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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
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command. It was initially commanded and organised by
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was established and preparations made for counterattacking and going on the offensive towards
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joined the district. The movement of the 27th and 53rd Armies to the district from the
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Voronezh, and to this end a 250-kilometre (160 mi) defensive line along the
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General Staff Study
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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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677:Сборник материалов по изучению опыта войны № 11
653:Glantz, David M.; Orenstein, Harold S. (1999).
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699:(in Russian). Vol. 7. Moscow: Voenizdat.
739:Red Army units and formations of World War II
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187:directive of 13 April by the renaming of the
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427:Central Asian Military District
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382:in the area of Belogorye and
374:in the Kamenka area, and the
262:Its troops were stationed in
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431:Turkestan Military Districts
142:Stepnoy voyennyy okrug (SVO)
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611:Glantz & Orenstein 1999
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376:3rd Guards Mechanised Corps
372:5th Guards Mechanised Corps
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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
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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
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390:in the area of
364:29th Tank Corps
356:10th Tank Corps
347:Battle of Kursk
334:representative
304:Maloarkhangelsk
253:5th Guards Tank
249:5th Guards Army
229:4th Guards Army
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173:First formation
163:Battle of Kursk
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276:Rostov Oblasts
257:5th Air Armies
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151:Soviet Union
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66:Headquarters
50:Soviet Union
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548:Ivanov 2003
484:(June 1943)
368:Ostrogozhsk
360:Stary Oskol
296:Rossoshnoye
292:Kshen River
251:on 5 May),
718:Categories
508:References
489:Ivan Konev
482:Max Reyter
465:Commanders
400:5th Guards
398:, and the
388:3rd Guards
380:7th Guards
328:Ivan Konev
103:Ivan Konev
96:commanders
89:Commanders
633:(2004) .
513:Citations
312:27th Army
193:41st Army
136:romanized
439:Alma-Ata
384:Pavlovsk
286:towards
284:Belgorod
264:Voronezh
221:Babilovo
209:Voronezh
159:Voronezh
145:) was a
79:Alma-Ata
73:Voronezh
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411:Korocha
345:in the
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149:of the
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94:Notable
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308:Oboyan
274:, and
272:Tambov
255:, and
213:Somovo
197:Stavka
184:Stavka
29:Active
358:near
294:from
288:Kursk
280:Oryol
268:Kursk
201:front
157:near
701:ISBN
661:ISBN
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394:and
282:and
245:66th
241:53rd
237:47th
233:46th
225:24th
121:The
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