Front commanders during the Great Patriotic War. Great Patriotic War fronts (commanders, battles)
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APANASENKO IOSIF RODIONOVICH (1890-1943), Russian. A worker, one of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1917, in the party since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1932. During WWI he was a warrant officer, in the Civil War - a division commander. General of the Army (1941). Commanded the Far Eastern Front 01/14/1941 - 04/25/43.
ARTEMIEV PAVEL ARTEMIEVICH (1897-1979), Russian. A worker, one of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1920. The formation of the VAF in 1938. He spoke Polish. During WWI he was a junior non-commissioned officer, and in the Civil War he was a regiment commander. Colonel General (1942). Commanded: Mozhaisk line of defense 07/18/41 - 07/30/41; Moscow reserve front 09.10.41 - 12.10.41; Moscow defense zone 03.12.41 - 01.10.43.
BAGRAMYAN IVAN KHRISTOFOROVICH (1897-1982), Armenian. Of the employees. In the Red Army from 1920, in the party - from 1941. The formation of the VAGSh in 1938. He spoke French. During WWI, he was a warrant officer, and in the Civil War, he was a regiment commander. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955). Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1977). Commanded: 1st Baltic Front 20.11.43 - 24.02.45; 3rd Belorussian Front 27.04.45 - 15.08.45.
BOGDANOV IVAN ALEXANDROVICH (1897-1942), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1933. In the WWI - non-commissioned officer, member of the Civil War. Lieutenant General (1942). He commanded the Front of Reserve Armies 07.17.41 - 07.29.41.
BUDENNY SEMYON MIKHAILOVICH (1883 - 1973), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1919. In WWI, a senior non-commissioned officer, in the GV - commander of the army. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935). Hero of the Soviet Union (1958, 1963, 1968). Commanded: Reserve Front 09/13/41 - 10/08/41; North Caucasian Front 20.05.42 - 03.09.42.
VASILEVSKY ALEXANDER MIKHAILOVICH (1895-1977), Russian. Of the employees. In the Red Army since 1919, in the party since 1938. The formation of the VAGSh in 1937. He spoke German. In WWI - staff captain, in GV - assistant regiment commander. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943). Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945). Commanded: 3rd Belorussian Front 02/20/45 - 04/26/45.
VATUTIN NIKOLAY FYODOROVICH (1901-1944), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1920, in the party since 1921. The formation of the VAGSh in 1937. He spoke English. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was a squad leader. General of the Army (1943). Hero of the Soviet Union (1965). Commanded: Voronezh Front 07/14/42 - 10/22/42; Southwestern Front 25.10.42 - 27.03.43; Voronezh Front 03/28/43 - 10/20/43; 1st Ukrainian Front 20.10.43 - 02.03.44.
VOROSHILOV KLIMENT EFREMOVICH (1881-1969), Russian. From the workers. In the Red Army from 1918, in the party from 1903. He had no military education. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was a member of the Military Council. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935). Hero of the Soviet Union (1956, 1968, 1960 (Hero of Social Labor)). Commanded: the Leningrad Front from 09/05/41 - 09/12/41.
GOVOROV LEONID ALEXANDROVICH (1897-1955), Russian. Of the employees. In the Red Army since 1920, in the party since 1942. Education VAGSh in 1938. He spoke German. In WWI - a lieutenant, in GV - commander of an artillery battalion. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). Commanded: the Leningrad Front 06/10/42 - 07/24/45.
GOLIKOV FILIP IVANOVICH (1900-1980), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1933. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was an instructor of the political department. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1961). Commander: Bryanskiy ( II) front 02.04.42 - 07.07.42; Voronezh front 09.07.42 - 14.07.42 and from 22.10.42 - 28.03.43.
GORDOV VASILY NIKOLAEVICH (1896-1951), Russian. A worker, one of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1917, in the party since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1932. In WWI, a senior non-commissioned officer, in the GV - a regiment commander. Colonel General (1943). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). Commanded: Stalingrad Front 07/23/42 - 08/12/42.
ERYOMENKO ANDREY IVANOVICH (1892-1970), Ukrainian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1935. In WWI he was the commander of the reconnaissance regiment, in the Civil War - the chief of staff of the regiment. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955). Hero of the Soviet Union (1944). Commanded: the Western Front 06/30/41 - 07/02/41 and from 07/19/41 - 07/29/41; Bryansk Front 08.16.41 - 10.13.41; Stalingrad ( I) front 13.08.42 - 30.09.42; South-Eastern Front 08/07/42 - 09/30/42; Stalingrad ( II) front 09/30/42 - 12/31/42; Southern ( II) front 01.01.43 - 02.02.43; Kalinin Front 04/25/43 - 10/20/43; 1st Baltic Front 10/20/43 - 11/19/43; 2nd Baltic Front 04/23/44 - 02/04/45; 4th Ukrainian ( II) front 03/26/45 - 07/31/45.
EFREMOV MIKHAIL GRIGORIEVICH (1897-1974), Russian. From a farm laborer's family. In the Red Army since 1917, in the party since 1919. The formation of the VAF in 1933. In WWI he was a junior officer (?), In the Civil War he was a division commander. Lieutenant General (1940). Commanded: Central (I)front 07.08.41 - 25.08.41.
ZHUKOV GEORGY KONSTANTINOVICH (1896-1974), Russian. A worker, one of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1919. He graduated from Kom. courses in 1930. In WWI - junior non-commissioned officer, in GV - squadron commander. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943). Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956). Commanded: Reserve ( I) front 07/30/41 - 09/12/41; Reserve ( I) front 08.10.41 - 12.10.41; Leningrad Front 09/13/41 - 10/10/41; Western Front 13.10.41 - 26.08.42; 1st Ukrainian Front 02.03.44 - 24.05.44; 1st Belorussian Front 16.11.44 - 10.06.45.
ZAKHAROV GEORGY FYODOROVICH (1897-1957), Russian. An employee from the peasants. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1919. The formation of the VAGSh in 1939. In the PMV - second lieutenant, in the GV - company commander. General of the Army (1944). Commander: Bryanskiy ( I) by the front 14.10.41 - 10.11.41; 2nd Belarusian ( II) front 07.06.44 - 17.11.44.
KIRPONOS MIKHAIL PETROVICH (1892-1941), Ukrainian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1927. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was a regiment commander. Colonel General (1941). Hero of the Soviet Union (1940). Commanded: Southwestern Front 06.22.41 - 09.20.41.
KOVALEV MIKHAIL PROKOFIEVICH (1897-1967), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1927. In WWI - staff captain, in GV - brigade commander. Colonel General (1943). Commanded: Trans-Baikal Front 06/19/41 - 07/12/45.
KOZLOV DMITRY TIMOFEEVICH (1896-1967), Russian. The employee. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1928. In the WWII - a warrant officer, in the GV - a regiment commander. Lieutenant General (1943). Commanded: Transcaucasian Front 08/23/41 - 12/30/41; Caucasian Front 12/30/41 - 01/28/42; Crimean front 28.01.42 - 19.05.42.
KONEV IVAN STEPANOVICH (1897-1973), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1918. The formation of the VAF in 1934. In WWI - fireworks, in the Civil War - chief of staff of the army. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945). Commanded: the Western Front 09/12/41 - 10/12/41; Kalinin Front 10.10.41 - 26.08.42; Western Front 26.08.42 - 27.02.43; North-Western Front 03/14/43 - 06/22/43; Steppe front 09.07.43 - 20.10.43; 2nd Ukrainian Front 20.10.43 - 21.05.44; 1st Ukrainian Front 12/18/44 - 06/10/45.
KOSTENKO FYODOR YAKOVLEVICH (1896-1942), Ukrainian. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1921. Education - Academic advanced training courses for command personnel in 1941. He did not take part in WWI, he took part in the Civil War, but there is no data. Lieutenant General (1940). Commander: Southwest (I)front 18.12.41 - 08.04.42.
KUZNETSOV FYODOR ISIDOROVICH (1898-1961), Russian. An employee from the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the party since 1939. The formation of the VAF in 1926. He spoke French. In PMV - ensign, in GV - regiment commander. Colonel General (1941). Commanded: North-Western Front 06/22/41 - 07/03/41; The central (I)front 26 .07.41 – 07.08.41.
KUROCHKIN PAVEL ALEKSEEVICH (1900-1989), Russian. Worker. In the Red Army from 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1920. The formation of the VAGSh in 1940. In the WWII - an officer (?), In the GV - a regiment commander. General of the Army (1959). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). Commanded: the North-Western Front 23.08.41 - 05.10.42 and from 23.06.43 - 20.11.43; 2nd Belorussian Front 24.02.44 - 05.04.44.
MALINOVSKY RODION YAKOVLEVICH (1900-1967), Ukrainian. An employee from the peasants. In the Red Army since 1919, in the party since 1926. The formation of the VAF in 1930. He spoke French and Spanish. In the PMV - a corporal, in the GV - the head of the machine-gun team. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945, 1958). Commanded: Southern ( I) front 12/24/41 - 07/28/42; Southern ( II) front 02.02.43 - 22.03.43; Southwestern( II) front 27.03.43 - 20.10.43; 3rd Ukrainian Front 05.22.44 - 06.10.45; 2nd Ukrainian Front 05.22.44 - 06.10.45; Transbaikal Front 12.07.45 - 01.10.45.
