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671: — This report, commissioned by the Soviet General Staff in 1944, was designed to educate the Red Army on how to conduct war operations. It was classified secret until its declassification in 1964, and was later edited and translated to English by Orenstein and Glantz. Its original title was 349:
began on 5 July, the 27th Army defended the Kshen line on the left from Rossoshnoye to Nikolskoye, the 53rd Army in the center to Bezlepkino, and the 5th Guards Army on the right to Bely Kolodez. The 47th Army was concentrated in the area of Olkhovatka, Krivonosovka, and Kamenka, while the
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On the morning of 7 July, the 5th Guards Tank Army began its march to the front to fight at Kursk. On the same day the 10th Tank Corps transferred to the
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went undetected by German intelligence. The district's troops strengthened defences and received reinforcements and equipment. In June Colonel General
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and began moving to the front. On the night of 8 July, the 47th Army was shifted forward to the area of Khmelevoye and
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command. It was initially commanded and organised by Lieutenant General (later Colonel General)
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in the area of Kuzmenkov. The Steppe Military District also included three cavalry corps: the
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was established and preparations made for counterattacking and going on the offensive towards
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The Steppe Military District was formed for a second time postwar when the territory of the
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joined the district. The movement of the 27th and 53rd Armies to the district from the
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and Voronezh, and to this end a 250-kilometre (160 mi) defensive line along the
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to the area east of Kursk and the movement of the 46th and 47th Armies from the
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headquarters shortly before. The district served as a strategic reserve for
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The following officer commanded the district's second formation:
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The following officers commanded the district's first formation:
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on 9 July 1945. The district headquarters was formed from the
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Lieutenant General (promoted to Colonel General in April)
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The Battle for Kursk 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study
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Collection of Materials for the Study of War Experience
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took command of the district, on the recommendation of
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as a strategic reserve, and after the beginning of the
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in the area of Novo-Markovka, Kirovo, and Nikolskoye.
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The Steppe Military District was first formed during
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
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The district headquarters was located near 187:directive of 13 April by the renaming of the 625: 598: 586: 559: 524: 354:was in the area of Beduga Station and the 724:Military districts of the Soviet Union 716: 691: 547: 181:on 15 April 1943 in accordance with a 16:Military district of the Soviet Union 429:was divided between the Steppe and 420: 13: 172: 14: 750: 191:, which had been formed from the 447:Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic 697:Военная энциклопедия в 8 томах 619: 427:Central Asian Military District 1: 507: 464: 382:in the area of Belogorye and 374:in the Kamenka area, and the 262:Its troops were stationed in 512: 431:Turkestan Military Districts 142:Stepnoy voyennyy okrug (SVO) 7: 684: 611:Glantz & Orenstein 1999 575:Glantz & Orenstein 1999 376:3rd Guards Mechanised Corps 372:5th Guards Mechanised Corps 141: 131:Степной военный округ (СВО) 10: 755: 341:When the German offensive 676: 130: 93: 88: 65: 55: 45: 28: 23: 123:Steppe Military District 24:Steppe Military District 599:Glantz & House 2004 587:Glantz & House 2004 560:Glantz & House 2004 525:Glantz & House 2004 459:West Kazakhstan Oblasts 366:in the forests west of 503:(July 1945 – May 1946) 165:in July it became the 352:4th Guards Tank Corps 322:to the area east of 320:North Caucasus Front 38:July 1945 – May 1946 675:, No. 11 (Russian: 635:The Battle of Kursk 499:Lieutenant General 477:(April – June 1943) 211:in the villages of 631:House, Jonathan M. 491:(June – July 1943) 316:Northwestern Front 247:(redesignated the 227:(redesignated the 682: 644:978-0-7006-1335-9 613:, pp. 83–88. 577:, pp. 23–24. 562:, p. 390n14. 527:, pp. 43–44. 343:Operation Citadel 147:military district 139: 116: 115: 60:Military district 746: 710: 687: 681:romanized:  680: 678: 670: 648: 627:Glantz, David M. 614: 608: 602: 596: 590: 584: 578: 572: 563: 557: 551: 545: 528: 522: 487:Colonel General 480:Colonel General 437:headquarters at 421:Second formation 310:. 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Index

Soviet Union
Military district
Voronezh
Alma-Ata
Ivan Konev
Markian Popov
Russian
romanized
military district
Soviet Union
World War II
Voronezh
Battle of Kursk
Steppe Front
World War II
Stavka
Reserve Front
41st Army
front
Markian Popov
Voronezh
Somovo
Novaya Usman
Babilovo
24th
4th Guards Army
46th
47th
53rd
66th

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