняя кампания 1942 г.) (1 May – 18 November 1942)
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1879:]. Vol. 1: Сухопутные войска. Tomsk: Издательство научно-технической литературы.
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1693:"7th Guards Kiev-Berlin order of Lenin twice Red Banner order of Suvorov Tank Division"
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for Wehrmacht known as Sychevka and Vyazma battles, not to be confused with the Soviet
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440:
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468:
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81:
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245th Guards Gneznensky Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Regiment (Magdeburg)
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The 3rd Shock Army stayed in Germany after the end of the war, becoming part of the
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1350:
866:
775:
754:
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129:
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332nd Guards Warsaw Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Tank Regiment (Neuruppin)
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on 4 March 1945. The same day, in conjunction with the Polish 1st Army and the
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171:
1873:Вооруженные Силы СССР после Второй мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской
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1735:
1607:
1477:, The Road to Stalingrad, 2003 Cassel Military Paperbacks edition, p.280, 304
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7th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion (Khalershtadt) later Altengrabow
577:
1203rd, 1728th and 1729th Separate self–propelled assault artillery regiments
538:
Tank Brigades and 8th Motor Rifle Brigade) (attached from front headquarters)
421:
406:
366:
358:
342:
1636:
1097:
12th Guards Prikarpattiya Berlin Tank Division (Neuruppin) (disbanded 1991)
926:
was attached in its place. To bring the army's total to four divisions, the
854:. During the 1960s and early 1970s, the Army's divisions were equipped with
357:. Two days later, 3rd Shock was shifted from the North–Western Front to the
186:
1821:
1795:
1769:
606:
378:
333:
94:
1934:
1877:
The Soviet Armed Forces after WWII: from the Red Army into the Soviet Army
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1167:
1069th Order of the Red Star Anti–Aircraft Missile Regiment (Hillersleben)
605:. A future commander of the Army, V.I. Varennikov, would also command the
2573:
1871:
Feskov, V. I.; Golikov, V. I.; Kalashnikov, K. A.; Slugin, S. A. (2013).
1185:
65th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Hillersleben)
223:
1274:
302nd Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery battalion (Schönebeck)
1271:
298th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery battalion (Schönebeck)
1089:
60th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Altengrabow)
476:
226:
from Unza to Kosmodemiansk. The rifle divisions were reallocated to the
1155:
153rd Smolensk Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Tank Regiment (Hillersleben)
963:
389:, which was captured that same day. Five days later the Army liberated
158:
1588:
1133:
64th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Neuruppin)
394:
2191:
2181:
874:
448:
402:
1729:
1527:
1141:
47th Guards Lower Dnieper Tank Division (Hillersleben)(withdrawn to
1019:
4th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Battalion (Quedlinburg–Quarmbeck)
1930:
1199:
1046:
1034:
58th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Roßlau)
354:
336:
and its forward units had cut the road between Kholm and Toropets.
175:
162:
1145:, amalgamated in the mid-1990s with the 31st Tank Division as the
1118:
18th Separate Guards Demblin Reconnaissance Battalion (Mahlwinkel)
795:
Brigade Commissioner A.P. Riazanov (December 1941 – February 1943)
444:
2692:
Military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner
435:
As the Army moved quickly across Poland in March 1945 during the
386:
346:
1071:
359th Guards Lvov Anti–Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Altengrabow)
1062:
63rd Guards Chelyabinsk–Petrokovskiy Tank Regiment (Altengrabow)
597:, 79th Rifle Corps were responsible for erecting flags over the
1697:
Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991: Organisation and order of battle
900:
390:
328:, but it was getting dangerously separated from its neighbour,
1513:
Erickson, Road to Berlin, 1983, p.313, 319–21, 414, 418, 420–1
497:
In April 1945, the 3rd Shock Army (HQ Stendal) as part of the
385:
the demolition charges laid on them, and moved on to surround
1524:"Rear Services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"
950:
During 1989–91, a past commanding officer of the Army (1969)
896:
892:
888:
815:
General Major A.P. Pokrovskiy (December 1941 – February 1942)
452:
350:
1211:
232nd Separate Protection and Security Battalion (Magdeburg)
1173:
73rd Separate Guards Communications Battalion (Hillersleben)
1124:
136th Separate Guards Demblin Engineer Battalion (Neuruppin)
1749:
1100:
48th Guards Vapnyarsko–Varshavsky Tank Regiment (Neuruppin)
859:
855:
1121:
490th Separate Guards Communications Battalion (Neuruppin)
397:, Latvia) was taken on 26 July 1944, with the help of the
312:(RVGK). However, 3rd Shock was soon allocated to join the
1115:
933rd Upper Dnieper Anti–Aircraft Missile Regiment (Burg)
1059:
62nd Guards Permian–Keletskiy Tank Regiment (Altengrabow)
805:
General Major A.I. Litvinov (March 1943 – end of the war)
617:
202:
in November 1941. Initially, the 60th Army comprised the
1283:
20th Sanitary and Epidemiological Detachmend (Magdeburg)
1241:
451st Separate Anti–Tank Artillery Battalion (Magdeburg)
1179:
1077th Separate Material Supply Battalion (Hillersleben)
1106:
353rd Guards Vapnyarsko–Berlin Tank Regiment (Neuruppin)
1065:
248th Guards Unechskiy Motor Rifle regiment (Schönebeck)
966:
in January 1992, but was disbanded in early March 1992.
