Введение
Армия, помимо общепринятых значений «вооружённые силы страны» или её «сухопутные войска», является типом формирования в вооружённых силах различных стран, включая Советский Союз. Данная статья служит центральной точкой отсчёта для советских армий, не имеющих отдельных статей, и объясняет некоторые различия между советскими армиями и их американскими и британскими аналогами. В период Гражданской войны в России большинство советских армий состояло из независимых стрелковых и кавалерийских дивизий, а корпусы встречались редко. Во время Второй мировой войны советские армии включали в себя общевойсковые, танковые, воздушные и армии противовоздушной обороны (ПВО), которые состояли из ряда корпусов, дивизий, бригад, полков и батальонов, в основном относящихся к соответствующему роду войск или виду вооружённых сил, например, стрелковому корпусу. В критической ситуации июня 1941 года выяснилось, что неопытным командирам было трудно управлять армиями, имевшими более двух или трёх подчиненных корпусов, поэтому несколько армий были расформированы, чтобы позднее быть вновь сформированными. Таким образом, в циркуляре № 01 Ставки Верховного Главнокомандования от 15 июля 1941 года предписывались изменения в организационной структуре Красной Армии, включая упразднение штабов стрелковых корпусов и прямое подчинение стрелковых дивизий штабам стрелковых армий. После Второй мировой войны армия реорганизовывалась в состав четырёх или пяти дивизий, часто эквивалентных корпусам в армиях других стран. Во время войны армия в советских вооружённых силах обычно подчинялась фронту. В мирное время армия обычно подчинялась военному округу.
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An army, besides the generalized meanings of ‘a country's armed forces’ or its ‘land forces’, is a type of formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. This article serves a central point of reference for Soviet armies without individual articles, and explains some of the differences between Soviet armies and their U. S. and British counterparts. During the Russian Civil War, most Soviet armies consisted of independent rifle and cavalry divisions, and corps were rare. During World War II, Soviet armies included the all arms (общевойсковые), tank (танковые), air (воздушные), and air defence (противо воздушной обороны (ПВО)) armies which included a number of corps, divisions, brigades, regiments and battalions belonging largely to the appropriate branch of the armed forces or of the arm of service, such as the rifle corps. In the emergency of June 1941 it was found that inexperienced commanders had difficulty controlling armies with more than two or three subordinate corps, so several armies were disbanded, to be reformed later in the war. Thus Soviet High Command's (Stavka's) Circular 01, of July 15, 1941, directed several changes to Red Army force structure, including the elimination of rifle corps headquarters and subordination of rifle divisions directly to rifle army headquarters. Following the Second World War, an army was reorganised with four or five divisions, often equivalent to a corps in the militaries of other countries. During a war, an Army of the Soviet military was typically subordinated to a front. In peacetime, an army was usually subordinated to a military district.
An army, besides the generalized meanings of ‘a country's armed forces’ or its ‘land forces’, is a type of formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. This article serves a central point of reference for Soviet armies without individual articles, and explains some of the differences between Soviet armies and their U. S. and British counterparts. During the Russian Civil War, most Soviet armies consisted of independent rifle and cavalry divisions, and corps were rare. During World War II, Soviet armies included the all arms (общевойсковые), tank (танковые), air (воздушные), and air defence (противо воздушной обороны (ПВО)) armies which included a number of corps, divisions, brigades, regiments and battalions belonging largely to the appropriate branch of the armed forces or of the arm of service, such as the rifle corps. In the emergency of June 1941 it was found that inexperienced commanders had difficulty controlling armies with more than two or three subordinate corps, so several armies were disbanded, to be reformed later in the war. Thus Soviet High Command's (Stavka's) Circular 01, of July 15, 1941, directed several changes to Red Army force structure, including the elimination of rifle corps headquarters and subordination of rifle divisions directly to rifle army headquarters. Following the Second World War, an army was reorganised with four or five divisions, often equivalent to a corps in the militaries of other countries. During a war, an Army of the Soviet military was typically subordinated to a front. In peacetime, an army was usually subordinated to a military district.