MASLENNIKOV IVAN IVANOVICH (1900-1954), Russian. An employee, one of the workers. In the Red Army since 1917, in the party since 1924. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was a regiment commander. General of the Army (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). II) front 24.01.43 - 13.05.43; 3rd Baltic Front 21.04.44 - 16.10.44.
MERETSKOV KIRILL AFANASIEVICH (1898-1968), Russian. Of the employees. In the Red Army from 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1917. The formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1921. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was an assistant to the chief of staff of the brigade. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1940). Commanded: Volkhovsky ( I) front 12/17/41 - 04/23/42; Volkhovsky ( II) front 08.06.42 - 15.02.44; Karelian Front 02.22.44 - 11.15.44; Primorsky Group of Forces 04/15/45 - 08/04/45; 1st Far East 05.08.45 - 01.10.45.
PAVLOV DMITRY GRIGORIEVICH (1899-1941), Russian. Of the peasants. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1919. The formation of the VAF in 1928. In the WWII - a private, in the GV - an assistant regiment commander. General of the Army (1941). Hero of the Soviet Union (1937). Commanded: Western Front 06/22/41 - 06/30/41.
PETROV IVAN EFIMOVICH (1896-1958), Russian. The employee. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918. The formation of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1931. In the WWII - a warrant officer, in the GV - a military commissar of a brigade. General of the Army (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). Commander: North Caucasian ( II) front 13.05.43 - 20.11.43; 2nd Belarusian ( II) front 04.24.44 - 06.06.44; 4th Ukrainian ( II) front 08/05/44 - 03/26. 45.
POPOV MARKIAN MIKHAILOVICH (1902-1969), Russian. Of the employees. In the Red Army since 1920, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921. The formation of the VAF in 1936. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was a platoon commander. General of the Army (1953). Hero of the Soviet Union (1965). Commanded: Northern Front 06.24.41 - 08.26.41; Leningrad Front 27.08.41 - 05.09.41; Spare( III) front 10.04.43 - 15.04.43; Bryansk ( III) front 06.06.43 - 10.10.43; Baltic Front 15.10.43 - 20.10.43; 2nd Baltic 20.10.43 - 23.10.43 and from 04.02.45 - 09.02.45.
PURKAEV MAKSIM ALEKSEEVICH (1894-1950), Mordvin. Worker, from the workers. In the Red Army since 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1919. The formation of the VAF in 1936. He spoke German and French. In PMV - ensign, in GV - regiment commander. General of the Army (1944). Commanded: Kalinin Front 08/26/42 - 04/25/43; Far East 25.04.43 - 04.08.45; 2nd Far East 05.08.45 - 01.10.45.
REUTER MAKS ANDREEVICH (1886-1950), Latvian. An employee from the peasants. In the Red Army since 1919, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1922. The formation of the VAF 1935. In the WWII - a colonel, in the GV - a regiment commander. Colonel General (1943). Commander: Bryansk ( II) front 09/28/42 - 03/12/43; Spare( II) front 12.03.43 - 23.03.43; Kursk Front 03/23/43 - 03/27/43; Oryol Front 03/27/43 - 03/28/43; Bryansk ( III) front 03/28/43 - 06/05/43.
ROKOSSOVSKY KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH (1896-1968), Pole. From the workers. In the Red Army from 1917, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919. The formation of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1929. He spoke German. In PMV - non-commissioned officer, in GV - regiment commander. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945). Commander: Bryanskiy ( II) front 07/14/42 - 09/27/42; Don Front 09/30/42 - 02/15/43; Central ( II) front 15.02.43 - 20.10.43; Belarusian ( I) front 20.10.43 - 23.02.44; 1st Belorussian Front 02.24.44 - 04.05.44; Belorussian( II) front 06.04.44 - 16.04.44; 2nd Belorussian Front ( II) 17.11.44 – 10.06.45.
RYABYSHEV DMITRY IVANOVICH (1894-1985), Russian. A peasant, one of the peasants. In the Red Army since 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1917. The formation of the VAF in 1935. In the WWII - a private, in the GV - a brigade commander. Lieutenant General (1940). Commanded: Southern (I)front 30.08.41 - 05.10.41.
SOBENNIKOV PETR PETROVICH (1894-1960), Russian. The employee. In the Red Army since 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1940. Education KUVNAS in 1927. He spoke French. In PMV - a cornet, in GV - chief of staff of a division. Lieutenant General (1944). Commanded: the North-Western Front 07/04/41 - 08/23/41.
SOKOLOVSKY VASILY DANILOVICH (1897-1968), Russian. Of the peasants. Formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1921. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was chief of staff of a division. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1946). Hero of the Soviet Union (1945). Commanded: the Western Front 02/28/43 - 04/15/44.
TIMOSHENKO SEMYON KONSTANTINOVICH (1895-1970), Russian. Of the poor peasants. In the Red Army from 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919. The formation of the VAK in 1930. In the WWII - a private, in the GV - a brigade commander. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1940). Hero of the Soviet Union (1940, 1965). Commanded: the Western Front 02/07/41 - 07/19/41 and from 07/30/41 - 07/19/41; Southwest ( I) by the front 30.09.41 - 18.12.41 and from 08.04.42 - 12.07.42; Stalingrad ( I) front 12.07.42 - 23.07.42; North-Western Front 05.10.42 - 14.03.43.
TOLBUKHIN FYODOR IVANOVICH (1894-1949), Russian. An employee from the peasants. In the Red Army from 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1938. The formation of the VAF in 1934. He spoke German and Polish. In the PMV - the staff captain, in the GV - the chief of the operational department of the army. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1965). Commanded: Southern ( II) front 22.03.43 - 20.10.43; 4th Ukrainian Front 20.10.43 - 15.05.44; 3rd Ukrainian Front 15.05.44 - 15.06.45.
TYULENEV IVAN VLADIMIROVICH (1892-1978), Russian. Worker. In the Red Army from 1917, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1918. The formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1922. In the WWII - ensign, in the Civil War - brigade commander. General of the Army (1940). Hero of the Soviet Union (1978). Commanded: Southern ( I) front 06/25/41 - 08/30/41; Transcaucasian ( II) front 15.05.42 - 25.08.45.
FEDYUNINSKY IVAN IVANOVICH (1900-1977), Russian. Worker. In the Red Army since 1919, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1930. The formation of the KUVNAS in 1941. He did not participate in WWI, in the Civil War he was a private. General of the Army (1955). Hero of the Soviet Union (1939). Commanded: Leningrad Front 11.10.41 - 26.10.41.
FROLOV VALERY ALEXANDROVICH (1895-1961), Russian. Worker, from the workers. In the Red Army since 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1919. The formation of the VAF in 1932. In the WWII - a senior non-commissioned officer, in the GV - a battalion commander. Colonel General (1943). Commanded: Karelian Front 09/01/41 - 02/21/44.
KHOZIN MIKHAIL SEMYONOVICH (1896-1979), Russian. Worker. In the Red Army and the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1918. Education Academic advanced training courses for command personnel in 1930. In WWI - ensign, in GV - brigade commander. Colonel General (1943). Commanded: Leningrad Front 27.10.41 - 09.06.42.
CHEREVICHENKO YAKOV TIMOFEEVICH (1894-1976), Ukrainian. Worker. In the Red Army since 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1919. The formation of the VAF in 1935. In the PMV - a senior non-commissioned officer, in the GV - a division commander. Colonel General (1941). Commanded: Southern ( I) front 05.10.41 - 24.12.41; Bryanskiy ( II) front 12/24/41 - 04/02/42.
CHERNYAKHOVSKY IVAN DANILOVICH (1906-1945), Ukrainian. Worker. In the Red Army since 1924, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1928. The formation of the VAMM in 1936. He did not participate in the WWI and GV. General of the Army (1944). Hero of the Soviet Union (1943, 1944). Commanded: 3rd Belorussian Front 24.04.44 - 18.02.45.
CHIBISOV NIKANDR EVLAMPIEVICH (1892-1959), Russian. From the workers. In the Red Army since 1918, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1935. The formation of the VAF in 1935. In the WWII - the staff captain, in the GV - the brigade commander. Colonel General (1943). Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). Commander: Bryansk (Ii)front 07.07.42 - 13.07.42.
Notes:
VAF - Military Academy named after M. Frunze.
VAGSH - Military Academy of the General Staff.
VARKKA - Military Academy of the Red Army.
KUVNAS - Refresher courses for the highest commanding staff.
WAMM - Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army.
VAK - Higher academic courses.
(I) - front of the first formation;
(Ii) - front of the second formation;
(III) - the front of the third formation.