501:
had the following major component formations and units:
1923:
1250:
10th Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion (Stahnsdorf)
1158:
197th Guards Vapynar–Warsaw Tank Regiment (Halberstadt)
1086:
1072nd Separate Material Supply Battalion (Altengrabow)
1022:
146th Separate Guards Communications Battalion (Roßlau)
825:
General Major I.O. Yudintsev (August 1942 – March 1943)
1495:
Baltic Front was very quickly renamed 2nd Baltic Front
1182:
332nd Separate Chemical Defence Company (Hillersleben)
1176:
52nd Separate Guards Engineer Battalion (Hillersleben)
1170:
112th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Hillersleben)
1068:
744th Guards Ternopil Artillery Regiment (Altengrabow)
946:
47th Guards Tank Division (Hillersleben, East Germany)
222:, and was tasked with fortifying the left bank of the
1256:
457th Separate Radio Relay Cable Battalion (Magdeurg)
1247:
15th Separate Radio Engineering Battalion (Magdeburg)
1244:
254th Separate Radio Engineering Regiment (Cochstedt)
1164:
99th Guards Pomeranian Artillery Regiment (Magdeburg)
1083:
127 Separate Chemical Defence Battalion (Altengrabow)
1077:
152nd Separate Communications Battalion (Altengrabow)
1013:
670th Guards Motorised Artillery Regiment (Cochstedt)
940:
10th Guards Tank Division (Altengrabow, East Germany)
2682:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1991
1384:
Major General (Lieutenant General 13 February 1976)
1328:
Major General (Lieutenant General 26 November 1956)
1080:
131st Separate Guards Engineer Battalion (Magdeburg)
718:, 3rd Shock Army, 2nd Baltic Front) (437 confirmed).
324:– began to roll forward, with 3rd Shock approaching
1377:Major General (Lieutenant General 4 November 1973)
1370:Major General (Lieutenant General 8 November 1971)
1321:Lieutenant General (Colonel General 8 August 1955)
1232:
49th Guards Anti–Aircraft Missile Brigade (Planken)
1127:
129th Separate Chemical Defence Company (Neuruppin)
1016:
287th Guards Antiaircraft–missile Regiment (Roßlau)
943:
12th Guards Tank Division (Neuruppin, East Germany)
1253:105th Separate Communications Regiment (Magdeburg)
1130:1074th Separate Material Supply Battalion (Wulkow)
1056:61st Guards Sverdlovsk Tank Regiment (Altengrabow)
1028:165th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion (Roßlau)
789:
237:. On 1 January 1942, the Army was composed of the
2677:Military units and formations established in 1941
1598:
1596:
1453:, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, p. 18
1363:Major General (Lieutenant General 29 April 1970)
1342:Major General (Lieutenant General 13 April 1964)
1031:183rd Separate Material Supply Battalion (Roßlau)
393:after a deep outflanking movement. Rezhitsa (now
2668:
937:7th Guards Tank Division (Rosslau, East Germany)
906:In 1980 the army comprised three divisions: the
601:on 30 April 1945, one of which was known as the
437:Eastern–Pomeranian strategic offensive operation
412:3rd Shock then took part in the blockade of the
230:, which was forming up at the same time nearby.