История
Существовали значительные различия в структуре и численном составе. Например, в ходе Дебреценской битвы в октябре 1944 года 27-я армия представляла собой крупное соединение, включавшее девять стрелковых дивизий, артиллерийскую дивизию и четыре приданные румынские пехотные дивизии. Для сравнения, 40-я армия насчитывала всего пять стрелковых дивизий. Обе армии входили в состав Второго Украинского фронта. К особым почетным наименованиям, присваиваемым советским армиям, относились «армия Красного Знамени» (после награждения орденом Красного Знамени) и «ударная армия». Знаменитое изображение флага над Рейхстагом запечатлело бойцов 150-й стрелковой дивизии 3-й ударной армии. В соответствии с довоенным планированием, рассматривавшим ударные армии как специальные ударные группировки, 1-я ударная армия была сформирована в ноябре-декабре 1941 года для возглавления декабрьского контрнаступления к северу от Москвы. К зиме 1942–43 годов было сформировано в общей сложности пять ударных армий: 2-я (бывшая 26-я армия), 3-я и 4-я (бывшая 27-я армия). Во время Сталинградской контрнаступательной операции 5-я ударная армия стала последним сформированным соединением такого рода. 2-я ударная армия трижды реформировалась, наиболее известна она стала после окружения в Любанской операции к югу от Ленинграда, после чего её командир, генерал Андрей Власов, перешел на сторону противника. Армии, проявившие себя в боях в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941–45 годов, часто получали статус гвардейских. Среди них была 8-я гвардейская армия. По мере развития Второй мировой войны состав поддерживающих подразделений, придаваемых советской армии, становился все больше и сложнее. К 1945 году в состав советской армии обычно входили приданные минометные, противотанковые, зенитные, гаубичные, пушечно-гаубичные, реактивные, отдельные танковые, самоходно-артиллерийские, бронепоездные, огнеметные и инженерно-саперные подразделения. В частности, соотношение артиллерийских орудий к стрелковому составу увеличивалось по мере продолжения войны, что отражало возросшую потребность советских войск в огневой мощи в связи с истощением людских резервов после огромных потерь пехоты. Оценки ЦРУ/DIA, датированные 1963 годом, уже описывали армии общевойскового рода как состоящие из четырех мотострелковых и одной танковой дивизии, а танковые армии – из четырех танковых дивизий, рассматривая это как «типичную военную организацию, используемую для планирования и учебных целей» (с. 16/105).
There were large variations in structure and size. For example, in the October 1944 Battle of Debrecen, the 27th Army was a massive organization with nine rifle divisions, an artillery division, and four attached Romanian infantry divisions. The 40th Army, by comparison, had only five rifle divisions. Both armies were part of the Second Ukrainian Front. Special titles given to Soviet armies included red banner army, following the award of the Order of the Red Banner and shock army. The famous image of the flag over the Reichstag was of men from the 3rd Shock Army's 150th Rifle Division. In accordance with prewar planning that saw shock armies as special penetration formations, the 1st Shock Army was formed in November–December 1941 to spearhead the December counteroffensive north of Moscow. A total of five shock armies were formed by the winter campaigns of 1942–43, the 2nd (former 26th Army), 3rd, and 4th (the former 27th Army). During the Stalingrad counteroffensive the 5th Shock Army was the last such formation formed. The 2nd Shock Army was reformed three times, most famously after being encircled in the Lyuban operation south of Leningrad, after which its commander, General Andrey Vlasov, went over to the German side. Armies which distinguished themselves in combat during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 often became Guards armies. These included the 8th Guards Army. As World War II went on, the complement of supporting units attached to a Soviet army became larger and more complex. By 1945, a Soviet army typically had attached mortar, antitank, anti aircraft, howitzer, gun–howitzer, rocket launcher, independent tank, self propelled gun, armored train, flamethrower, and engineer sapper units. In particular, the ratio of artillery pieces to riflemen increased as the war went on, reflecting the Soviet need for increased firepower as manpower reserves began to decline after staggering infantry losses. 1963 CIA/DIA assessments were already describing combined arms armies as four motor rifle divisions and a tank division, and tank armies as including four tank divisions, in terms of a 'representative wartime organisation used for planning and instructional purposes'. (p. 16/105)
К фронтам придавались воздушные армии из состава Военно-воздушных сил СССР. Они состояли из двух-трех авиационных корпусов. 16-я воздушная армия была одной из самых долговечных и действовала до 2009 года в Московском военном округе.
From the Soviet Air Force, air armies were attached to fronts. They were made up of two to three aviation corps. The 16th Air Army was one of the longest serving, and was active until 2009 in the Moscow Military District.
Регулярные армии
АрмияNote 1-я армия 1-й формирования воевала на Украине весной 1918 года. 2-я формация воевала на восточном фронте. 2-я армия 1-я формация воевала на Украине, весна 1918 года. 2-я формация сражалась на восточном фронте. 3-я армия 1-я формация сражалась на Украине весной 1918 года. 2-я формация сражалась на восточном фронте. 3-я формация сражалась на западном фронте, 1920 г. 4-я армия 1-я формация сражалась на Украине, весна 1918 г. 2-я формация сражалась на восточном фронте. 3-я формация сражалась на западном фронте, 1920 год. 4-я формация сражалась на южном фронте, 1920 г. 5-я армия 1-я формация сражалась на Украине, весна 1918 г. 2-я формация воевала на восточном фронте. 6-я армия 1-я формация воевала на Северном фронте, к югу от Архангельска. 2-я формация воевала на Южном фронте во время поражения Врангеля. 7-я армия защищала Петроград на Западном фронте. 8-я армия воевала на Южном фронте. 9-я армия воевала на Южном, Юго-Восточном и Кавказском фронтах. 10-я армия воевала на Южном, Юго-Восточном и Кавказском фронтах. 11-я армия сформирована из Красной армии Северного Кавказа и воевала на Южном, Юго-Восточном и Кавказском фронтах. 12-я армия 1-я формация была сформирована из Красной армии Северного Кавказа. 2-я формация была сформирована из 1-й и 3-й Украинских Красных армий и воевала на Западном, Южном и Юго-Западном фронтах. 13-я армия первоначально сформирована из группы Кожевникова во время Гражданской войны в России и воевала на Южном, Юго-Западном и снова Южном фронтах. 14-я армия первоначально сформирована во время Гражданской войны в России из Латвийской Красной армии и сражалась на Западном фронте. 15-я армия первоначально сформирована во время Гражданской войны в России из 2-й Украинской Красной Армии и Крымской Красной Армии и воевала на Южном и Юго-Западном фронтах. 16-я армия первоначально сформирована во время Гражданской войны в России из Литовско-Белорусской Красной Армии и воевала на Западном фронте. Красная армия Северного Кавказа на Кавказе, 1918 год. Украинская Красная Армия позднее была разделена на 1-ю и 3-ю Украинские Красные Армии. 1-я Украинская Красная Армия сражалась к западу от Киева, 1919 год. 2-я Украинская Красная Армия сражалась к востоку от Екатеринослава, 1919 год. 3-я Украинская Красная Армия сражалась в районе Одессы, 1919 год. Крымская Красная Армия в Крыму, 1919 год. Латвийская Красная Армия в Латвии, 1919 год. Литовско-Белорусская Красная Армия в Литве и Белоруссии, 1919 год.