The front is the highest operational-strategic formation of the troops of the Army in the field during the war (military districts remain in the rear of the country, as in peacetime). The front includes formations, formations and units of all branches of the military. It does not have a single organizational structure. As a rule, the front includes several combined arms and tank armies, one or two air armies (and, if necessary, more), several artillery corps and divisions, brigades, separate regiments, separate battalions of special forces (engineering, communications, chemical, repair ), rear units and institutions. Depending on the tasks assigned to the front, the terrain on which it operates, and the opposing forces of the enemy, the number of formations, formations and units included in it may be different. The front can occupy, depending on the situation and the tasks being solved, a strip ranging from several hundred kilometers to several kilometers wide and from several tens of kilometers to 200 kilometers deep.
The front during the Great Patriotic War, unlike all other associations, had not a number, but a name. Usually, the name of the front was given according to the region of its operations (Far Eastern, Ukrainian, etc.). Or according to the name of a large city in the area of which it operated (Leningradsky, Voronezh, etc.). In the initial period of the war, the fronts were named according to their geographical location in the general defense line (North, North-West, etc.). Occasionally, the front received a name for its intended purpose (Reserve, Front of Reserve Armies). In the final period of the war, when the Red Army was conducting hostilities in the territories of other states, the names of the fronts stopped changing, and the fronts ended the war with the names they had at the time of crossing the state border.
The enemy of the Red Army - the German Wehrmacht, a formation similar to our front was called "Army Group" (Army Group Center, Army Group South, Army Group C, etc.).
From the author. It seems that this is not entirely true. Rather, our front should be equated with the German army. For example, the 6th German army consisted of about 22 divisions, while in our army there were usually no more than five divisions. The front, on the other hand, usually had about four or five armies in its composition, i.e. about 20 divisions. And the German army group is no longer a front, but a whole strategic direction.
This is where a certain slyness happens. Especially on the part of Russian historians of the Liberal Democrats. They say that the Germans surrounded and destroyed several Soviet armies at a time, and they say the best success of the Red Army is just the encirclement and defeat of just one German army. But in fact, in Stalingrad, an entire German front was surrounded, counting according to ours. And in the summer of 1944, an entire strategic direction (Army Group Center) was completely defeated and destroyed in Belarus.
At the head of the front was a soldier called the "Front Commander" (Commander of the Bryansk Front, Commander of the Western Front, etc.). These were the highest military leaders in the rank from lieutenant general to general of the army inclusive, sometimes (more often at the final stage of the war) and in the rank of marshal of the Soviet Union. However, the last rank was not a regular rank of front commander, but an honorary title given for outstanding services.
To ensure control over the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to the troops by the front commander, to develop plans for combat operations, and to organize command and control of troops, he had a front headquarters. Armies, corps, divisions, regiments and other units were transferred to the subordination of the front commander and were removed from his subordination by orders of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters, depending on the situation and the complexity of the combat missions. The front was not an organization formed once and for all. During the course of the war, fronts were formed and liquidated quite often. Sometimes, with a narrow zone of operations or a small number of troops included in the front, an organization similar to the front received the name "group of forces" or "defense zone", or "line of defense" (Zemland group of forces, Moscow defense zone, Primorskaya group of forces, etc.) .NS.).
Front commanders
(In alphabet order)
| Commander's surname | Front name | Front Command Periods |
| Apanasenko I. R. | Far Eastern | 14.1.41-25.4.43 |
| Artemiev P.A. | Mozhaisk line of defense Moscow reserve front Moscow defense zone |
18.7.41-30.7.41 9.10.41-12.10.41 3.12.41-1.10.43 |
| Baghramyan I. X. | 1st Baltic 3rd Belarusian |
20.11.43-24.2.45 27.4.45-15.8.45 |
| Bogdanov I.A. | Front of the reserve armies | 14.7.41-29.7.41 |
| S. M. Budyonny | Spare North Caucasian |
13.9. 41-8.10.41 20.5.42-3.9.42 |
| Vasilevsky A.M. | 3rd Belarusian | 20.2.45-26.4.45 |
| Vatutin N.F. | Voronezh Southwestern Voronezh 1st Ukrainian |
14.7.42-22.10.42 25. 10.42-27.3.43 28.3.43-20.10.43 20.10.43-2.3.44 |
| Voroshilov K.E. | Leningradsky | 5.9.41- 12.9.41 |
| L.A. Govorov | Leningradsky | 10.6.42 - 24.7.45 |
| Golikov F.I. | Bryansk (II) Voronezh Voronezh |
2. 4.42 - 7.7.42 9.7.42-14.7.42 22.10.42-28.3.43 |
| Gordov V.N. | Stalingrad | 23.7.42-12.8.42 |
| A. I. Eremenko | West West Bryansk Stalingrad (I) Southeastern Stalingrad (II) Yuzhny (P) Kalininsky 1st Baltic 2nd Baltic 4th Ukrainian (P) |
30.6.41 - 2.7.41 19. 7.41 - 29.7.41 16.8.41-13.10.41 13.8.42-30.9.42 7.8.42-30.9.42 30.9.19-31.12.42 1. 1.43-2.2.43 25.4.43-20.10.43 20.10.43-19.11.43 23.4.44-4.2.45 26.3.45-31.7.45 |
| Efremov M.G. | Central (I) | 7. 8.41 - 25. 8.41 |
| Zhukov G.K. | Reserve (I) Reserve (I) Leningradsky West 1st Ukrainian 1st Belarusian (II) |
30.7.41-12.9.41 8.10.41-12.10.41 13.9.41- 10.10.41 13.10.41-26.8.42 2.3.44-24.5.44 16.11.44-10.6.45 |
| Zakharov G.F. | Bryansk (I) 2nd Belarusian (II) |
14.10.41- 10.11.41 7.6.44- 17.11.44 |
| Kirponos M.P. | Southwestern | 22. 6.41 - 20.9.41 |
| Kovalev M.P. | Zabaikalsky | 19.6.41-12.7.45 |
| Kozlov D.T. | Transcaucasian Caucasian Crimean |
23.8.41-30.12.41 30.12.41 - 28.1.42 28.1.42- 19.5.42 |
| I. S. Konev | West Kalininsky West Northwestern Steppe 2nd Ukrainian 1st Ukrainian |
12.9.41-12.10.41 19.10.41-26.8.42 26. 8.42 - 27. 2.43 14.3.43-22.6.43 9. 7.43 - 20.10.43 20.10.43 -21.5.44 24.5.44 -10.6.45 |
| Kostenko F. Ya | Southwest (I) | 18.12.41 - 8.4.42 |
| F. I. Kuznetsov | Northwestern Central (I) |
22.6.41-3.7.41 26.7.41-7.8.41 |
| P.A. Kurochkin | Northwestern Northwestern 2nd Belarusian |
23.8.41-5. 10.42 23.6.43-20.11.43 24.2.44-5.4.44 |
| Malinovsky R. Ya. | Southern (I) Southern (II) Southwest (II) 3rd Ukrainian 2nd Ukrainian Zabaikalsky |
24.12.41-28.7.42 2. 2.43-22.3.43 27.3.43-20.10.43 20.10.43- 15.5.44 22.5.44- 10.6.45 12.7.45- 1.10.45 |
| Maslennikov, II | North Caucasian (II) 3rd Baltic |
24.1.43- 13. 5.43 21.4.44- 16.10.44 |
| Meretskov, KA | Volkhovsky (I) Volkhovsky (II) Karelian Primorsky group of troops 1st Far East |
17.12.41-23.4.42 8 6.42- 15 2.44 22.2.44- 15.11.44 15.4.45-4.8.45 5.8.45-1.10.45 |
| Pavlov D.G. | West | 22.6.41-30.6.41 |
| Petrov I.E. | North Caucasian (II) 2nd Belarusian (II) 4th Ukrainian |
13.5.43-20.11.43 24.4.44-6.6.44 5.8.44-26.3.45 |
| Popov M.M. | Northern Leningradsky Reserve (III) Bryansk (III) Baltic 2nd Baltic 2nd Baltic |
24.6.41-26.8.41 27.8.41 -5.9.41 10.4.43-15.4.43 6.6.43- 10.10.1943 15. 10.43-20.10.43 20.10.43-23.4.44 4.2.45-9 2.45 |
| Purkaev M.A. | Kalininsky Far Eastern 2nd Far East |
26.8.42-25.4.43 25.4.43-4.8.45 5.8.45-1.10.45 |
| Reiter M.A. | Bryansk (II) Reserve (II) Kursk Orlovsky Bryansk (III) |
28.9.42-12.3.43 12.3.43-23.3.43 23.3.43-27.3.43 27.3.43 - 28. 3.43 28.3.43-5.6.43 |
| Rokossovsky K.K. | Bryansk (II) Donskoy Central (II) Belarusian (I) 1st Belarusian Belarusian (II) 1st Belarusian (II) 2nd Belarusian (II) |
14.7.42-27.9.42 30.9.42 - 15.2.43 15.2.43-20.10.43 20.10.43 - 23.2.44 24 2.44-5.4.44 6.4.44-16.4.44 16.4.44-16.11.44 17. 11.44- 10.6.45 |
| Ryabyshev D.I. | Southern (I) | 30.8.41-5.10.41 |
| P. P. Sobennikov | Northwestern | 4.7.41-23.8.41 |
| Sokolovsky V.D. | West | 28. 2.43 - 15.4.44 |
| Timoshenko S.K. | West West Southwest (I) Southwest (I) Stalingrad (I) Northwestern |
2.7.41- 19.7.41 30.7.41- 12.9.41 30. 9. 41-18.12.41 8.4.42- 12.7.42 12.7.42-23.7.42 5.10.42- 14.3.43 |
| Tolbukhin F.I. | Southern (II) 4th Ukrainian 3rd Ukrainian |
22.3.43- 20.10.43 20.10.43- 15.5.44 15.5.44-15.6.45 |
| I. V. Tyulenev | Southern (I) Transcaucasian (II) |
25.6.41-30.8.41 15.5.42-25.8.45 |
| Fedyuninsky I. I. | Leningradsky | 11.10.41-26.10.41 |
| Frolov V. L. | Karelian | 1.9.41-21.2.44 |
| Khozin M.S. | Leningradsky | 27.10.41-9.6.42 |
| Cherevichenko Ya.T. | Southern (I) Bryansk (II) |
5.10.41 - 24.12.41 24.12.41-2.4.42 |
| Chernyakhovsky I.D. | 3rd Belarusian | 24.4.44-18.2.45 |
| Chibisov N.E. | Bryansk (II) | 7.7.42-13.7.42 |
Curriculum Vitae
1. General of the Army (1941) Apanasenko Joseph Rodionovich. 1890-1943, Russian, worker from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1916, in the Red Army from 1917, education: VAF in 1932, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war, division commander.