1220:296th Separate Helicopter Squadron (Mahlwinkel)
1109:200th Guards Fastov Motor Rifle Regiment (Burg)
1593:
1265:2nd Separate Chemical Defence Battalion (Burg)
1188:63rd Separate Medical Battalion (Hillersleben)
1092:188th Separate Medical Battalion (Altengrabow)
887:During the late 1970s, the divisions received
320:However, after a few days the offensive – the
198:(1st formation), which had been formed in the
194:The Army was created from the headquarters of
1909:
1659:"Развертывание новых типов танков в GSFG/WGF"
1631:
1629:
1627:
1625:
1262:36th Łódź Pontoon Bridge Regiment (Magdeburg)
1259:323rd Separate Engineer Battalion (Magdeburg)
439:, it liberated a number of cities, including
1870:
1755:
1217:440th Separate Helicopter Regiment (Borstel)
1214:178th Separate Helicopter Regiment (Borstel)
930:was attached from the 1st Guards Tank Army.
705:
16:Formation of the Soviet Red Army (1941–1954)
1848:"49th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade"
1463:Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, 1941
1208:899th Separate Air Assault Battalion (Burg)
1152:26th Feodosiya Tank Regiment (Hillersleben)
828:General Major M.M. Busarov (March May 1943)
1916:
1902:
1622:
1205:115th Separate Tank Regiment (Quedlinburg)
1025:121st Separate Engineer Battalion (Roßlau)
933:Thus the army had four divisions in 1988:
831:General Major F.A. Zuev (May October 1943)
486:The Army was in the second echelon of the
1194:Formations and units subordinate to Army
1136:208th Separate Medical Battalion (Wulkow)
1037:186th Separate Medical Battalion (Dessau)
1686:
1684:
1682:
1680:
1268:42nd Material Supply Brigade (Magdeburg)
1198:792nd Separate Special Purpose Company (
973:
185:
165:formed during the Second World War. The
969:
871:3-я краснознаменная общевойсковая армия
612:
2669:
993:Tank Regiment (Lutherstadt–Wittenberg)
914:(Hillersleben, East Germany), and the
686:(from October 1944 – 31 December 1944)
618:Campaigns and Operations participation
589:5th and 13th Pontoon Bridging Brigades
1897:
1677:
1504:Erickson, Road to Berlin, 1983, 133–4
1287:
1280:989th Military Hospital (Altengrabow)
1112:117th Artillery Regiment (Mahlwinkel)
845:
680:(14 September 1944 – 24 October 1944)
1690:
1381:(24 January 1973 – 15 November 1974)
1277:1408th Military Hospital (Magdeburg)
1010:40th Motor Rifle Regiment (Bernburg)
984:7th Guards Kiev–Berlin Tank Division
873:). Army headquarters was located in
36:3rd 'Red Banner' Combined Arms Army
1589:http://lenbat.narod.ru/eng/kont.htm
1578:(8 January 1942 – 28 February 1942)
1576:Sychevka-Vyazma Offensive Operation
1339:(11 December 1959 – 11 August 1962)
310:Reserve of the Supreme High Command
181:
13:
1746:Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
1318:(4 December 1950 – 6 January 1954)
1223:36th Missile Brigade (Altengrabow)
954:was the Commander in Chief of the
809:
648:Nevel'–Gorodok offensive operation
629:(9 January 1942 – 6 February 1942)
467:, and on 6 March the unit entered
287:128th Short–range Bombing Regiment
14:
2703:
1388:(15 November 1974 – 21 July 1977)
1360:(18 August 1966 – 29 August 1969)
1332:(29 June 1956 – 11 December 1959)
1311:(11 April 1949 – 4 December 1950)
852:Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
657:Staraya Russa–Novorzhev Offensive
463:. A day later, 3rd Shock entered
105:Velikiye Luki Offensive Operation
1933:
1924:
1845:
1819:
1793:
1767:
1374:(11 June 1971 – 24 January 1973)
1304:(5 October 1948 – 11 April 1949)
750:(September 1942 – November 1943)
728:
674:(1 August 1944 – 28 August 1944)
471:. On 7 March, 3rd Shock entered
332:. By mid January, 3rd Shock had
1839:
1813:
1787:
1761:
1740:
1720:
1717:see also V.I. Feskov et al 2013
1711:
1651:
1642:
1637:3 Red Banner Combined Arms Army
1581:
1568:
1542:
1367:(29 August 1969 – 11 June 1971)
1325:(6 January 1954 – 29 June 1956)
910:(Krampnitz, East Germany), the
790:Leaders of the Military Council
304:It was initially a part of the
279:728th Fighter Aviation Regiment
275:163rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
2307:Special Red Banner Far Eastern
1516:
1507:
1498:
1489:
1480:
1468:
1456:
1443:
1434:
1353:(7 July 1965 – 18 August 1966)
1346:(11 August 1962 – 7 July 1965)
1236:385th Guards Artillery Brigade
692:(12 January – 2 February 1945)
641:(November 1942 – January 1943)
432:between 12.1.1945 – 3.2.1945.