2. Colonel General (1942) Artemiev Pavel Artemievich. 1897-1979, Russian, worker from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1920, in the Red Army since 1918, education: VAF in 1938, speaks Polish, junior sergeant-officer before the revolution, in the civil war as a military regiment.
3. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955) Bagramyan Ivan Khristoforovich. 1897-1982, Armenian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1941, in the Red Army from 1920, education: VAGSH in 1938, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war, commander of a regiment. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944,1977).
4. Lieutenant General (1942) Bogdanov Ivan Alexandrovich. 1898-1942, nationality unknown, origin unknown, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks with ????, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1933, before the revolution a non-commissioned officer, a participant in the civil war.
5. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935) Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich. 1883-1973, Russian, from peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, education: VAF in 1932, before the revolution, senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war, army commander. Three times Hero of the Soviet Union (1958,1963,1968).
6. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943) Vasilevsky Alexander Mikhailovich. 1895-1977, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1938, in the Red Army since 1919, education: VAGSH in 1937, speaks German, before the revolution, staff captain, in the civil war, assistant comm. Regiment. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944.1945).
7. General of the Army (1943) Vatutin Nikolai Fedorovich. 1901-1944, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921, in the Red Army since 1920, education: VAGSH in 1937, speaks English, in the civil war, squad leader. Hero of the Soviet Union (1965). Killed in battle.
8. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935) Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich 1891-1969, Russian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1903, in the Red Army since 1918, education: no, in the civil war, a member of the Military Council. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1956, 1968), Hero of Socialist Labor (1960).
9. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Govorov Leonid Alexandrovich. 1897-1955, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1942, in the Red Army since 1920, education: VAGSH in 1938, speaks German, before the revolution, lieutenant, in the civil war of the Com.art. Division. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
10. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1961) Golikov Philip Ivanovich. 1900-1980, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, education: VAF in 1933, instructor of the political department during the civil war.
11. Colonel General (1943) Gordov Vasily Nikolaevich. 1896-1951, Russian, a worker from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1918, in the Red Army from 1917, education: VAF in 1932, speaks English, before the revolution, senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war, commander of a regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
12. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955) Eremenko Andrey Ivanovich. 1892-1970, Ukrainian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, education: VAF in 1935, speaks English, before the revolution, chief of the regiment's reconnaissance team, in the civil war, chief of staff of the regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
13. Lieutenant General (1940) Efremov Mikhail Grigorievich. 1897-1942, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1917, education: VAF in 1933, before the revolution, junior non-commissioned officer in the civil war of the commanding division.
14. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943) Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich. 1896-1974, Russian, a worker from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, education: command courses in 1930, before the revolution junior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war of the squadron commander. Four times Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956).
15. General of the Army (1944) Zakharov Georgy Fedorovich. 1897-1957, Russian, an employee of the peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the VAGSh in 1939, speaks German, before the revolution, second lieutenant, in the civil war of the company.
16. Colonel General (1941) Kirponos Mikhail Petrovich. 1892-1941, Ukrainian, from the peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1927, during the civil war of the regiment commander. Hero of the Soviet Union (1940). He died in battle in the summer of 1941 near Kiev.
17. Colonel General (1943) Kovalev Mikhail Prokofievich. 1897-1967, Russian, from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1927, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1924, before the revolution, the staff captain, in the civil war com. brigades.
18. Lieutenant General (1943) Kozlov Dmitry Timofeevich. 1896-1967, Russian, from employees, in the CPSU (b) from 1918, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1928, speaks English, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war com. shelf.
19.Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Konev Ivan Stepanovich. 1897-1973, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1934, speaks English, before the revolution fireworks, in the civil war, chief of staff of the army. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945).
20. Lieutenant General (1940) Kostenko Fedor Yakovlevich. 1896-1942, Ukrainian, origin unknown, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921, in the Red Army since 1918, education academic courses in 1941, participant in the Civil War.
21. Colonel General (1941) Kuznetsov Fedor Isidorovich. 1898-1961, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1939, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1926, speaks French, before the revolution a warrant officer, in the civil war of the command regiment.
22. General of the Army (1945) Kurochkin Pavel Alekseevich. 1900-1989, Russian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1920, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAGSh in 1940, speaks English, before the revolution as an officer, in the civil war of the command regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
23. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich. 1897-1967, Ukrainian, from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1926, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the VAF in 1930, speaks French and Spanish, before the revolution a corporal, in the civil war, beginning. machine gun command. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1945, 1958).
24. General of the Army (1944) Maslennikov Ivan Ivanovich. 1900-1954, Russian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1924, in the Red Army from 1917, the formation of the VAF in 1935, during the civil war of the regiment commander. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
25. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Meretskov Kirill Afanasevich. 1898-1968, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1917, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1921, before the revolution an officer, in the civil war, the chief of staff of the brigade. Hero of the Soviet Union (1940).
26. General of the Army (1941) Pavlov Dmitry Grigorievich. 1899-1941, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the VAF in 1928, before the revolution a private, in the civil war as an assistant to the comm. Regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1937). Shot by a military tribunal in July 1941.
27. General of the Army (1944) Petrov Ivan Efimovich. 1896-1958, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1918, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1931, an ensign before the revolution, in the civil war as a military commissar. brigades. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
28. General of the Army (1953) Popov Markian Mikhailovich. 1902-1969, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921, in the Red Army since 1920, the formation of the VAF in 1936, speaks English, in the civil war, a platoon commander .. Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).
29. General of the Army (1944) Purkaev Maxim Alekseevich. 1894-1953, Mordvin, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1936, speaks German, French, before the revolution, ensign in the civil war com. shelf.
30. Colonel General (1943) Reuters Max Andreevich. 1886-1950, Latvian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1922, in the Red Army since 1919, formation of the VAF in 1935, speaks German, colonel before the revolution, com. shelf.
31. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Rokosovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich. 1896-1968, Pole, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1917, the formation of the VAK in 1929, speaks German, before the revolution a non-commissioned officer, in the civil war com. shelf. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944.1945).
32. Lieutenant General (1940) Ryabyshev Dmitry Ivanovich. 1894-1985, Russian, from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1917, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1935, before the revolution a private, in the civil war com. brigades.
33. Lieutenant General (1944) Sobennikov Petr Petrovich. 1894-1960, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1940, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of KUVNAS in 1927, speaks French, before the revolution cornet, in the civil war, the chief of staff of the division.
34. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1946) Sokolovsky Vasily Danilovich. 1897-1968, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1931, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1921, in the civil war, the chief of staff of the division. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
35. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1940) Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich. 1895-1970, Russian, from peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1930, before the revolution a private, in the civil war com. brigades. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1940, 1965).
36. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Tolbukhin Fedor Ivanovich. 1894-1949, Russian, from employees, in the CPSU (b) from 1938, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1934, before the revolution, the captain, in the civil war, beginning. of the operative department of the army. Fluent in Polish, German. Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).
37. General of the Army (1940) Tyulenev Ivan Vladimirovich. 1892-1978, Russian, from workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1918, in the Red Army from 1917, the formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1922, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war com. brigades. Hero of the Soviet Union (1978).
38. General of the Army (1955) Fedyuninsky Ivan Ivanovich. 1900-1977, Russian, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1930, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the KUVNAS in 1941, did not participate in the First World War, a private in the civil war. Hero of the Soviet Union (1939).
39. General - Colonel (1943) Frolov Valery Alexandrovich. 1895-1961, Russian, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1932, before the revolution, a senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war of the battalion commander.
40. Colonel General (1943) Khozin Mikhail Semenovich. 1896-1979, Russian, from workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, education Academic courses for advanced command personnel in 1930, ensign before the revolution, in the civil war of the command brigade.
41. Colonel General (1955) Cherevichenko Yakov Timofeevich. 1894-1976, Ukrainian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1935, before the revolution, a senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war of the command division.
42. General of the Army (1944) Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich. 1906-1945, Ukrainian, worker, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1939, in the Red Army since 1924, formed by WAMM in 1936, speaks French. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1943.1944). Killed in action on February 18, 1945 in a battle near the city of Alytus (Lithuania).
43. Colonel General (1943) Chibisov Nikandr Evlampievich. 1892-1959, Russian, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1939, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1935, before the revolution, the captain, in the civil war of the command brigade. Hero of the Soviet Union (1943).
Front commanders(In alphabet order)
| Commander's surname | Front name | Front Command Periods |
| Apanasenko I. R. | Far Eastern | 14.1.41-25.4.43 |
| Artemiev P.A. | Mozhaisk line of defense Moscow reserve front Moscow defense zone |
18.7.41-30.7.41 9.10.41-12.10.41 3.12.41-1.10.43 |
| Baghramyan I. X. | 1st Baltic 3rd Belarusian |
20.11.43-24.2.45 27.4.45-15.8.45 |
| Bogdanov I.A. | Front of the reserve armies | 14.7.41-29.7.41 |
| S. M. Budyonny | Spare North Caucasian |
13.9. 41-8.10.41 20.5.42-3.9.42 |
| Vasilevsky A.M. | 3rd Belarusian | 20.2.45-26.4.45 |
| Vatutin N.F. | Voronezh Southwestern Voronezh 1st |
14.7.42-22.10.42 25. 10.42-27.3.43 28.3.43-20.10.43 20.10.43-2.3.44 |
| Voroshilov K.E. | Leningradsky | 5.9.41- 12.9.41 |
| L.A. Govorov | Leningradsky | 10.6.42 - 24.7.45 |
| Golikov F.I. | Bryansk (II) Voronezh Voronezh |
2. 4.42 - 7.7.42 9.7.42-14.7.42 22.10.42-28.3.43 |
| Gordov V.N. | Stalingrad | 23.7.42-12.8.42 |
| A. I. Eremenko | West West Bryansk Stalingrad (I) Southeastern Stalingrad (II) Yuzhny (P) Kalininsky 1st Baltic 2nd Baltic 4th Ukrainian (P) |
30.6.41 - 2.7.41 19. 7.41 - 29.7.41 16.8.41-13.10.41 13.8.42-30.9.42 7.8.42-30.9.42 30.9.19-31.12.42 1. 1.43-2.2.43 25.4.43-20.10.43 20.10.43-19.11.43 23.4.44-4.2.45 26.3.45-31.7.45 |
| Efremov M.G. | Central (I) | 7. 8.41 - 25. 8.41 |
| Zhukov G.K. | Reserve (I) Reserve (I) Leningradsky West 1st Ukrainian 1st Belarusian (II) |
30.7.41-12.9.41 8.10.41-12.10.41 13.9.41- 10.10.41 13.10.41-26.8.42 2.3.44-24.5.44 16.11.44-10.6.45 |
| Zakharov G.F. | Bryansk (I) 2nd Belarusian (II) |
14.10.41- 10.11.41 7.6.44- 17.11.44 |
| Kirponos M.P. | Southwestern | 22. 6.41 - 20.9.41 |
| Kovalev M.P. | Zabaikalsky | 19.6.41-12.7.45 |
| Kozlov D.T. | Transcaucasian Caucasian Crimean |
23.8.41-30.12.41 30.12.41 - 28.1.42 28.1.42- 19.5.42 |
| I. S. Konev | West Kalininsky West Northwestern Steppe 2nd Ukrainian 1st Ukrainian |
12.9.41-12.10.41 19.10.41-26.8.42 26. 8.42 - 27. 2.43 14.3.43-22.6.43 9. 7.43 - 20.10.43 20.10.43 -21.5.44 24.5.44 -10.6.45 |
| Kostenko F. Ya | Southwest (I) | 18.12.41 - 8.4.42 |
| F. I. Kuznetsov | Northwestern Central (I) |
22.6.41-3.7.41 26.7.41-7.8.41 |
| P.A. Kurochkin | Northwestern Northwestern 2nd Belarusian |
23.8.41-5. 10.42 23.6.43-20.11.43 24.2.44-5.4.44 |
| Malinovsky R. Ya. | Southern (I) Southern (II) Southwest (II) 3rd Ukrainian 2nd Ukrainian Zabaikalsky |
24.12.41-28.7.42 2. 2.43-22.3.43 27.3.43-20.10.43 20.10.43- 15.5.44 22.5.44- 10.6.45 12.7.45- 1.10.45 |
| Maslennikov, II | North Caucasian (II) 3rd Baltic |
24.1.43- 13. 5.43 21.4.44- 16.10.44 |
| Meretskov, KA | Volkhovsky (I) Volkhovsky (II) Karelian Primorsky group of troops 1st Far East |
17.12.41-23.4.42 8 6.42- 15 2.44 22.2.44- 15.11.44 15.4.45-4.8.45 5.8.45-1.10.45 |
| Pavlov D.G. | West | 22.6.41-30.6.41 |
| Petrov I.E. | North Caucasian (II) 2nd Belarusian (II) 4th Ukrainian |
13.5.43-20.11.43 24.4.44-6.6.44 5.8.44-26.3.45 |
| Popov M.M. | Northern Leningradsky Reserve (III) Bryansk (III) Baltic 2nd Baltic 2nd Baltic |
24.6.41-26.8.41 27.8.41 -5.9.41 10.4.43-15.4.43 6.6.43- 10.10.1943 15. 10.43-20.10.43 20.10.43-23.4.44 4.2.45-9 2.45 |
| Purkaev M.A. | Kalininsky Far Eastern 2nd Far East |
26.8.42-25.4.43 25.4.43-4.8.45 5.8.45-1.10.45 |
| Reiter M.A. | Bryansk (II) Reserve (II) Kursk Orlovsky Bryansk (III) |
28.9.42-12.3.43 12.3.43-23.3.43 23.3.43-27.3.43 27.3.43 - 28. 3.43 28.3.43-5.6.43 |
| Rokossovsky K.K. | Bryansk (II) Donskoy Central (II) Belarusian (I) 1st Belarusian Belarusian (II) 1st Belarusian (II) 2nd Belarusian (II) |
14.7.42-27.9.42 30.9.42 - 15.2.43 15.2.43-20.10.43 20.10.43 - 23.2.44 24 2.44-5.4.44 6.4.44-16.4.44 16.4.44-16.11.44 17. 11.44- 10.6.45 |
| Ryabyshev D.I. | Southern (I) | 30.8.41-5.10.41 |
| P. P. Sobennikov | Northwestern | 4.7.41-23.8.41 |
| Sokolovsky V.D. | West | 28. 2.43 - 15.4.44 |
| Timoshenko S.K. | West West Southwest (I) Southwest (I) Stalingrad (I) Northwestern |
2.7.41- 19.7.41 30.7.41- 12.9.41 30. 9. 41-18.12.41 8.4.42- 12.7.42 12.7.42-23.7.42 5.10.42- 14.3.43 |
| Tolbukhin F.I. | Southern (II) 4th Ukrainian 3rd Ukrainian |
22.3.43- 20.10.43 20.10.43- 15.5.44 15.5.44-15.6.45 |
| I. V. Tyulenev | Southern (I) Transcaucasian (II) |
25.6.41-30.8.41 15.5.42-25.8.45 |
| Fedyuninsky I. I. | Leningradsky | 11.10.41-26.10.41 |
| Frolov V. L. | Karelian | 1.9.41-21.2.44 |
| Khozin M.S. | Leningradsky | 27.10.41-9.6.42 |
| Cherevichenko Ya.T. | Southern (I) Bryansk (II) |
5.10.41 - 24.12.41 24.12.41-2.4.42 |
| Chernyakhovsky I.D. | 3rd Belarusian | 24.4.44-18.2.45 |
| Chibisov N.E. | Bryansk (II) | 7.7.42-13.7.42 |
Curriculum Vitae
1. General of the Army (1941) Apanasenko Joseph Rodionovich. 1890-1943, Russian, worker from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1916, in the Red Army from 1917, education: VAF in 1932, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war, division commander.
2. Colonel General (1942) Artemiev Pavel Artemievich. 1897-1979, Russian, worker from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1920, in the Red Army since 1918, education: VAF in 1938, speaks Polish, junior sergeant-officer before the revolution, in the civil war as a military regiment.
3. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955) Bagramyan Ivan Khristoforovich. 1897-1982, Armenian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1941, in the Red Army from 1920, education: VAGSH in 1938, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war, commander of a regiment. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944,1977).
4. Lieutenant General (1942) Bogdanov Ivan Alexandrovich. 1898-1942, nationality unknown, origin unknown, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks with ????, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1933, before the revolution a non-commissioned officer, a participant in the civil war.
5. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935) Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich. 1883-1973, Russian, from peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, education: VAF in 1932, before the revolution, senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war, army commander. Three times Hero of the Soviet Union (1958,1963,1968).
6. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943) Vasilevsky Alexander Mikhailovich. 1895-1977, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1938, in the Red Army since 1919, education: VAGSH in 1937, speaks German, before the revolution, staff captain, in the civil war, assistant comm. Regiment. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944.1945).
7. General of the Army (1943) Vatutin Nikolai Fedorovich. 1901-1944, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921, in the Red Army since 1920, education: VAGSH in 1937, speaks English, in the civil war, squad leader. Hero of the Soviet Union (1965). Killed in battle.
8. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1935) Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich 1891-1969, Russian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1903, in the Red Army since 1918, education: no, in the civil war, a member of the Military Council. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1956, 1968), Hero of Socialist Labor (1960).
9. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Govorov Leonid Alexandrovich. 1897-1955, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1942, in the Red Army since 1920, education: VAGSH in 1938, speaks German, before the revolution, lieutenant, in the civil war of the Com.art. Division. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
10. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1961) Golikov Philip Ivanovich. 1900-1980, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, education: VAF in 1933, instructor of the political department during the civil war.
11. Colonel General (1943) Gordov Vasily Nikolaevich. 1896-1951, Russian, worker from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1917, education: VAF in 1932, speaks English, before the revolution, senior non-commissioned officer, regiment commander in the civil war. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
12. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1955) Eremenko Andrey Ivanovich. 1892-1970, Ukrainian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, education: VAF in 1935, speaks English, before the revolution, chief of the regiment's reconnaissance team, in the civil war, chief of staff of the regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1944).
13. Lieutenant General (1940) Efremov Mikhail Grigorievich. 1897-1942, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1917, education: VAF in 1933, before the revolution, junior non-commissioned officer in the civil war of the commanding division.
14. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943) Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich. 1896-1974, Russian, a worker from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, education: command courses in 1930, before the revolution junior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war of the squadron commander. Four times Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956).
15. General of the Army (1944) Zakharov Georgy Fedorovich. 1897-1957, Russian, an employee of the peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the VAGSh in 1939, speaks German, before the revolution, second lieutenant, in the civil war of the company.
16. Colonel General (1941) Kirponos Mikhail Petrovich. 1892-1941, Ukrainian, from the peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1927, during the civil war of the regiment commander. Hero of the Soviet Union (1940). He died in battle in the summer of 1941 near Kiev.
17. Colonel General (1943) Kovalev Mikhail Prokofievich. 1897-1967, Russian, from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1927, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1924, before the revolution, the staff captain, in the civil war com. brigades.
18. Lieutenant General (1943) Kozlov Dmitry Timofeevich. 1896-1967, Russian, from employees, in the CPSU (b) from 1918, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1928, speaks English, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war com. shelf.
19.Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Konev Ivan Stepanovich. 1897-1973, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1934, speaks English, before the revolution fireworks, in the civil war, chief of staff of the army. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945).
20. Lieutenant General (1940) Kostenko Fedor Yakovlevich. 1896-1942, Ukrainian, origin unknown, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921, in the Red Army since 1918, education academic courses in 1941, participant in the Civil War.
21. Colonel General (1941) Kuznetsov Fedor Isidorovich. 1898-1961, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1939, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1926, speaks French, before the revolution a warrant officer, in the civil war of the command regiment.
22. General of the Army (1945) Kurochkin Pavel Alekseevich. 1900-1989, Russian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1920, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of the VAGSh in 1940, speaks English, before the revolution as an officer, in the civil war of the command regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
23. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich. 1897-1967, Ukrainian, from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1926, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the VAF in 1930, speaks French and Spanish, before the revolution a corporal, in the civil war, beginning. machine gun command. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1945, 1958).
24. General of the Army (1944) Maslennikov Ivan Ivanovich. 1900-1954, Russian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1924, in the Red Army from 1917, the formation of the VAF in 1935, during the civil war of the regiment commander. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
25. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Meretskov Kirill Afanasevich. 1898-1968, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1917, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1921, before the revolution an officer, in the civil war, the chief of staff of the brigade. Hero of the Soviet Union (1940).
26. General of the Army (1941) Pavlov Dmitry Grigorievich. 1899-1941, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the VAF in 1928, before the revolution a private, in the civil war as an assistant to the comm. Regiment. Hero of the Soviet Union (1937). Shot by a military tribunal in July 1941.
27. General of the Army (1944) Petrov Ivan Efimovich. 1896-1958, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1918, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1931, an ensign before the revolution, in the civil war as a military commissar. brigades. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
28. General of the Army (1953) Popov Markian Mikhailovich. 1902-1969, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1921, in the Red Army since 1920, the formation of the VAF in 1936, speaks English, in the civil war, a platoon commander .. Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).
29. General of the Army (1944) Purkaev Maxim Alekseevich. 1894-1953, Mordvin, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1936, speaks German, French, before the revolution, ensign in the civil war com. shelf.
30. Colonel General (1943) Reuters Max Andreevich. 1886-1950, Latvian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1922, in the Red Army since 1919, formation of the VAF in 1935, speaks German, colonel before the revolution, com. shelf.
31. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Rokosovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich. 1896-1968, Pole, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1917, the formation of the VAK in 1929, speaks German, before the revolution a non-commissioned officer, in the civil war com. shelf. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944.1945).
32. Lieutenant General (1940) Ryabyshev Dmitry Ivanovich. 1894-1985, Russian, from the peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1917, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1935, before the revolution a private, in the civil war com. brigades.
33. Lieutenant General (1944) Sobennikov Petr Petrovich. 1894-1960, Russian, from employees, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1940, in the Red Army since 1918, the formation of KUVNAS in 1927, speaks French, before the revolution cornet, in the civil war, the chief of staff of the division.
34. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1946) Sokolovsky Vasily Danilovich. 1897-1968, Russian, from peasants, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1931, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1921, in the civil war, the chief of staff of the division. Hero of the Soviet Union (1945).
35. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1940) Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich. 1895-1970, Russian, from peasants, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1930, before the revolution a private, in the civil war com. brigades. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1940, 1965).
36. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944) Tolbukhin Fedor Ivanovich. 1894-1949, Russian, from employees, in the CPSU (b) from 1938, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1934, before the revolution, the captain, in the civil war, beginning. of the operative department of the army. Fluent in Polish, German. Hero of the Soviet Union (1965).
37. General of the Army (1940) Tyulenev Ivan Vladimirovich. 1892-1978, Russian, from workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1918, in the Red Army from 1917, the formation of the VA of the Red Army in 1922, before the revolution, ensign, in the civil war com. brigades. Hero of the Soviet Union (1978).
38. General of the Army (1955) Fedyuninsky Ivan Ivanovich. 1900-1977, Russian, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1930, in the Red Army from 1919, the formation of the KUVNAS in 1941, did not participate in the First World War, a private in the civil war. Hero of the Soviet Union (1939).
39. General - Colonel (1943) Frolov Valery Alexandrovich. 1895-1961, Russian, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1932, before the revolution, a senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war of the battalion commander.
40. Colonel General (1943) Khozin Mikhail Semenovich. 1896-1979, Russian, from workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1918, in the Red Army since 1918, education Academic courses for advanced command personnel in 1930, before the revolution a warrant officer, in the civil war of the command brigade.
41. Colonel General (1955) Cherevichenko Yakov Timofeevich. 1894-1976, Ukrainian, from the workers, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks from 1919, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1935, before the revolution, a senior non-commissioned officer, in the civil war of the command division.
42. General of the Army (1944) Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich. 1906-1945, Ukrainian, worker, in the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1939, in the Red Army since 1924, formed by WAMM in 1936, speaks French. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1943.1944). Killed in action on February 18, 1945 in a battle near the city of Alytus (Lithuania).
43. Colonel General (1943) Chibisov Nikandr Evlampievich. 1892-1959, Russian, from the workers, in the CPSU (b) from 1939, in the Red Army from 1918, the formation of the VAF in 1935, before the revolution, the captain, in the civil war of the command brigade. Hero of the Soviet Union (1943).
Front commanders
Kirill Meretskov
(07.06.1897-30.12.1968) - Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944)
Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov was born on June 7, 1897 in the village of Nazarevo, Moscow province, in the family of a simple peasant. He was educated in a rural school, and at the age of fifteen he went to Moscow to work. Here he studied plumbing and later worked in a factory and in workshops. At the same time, he continued to study in evening and Sunday classes for workers.
During the First World War, he was drafted into the army and took part in hostilities on various fronts.
In February 1917, Kirill Meretskov joined the Bolshevik Party and became one of the organizers of the Sudogod District Committee of the RSDLP. In May he was elected secretary of the committee, in July he became chief of staff of the district Red Guard. In the winter of 1917-18, he was appointed a district military commissar and took an active part in the creation of the first detachments of the Red Army.
In the summer of 1918, Meretskov was appointed commissar of the Sudogod detachment, which was part of the 227th Vladimir regiment. He took part in the battles with the White Guards near Kazan, was wounded and sent for treatment.
After graduating from the academy in the fall of 1921, Meretskov was appointed chief of staff of the 1st Tomsk Siberian Division. Three years later, he returned to Moscow and began working at the headquarters of the Moscow Military District. In 1928, Meretskov graduated from advanced training courses for the highest command personnel and was sent to the 14th Infantry Division.