1:
1427:
785:(March 1945 – end of the war)
743:(December 1941 – August 1942)
733:
668:(10 July 1944 – 27 July 1944)
838:(October 1943 – August 1944)
757:(November 1943 – April 1944)
479:together with troops of the
271:54th Separate Rifle Brigades
7:
1822:"47th Guards Tank Division"
1796:"12th Guards Tank Division"
1770:"10th Guards Tank Division"
1409:(December 1982 – July 1985)
1402:(July 1979 – December 1982)
1316:Andrey Matveyevich Andreyev
1297:(May 1945 – 5 October 1948)
778:(October 1944 – March 1945)
684:Courland peninsula blockade
580:136th Gun–Artillery Brigade
428:. It then took part in the
170:some Shock armies included
10:
2708:
1550:"ВЕЛИКАЯ ВОЙНА – Бобруйск"
1395:(21 July 1977 – July 1979)
986:(Roßlau) (disbanded 1990)
960:Far East Military District
916:207th Motor Rifle Division
899:and variants, and various
716:21st Guards Rifle Division
2615:
2572:
2551:
2515:
2474:
2408:
2320:
1942:
1475:John Erickson (historian)
924:12th Guards Tank Division
912:47th Guards Tank Division
908:10th Guards Tank Division
870:
706:Notable service personnel
666:Rezhitsa–Dvinsk Offensive
154:
125:East Pomeranian Offensive
87:
77:
69:
61:
53:
45:
23:
1147:3rd Motor Rifle Division
1143:Moscow Military District
1051:Moscow Military District
928:7th Guards Tank Division
822:(February – August 1942)
650:(October– November 1943)
627:Toropets–Kholm Offensive
322:Toropets–Kholm operation
200:Moscow Military District
100:Toropets–Kholm Offensive
1486:Erickson, 2003, p.306-7
882:Order of the Red Banner
802:(February – March 1943)
771:(August – October 1944)
698:(16 April – 8 May 1945)
542:12th Guards Rifle Corps
295:663rd Aviation Regiment
291:621st Aviation Regiment
30:3rd Combined Arms Army
2475:Guards Tank/Mechanized
1691:Holm, Michael (2015).
1045:(Altengrabow) (now at
1007:Tank Regiment (Roßlau)
1000:Tank Regiment (Zerbst)
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639:Velikie Luki offensive
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1227:448th Missile Brigade
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678:Riga Offensive (1944)
583:45th Antitank Brigade
572:207th Rifle Divisions
518:364th Rifle Divisions
499:1st Belorussian Front
488:1st Belorussian Front
426:1st Belorussian Front
418:1st Belorussian Front
247:257th Rifle Divisions
220:11th Cavalry Division
216:360th Rifle Divisions
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49:25 December 1941–1992
1610:on 22 September 2008
1556:on 22 September 2008
970:1988 order of battle
956:Soviet Ground Forces
920:2nd Guards Tank Army
613:World War II service
595:150th Rifle Division
554:33rd Rifle Divisions
481:2nd Guards Tank Army
459:, 3rd Shock entered
457:1st Guards Tank Army
369:on 17 January 1943.
155:Третья ударная армия
2687:Soviet Shock Armies
2312:Red Banner Caucasus
1530:on 10 November 2007
1423:(1987–October 1991)
1419:Lieutenant General
1412:Lieutenant General
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1398:Lieutenant General
1391:Lieutenant General
1365:Valentin Varennikov
1356:Lieutenant General
1349:Lieutenant General
1344:Alexander Klyukanov
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586:25th Sapper Brigade
314:North–Western Front
306:Moscow Defense Zone
1665:on 25 October 2007
1416:(July 1985 – 1987)
1414:Viktor Chechevatov
1288:Postwar Commanders
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