In 1931, within the framework of the cooperation program between the Red Army and the Reichswehr, he was sent to study in Germany. Returning to his homeland, Meretskov is appointed chief of staff of the Belarusian Military District. In 1935 he became chief of staff of the special Far Eastern army.
In the fall of 1936, Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov was sent to Spain. He was a senior military adviser to the General Staff of the Republic. Meretskov assisted in the formation and training of international brigades, in the defense of Madrid, in organizing the defeat of the Moroccan corps on the Jarama River and the expeditionary corps near Guadalajara. From Spain, he returned to his homeland in May 1937.
He continued to advance through the ranks, and in the summer of 1937 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army. Since 1938, he began to simultaneously act as secretary of the Main Military Council of the People's Commissariat of Defense. Then Meretskov headed the Volga Military District, and in the winter of 1939 he was appointed commander of the Leningrad Military District. In the fall of the same year, he became commander of the 7th Combined Arms Army.
With the rank of commander of the 2nd rank, Meretskov took part in the Soviet-Finnish war.
On November 29, 1939, Commander Meretskov signed an operation plan to defeat the land and naval forces of the Finnish army, and already on November 30, the Red Army troops crossed the border. At the same time, the aviation bombed Helsinki and other major cities. During the campaign, Meretskov led the breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line. The fighting developed with varying degrees of success. With great difficulty, Soviet troops broke through the fortified lines of the Finnish defense.
On March 12, a peace treaty with Finland was signed in Moscow, according to which the territory of the Karelian Isthmus with Vyborg was ceded to the Soviet Union.
After the end of the war, Meretskov remained at the post of commander of the Leningrad Military District. During the period from the summer of 1940 to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense and for a short time headed the General Staff.
In June 1941, Kirill Afanasevich was arrested in Moscow as a participant in a military conspiracy of "enemies of the people" A.I.Kork and I.P. Uborevich. During interrogations, "physical methods of influence" were applied to him. He was then released from the NKVD prison without any explanation or apology.
After his release, as a representative of the Headquarters, Meretskov was sent to the North-Western and Karelian fronts, located near Leningrad. On August 8, 1941, having concentrated their forces, the German units began a general offensive against Leningrad. Despite the heroic resistance of the Soviet units, on August 20, the Germans cut the strategic route Moscow - Leningrad and began to encircle the Soviet troops. At the beginning of September 1941, a reshuffle of command personnel began, as a result of which on September 10, 1941, the general leadership of the defense of Leningrad was entrusted to Zhukov. However, the blockade of the city could not be prevented. Meretskov first led the 7th and then the 4th armies, and in December 1941 he was appointed commander of the Volkhov front. The troops of his front successfully defended, and then completed the defeat of the German group at Tikhvin, which was of exceptional importance for the fate of Leningrad.
In January 1943, the troops of the Volkhov Front under the command of Meretskov, together with the formations of the Leningrad Front, participated in breaking the Leningrad blockade. When the blockade was broken, Meretskov proved to be a master of overcoming heavily fortified enemy positions in swampy terrain. The troops of the front dealt the main blow at the enemy through the Sinyavinsky peat bogs. From the point of view of the maneuverability of the troops, the place was not the best, but Meretskov chose it for two reasons. Firstly, it was the shortest path (only 15 km) to join the units of the Leningrad Front, and secondly, here the enemy did not expect an active offensive of the Soviet troops. The main blow was delivered by the 2nd Army of the Volkhov Front, fortified by a reserve allocated by the Headquarters. Meretskov focused special attention on artillery, having managed to create a high density of fire - up to 100 guns and mortars per one kilometer of the front. Aviation was also active in this direction (14th Air Force). The offensive began on January 12, and after the hardest seven days of fighting, the troops of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts united - the blockade was broken.
Then, as front commander, Meretskov conducted the Novgorod-Luga operation, which became the beginning of a joint offensive of three fronts (Volkhov, Leningrad and 2nd Baltic) with the aim of finally crushing Army Group North, completely eliminating the Leningrad blockade and further liberating the Baltic.
Meretskov was faced with the task of splitting Army Group North into two parts with strikes on Novgorod and Luga. The main blow was delivered by the forces of the 59th Army, which operated just north of Novgorod, and in order to prevent the enemy from moving away from the city to the southwest, an auxiliary strike was planned south of Novgorod. For this, the Soviet units faced a difficult crossing on the ice of Lake Ilmen. For the success of the operation in order to misinform the enemy, several false places of concentration of troops were prepared in the area between Mga and Chudovo. Making sure that the main blow would be delivered precisely in this area, the Germans transferred their main reserves there.
On January 14, 1944, the 59th Soviet Army delivered a powerful and unexpected blow to the Germans north of Novgorod. At the same time, other parts of the front crossed Lake Ilmen. Already on January 20, both groups of Soviet troops closed up to the west of the city and captured Novgorod on the same day.
Since February 1944, Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov commanded the troops of the Karelian Front, liberating Karelia and the Arctic. The operations he carried out were distinguished by a skillful choice of the direction of the main attack, a rational concentration of rifle formations and artillery on it. Meretskov did not forget about the means of transportation and material supplies. The troops subordinate to him were distinguished by clear interaction and excellent organization of their control. Meretskov was the first to decide to use heavy KV tanks in the Far North, and his experience was successful. In October 1944, Meretskov was transferred to the Western direction, where for four weeks he fought heavy battles with units of the 20th German Army in the Petsamo area.
On October 26, 1944, Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov was awarded the title of Marshal of the Soviet Union.
In the spring of 1945, he led the actions of the Primorsky Group of Forces in Eastern Manchuria and North Korea against Japanese troops. Here he applied his experience, accumulated during the Great Patriotic War, on the action of troops in wooded and swampy areas when breaking through prepared enemy defensive zones.
The Japanese considered the mountainous, densely forested and indented by riverbeds terrain impassable for large formations. The main blow was struck by Meretskov's troops along the intermountain valley, and part of the forces of the strike group made a bypass of the fortifications. Thus, Soviet troops advanced in separate directions on a broad front. Bypassing and dismembering enemy units, they successfully broke through its fortifications. By mid-August 1945, the Soviet units had achieved significant success, and on August 22 they occupied Dalny and Port Arthur.
After the war, Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov was the commander of the Primorsky, Moscow and Northern military districts. Then he was appointed head of the Central Shooting and Tactical Courses.
From 1955 to 1964, he served as Assistant Minister of Defense of the USSR. In April 1964, Meretskov was appointed Inspector General of the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense.
For his military activity, Kirill Afanasyevich was awarded many orders and medals, including the highest military order "Victory".
Kirill Afanasevich Meretskov died on December 30, 1974. Buried at the Kremlin wall on Red Square in Moscow.
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It was formed by the decision of the Headquarters of the VKG on August 23, 1941 by dividing the Northern Front into Leningrad and Karelian. The Karelian Front included troops located on the line from the Barents Sea to Lake Ladoga (the 14th and 7th armies, formations and units covering certain important operational areas). By the middle of 1942, the 19th Army in Kandalaksha, the 26th Army in the Kesteng and Ukhta sectors, and the 32nd Army in the Medvezhyegorsk areas were formed as part of the front. By the end of 1942, the 7th Air Force was formed from the front air force.
In the second half of 1944, the troops of the Karelian Front, with the active participation of the Ladoga and Onega flotillas, carried out the Svir-Petrozavodsk operation, which led to the liberation of Petrozavodsk and the entire South Karelia, and together with the Northern Fleet, the Petsamo-Kirkenes operation. As a result, the Arctic and the northern part of Norway were liberated. On November 15, 1944, in connection with Finland's withdrawal from the war, the Karelian Front was disbanded. Front commander - Marshal of the Soviet Union K.A. Meretskov (February - November 1944).
Leningrad front
It was formed on August 23, 1941 as a result of the division of the Northern Front into the Karelian and Leningrad fronts. For a long time, the Leningrad Front conducted an active defense, covering the approaches to the city on the Neva. In 1944, he went over to decisive offensive actions. In January - February 1944, the troops of the front, together with the Volkhov, 2nd Baltic Fronts and the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, defeated Army Group North near Leningrad and Novgorod. As a result, Leningrad was completely liberated from the enemy blockade.
In June - August of the same year, the troops of the front, with the active participation of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, the Ladoga and Onega military flotillas, successfully carried out the Vyborg operation. In July - October 1944, the front took part in the Baltic operation. Having liberated the continental part of Estonia, the troops of the front, in cooperation with the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, cleared the Moonsund Islands of the enemy from September 27 to November 24, 1944. This was the end of the offensive actions of the Leningrad Front. His troops took up positions on the Soviet-Finnish border and the Baltic Sea coast from Leningrad to Riga. In connection with the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, the Leningrad Front accepted the surrender of the Courland group. On July 24, 1945, the Leningrad Front was reorganized into the Leningrad Military District. Front commander since June 1942 - Marshal of the Soviet Union L.A. Govorov.
1st Baltic Front
Formed on October 20, 1943 as a result of the renaming of the Kalinin Front. After the completion of the city operation in December 1943 in February - March 1944, the troops of the 1st Baltic Front, in cooperation with the troops of the Western Front, launched an offensive near Vitebsk and, breaking through the enemy's defenses, improved their positions. Since June 23, during the Byelorussian operation of 1944, the 1st Baltic Front, in cooperation with the troops of the 3rd Byelorussian Front, carried out the Vitebsk-Orsha operation. Building on their success, from June 29 to July 4, they carried out the Polotsk operation without pause, and advanced 120-160 km with their left wing. In the second half of July, during the Siauliai operation of 1944, the front troops defeated the Panevezys-Siauliai enemy grouping. In September 1944, the Baltic Front took part in the Riga operation.
In early October, the 1st Baltic Front struck an unexpected blow to the enemy on Memel (Klaipeda). This important naval port was liberated later, on January 28, 1945. In January - February 1945, the 1st Baltic Front, part of its forces, participated in the East Prussian operation in 1945. On February 24, 1945, the 1st Baltic Front was abolished. His troops, called the Zemland group, are included in the 3rd Belorussian front. The front commander is General of the Army I.Kh. Baghramyan (November 1943 - February 1945).
3rd Belorussian Front
Created on April 24, 1944 as a result of the division of the Western Front into the 2nd and 3rd Belorussian fronts. The troops of the front in June - August 1944 took part in the Byelorussian operation, in cooperation with the troops of the 1st Baltic Front, from 23 to 28 June they conducted the Vitebsk-Orsha operation. For 6 days, the advancing formations liberated the years. Vitebsk, Orsha, Bogushevsk, Tolochin and other settlements. From June 29 to July 4, the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front took part in the Minsk operation. Then the front troops carried out the Vilnius, Kaunas and Gumbinensky operations. As a result, they reached the state border of the USSR, occupied part of East Prussia and northeastern Poland.
In January - April 1945, the troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front took part in the East Prussian and Konigsberg operations. Front commanders - General of the Army I.D. Chernyakhovsky (April 1944 - February 1945), Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky (February - April 1945).
2nd Belorussian Front
Created on February 17, 1944. On April 5, 1944, the front was disbanded. Re-formed on April 24, 1944. Front troops took part in the Byelorussian operation. During it, they carried out the Mogilev operation on June 23-28, 1944, liberated on June 27 a large regional center of Belarus - the city of Mogilev, advanced 60-80 kilometers in 6 days. From June 29 to July 4, 1944, the 2nd Belorussian Front, together with the 1st and 3rd Belorussian Fronts, in cooperation with the partisans of Belarus, conducted the Minsk operation. In the course of it, the capital of Belarus, the city of Minsk, was liberated, more than 100 thousand enemy groupings were surrounded and defeated.
From 5 to 27 July, the troops of the front successfully carried out the Bialystok operation, and from 14 August - the Osovets operation. In the course of further offensive operations, they reached the borders of Poland and East Prussia, capturing bridgeheads on the western bank of the river. Narev. In January - May 1945, the front took part in the East Prussian, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations. On June 10, 1945, the front was disbanded. Front commanders: Colonel-General P.A. Kurochkin (February - April 1944), Colonel General I.E. Petrov (April - June 1944), General of the Army G.F. Zakharov (June - November 1944), Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (November 1944-June 1945).
1st Belorussian Front
Created on February 17, 1944 as a result of the renaming of the Belorussian Front. From June 24 to June 29, 1944, the troops of the front conducted the Bobruisk operation, surrounded and destroyed more than 6 enemy divisions in the Bobruisk region. From June 29 to July 4, together with the 2nd, 3rd Belorussian Fronts and Belorussian partisans, the troops of the front carried out the Minsk operation. In the course of it, the capital of Belarus, the city of Minsk, was liberated, and more than 100,000 Nazi groupings were defeated. Soviet troops were able to rapidly advance to the western borders of the USSR.
From January 14 to February 3, 1945, participating in the Vistula-Oder operation, the 1st Belorussian Front conducted the Warsaw-Poznan operation. Dealing the main blow from the Magnushevsky and Pulawsky bridgeheads, the front troops liberated the capital of Poland - Warsaw, by the beginning of February they reached the river. Oder in the Kustrin region. In February - March, front troops took part in the East Pomeranian operation. As a result, the entire northern part of Poland was cleared of the enemy. From April 16 to May 8, 1945, the 1st Belorussian Front took part in the Berlin operation. On June 10, 1945, the front was disbanded. Front commanders: Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (February - November 1944), Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov (November 1944 - June 1945).
1st Ukrainian Front
Formed on October 20, 1943. At the final stage of the war, the troops of the front successfully carried out a number of operations. In the first half of 1944, they took part in the Korsun-Shevchenko operation and carried out the Rovno-Lutsk, Proskurov-Chernivtsi, and in the summer the Lvov-Sandomierz operation. In January 1945, the 1st Ukrainian Front, in cooperation with the 1st Belorussian Front in the Vistula-Oder operation, launched an offensive into the interior of Poland from the Sandomierz bridgehead. In April - May 1945, the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front took part in the Berlin and then in the Prague operations. On June 10, 1945, the 1st Ukrainian Front was disbanded. Front commanders: General of the Army N.F. Vatutin (October 1943 - March 1944), Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov (March - May 1944), Marshal of the Soviet Union I.S. Konev (May 1944 - May 1945).
4th Ukrainian Front
Created on October 20, 1943. In January - February 1944, the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front took part in the Nikopol-Kryvyi Rih operation. In April - May 1944, the 4th Ukrainian Front and a separate Maritime Army, in cooperation with the Black Sea Fleet and the Azov Military Flotilla, carried out the Crimean operation and liberated Crimea. On May 16, 1944, the front was abolished. For the second time, the 4th Ukrainian Front was formed on August 6, 1944. In September - October 1944, the troops of this front, in cooperation with the 1st Ukrainian Front, conducted the East Carpathian operation.
In January - February 1945, the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front, in cooperation with the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, carried out the West Carpathian operation. In the spring of 1945, the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front cleared the Moravska-Ostrava industrial region from the Nazi invaders. On May 6-11, 1945, they took part in the Prague operation. In July 1945, the 4th Ukrainian Front was disbanded. Front commanders: General of the Army F.I. Tolbukhin (October 1943 - May 1944), General of the Army I.E. Petrov (August 1944 - March 1945), General of the Army A.I. Eremenko (March 1945 - July 1945).
2nd Ukrainian Front
Created on October 20, 1943 as a result of the renaming of the Steppe Front. In August 1944, the 2nd Ukrainian Front took part in the Jassy-Kishinev operation. During it, 22 German divisions were destroyed, almost all divisions of the Romanian army were defeated, and Romania was withdrawn from the war on the side of Nazi Germany. In October 1944, the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front conducted the Debrecen operation, inflicting a heavy defeat on Army Group South. In the period from October 29, 1944 to February 13, 1945, they, in cooperation with part of the forces of the 3rd Ukrainian Front and the Danube Flotilla, conducted the Budapest operation.
In March - April 1945, the troops of the left wing of the 2nd Ukrainian Front took part in the Vienna operation, in cooperation with the 3rd Ukrainian Front, they completed the liberation of Hungary, liberated a significant part of Czechoslovakia and Austria. On May 6-11, 1945, the 2nd Ukrainian Front took part in the Prague operation, during which the defeat of the German army was completed. On June 10, 1945, the 2nd Ukrainian Front was disbanded. Front commanders: Marshal of the Soviet Union I.S. Konev (October 1943 - May 1944), Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Ya. Malinovsky (May 1944 - June 1945).
3rd Ukrainian Front
Created on October 20, 1943. During the liberation of the Right-Bank Ukraine, the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front carried out in January-February 1944, in cooperation with the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front, the Nikopol-Kryvyi Rih, and then Bereznegovato-Snigirev and Odessa operations. With the assistance of the Black Sea Fleet forces, they completed the liberation of the south of Ukraine. In August 1944, the 3rd Ukrainian Front took part in the Jassy-Kishinev operation. On September 8, 1944, the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front entered the territory of Bulgaria. In the period from September 28 to October 20, 1944, the 3rd Ukrainian Front carried out the Belgrade operation. As a result, the capital of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, and most of Serbia were liberated.
The result of the later Budapest, Balaton and Vienna operations was the expulsion of the Nazis from Hungary and the eastern part of Austria. On June 15, 1945, the 3rd Ukrainian Front was disbanded. Front commanders: General of the Army R. Ya. Malinovsky (October 1943 - May 1944), Marshal of the Soviet Union F.I. Tolbukhin (May 1944 - June 1945).
Front commanders killed in action
- Colonel General Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos, Hero of the Soviet Union, commanded the Southwestern Front, died in September 1941.
- General of the Army Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin, Hero of the Soviet Union, commanded the 1st Ukrainian Front. Fatally wounded on February 29, 1944. He died on April 15, 1944. Buried in Kiev.
- General of the Army Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. He commanded the 3rd Belorussian Front. Fatally wounded on February 18, 1945. Buried in Vilnius.