ArmyNotes 1st Army 1st Formation fought in Ukraine, Spring 1918. 2nd Formation fought on the eastern front.2nd Army1st Formation fought in Ukraine, Spring 1918. 2nd Formation fought on the eastern front.3rd Army 1st Formation fought in Ukraine, Spring 1918. 2nd Formation fought on the eastern front. 3rd Formation fought on the western front, 1920.4th Army 1st Formation fought in Ukraine, Spring 1918. 2nd Formation fought on the eastern front. 3rd Formation fought on the western front, 1920. 4th Formation fought on the southern front, 1920.5th Army 1st Formation fought in Ukraine, Spring 1918. 2nd Formation fought on the eastern front.6th Army 1st Formation fought on the Northern Front, south of Archangelsk. 2nd Formation fought on the Southern Front, during the defeat of Wrangel.7th Army Defended Petrograd in the Western Front.8th Army Fought on the Southern Front.9th Army Fought in the Southern, Southeastern, and Caucasian Fronts.10th Army Fought in the Southern, Southeastern, and Caucasian Fronts.11th Army Formed from the Red Army of the Northern Caucasus and fought in the Southern, Southeastern, and Caucasian Fronts.12th Army 1st Formation was formed from the Red Army of the Northern Caucasus. 2nd Formation was formed from the 1st & 3rd Ukrainian Red Armies and fought in the Western, Southern, and Southwestern Fronts.13th Army First formed from Group Kozhevnikov during Russian Civil War and fought in the Southern, Southwestern, and again Southern Fronts. 14th Army First formed during the Russian Civil War from the Latvian Red Army and fought on the Western Front. 15th Army First formed during Russian Civil War from the 2nd Ukrainian Red Army and the Crimean Red Army and fought in the Southern and Southwestern Fronts. 16th Army First formed during the Russian Civil War from the Lithuanian Belorussian Red Army and fought on the Western Front. Red Army of the Northern Caucasus In the Caucasus, 1918. Ukrainian Red Army later divided into 1st 3rd Ukrainian Red Armies.1st Ukrainian Red Army Fought west of Kiev/Kyiv, 1919.2nd Ukrainian Red Army Fought east of Yekaterinoslav/Katerynoslav, 1919.3rd Ukrainian Red Army Fought near Odessa/Odesa, 1919. Crimean Red Army In the Crimea, 1919. Latvian Red Army In Latvia, 1919. Lithuanian Belorussian Red Army In Lithuania and Belarus, 1919.
Объединенные армии
Во время Второй мировой войны было создано 79 штабов общевойсковых армий, из которых 16 были окончательно расформированы в ходе войны, а более 20 преобразованы в штабы других армий, фронтов или военных округов. После Второй мировой войны советские армии были известны как общевойсковые армии (общeвойсковые армии), иногда переводимые в начале холодной войны как всеро́дные армии.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
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There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
1-я Краснознамённая армия Июль 1938 14 апреля 1953 Сформирована в Краснознамённом Дальневосточном военном округе в июле 1938 года как 1-я Прибрежная (или Морская) армия, окончательно переименована в 1-ю Краснознамённую армию в июле 1940 года. Действовала в составе Дальневосточного фронта.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
2-я Краснознамённая армия Июль 1938 15 декабря 1945 Действовала в составе Дальневосточного фронта.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
3-я армия 1939 Июль 1945 Уничтожена в июне – июле 1941 года в ходе действий на Западном фронте. Дважды реформировалась, пережила всю войну и реорганизована в штаб Минского военного округа в июле 1945 года.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
4-я армия Август 1939 1992 Начала войну в составе Советского Западного фронта. 23 июля 1941 года штаб 4-й армии стал штабом Центрального фронта. Реформирована из штаба 34-й армии в январе 1944 года.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
5-я армия 1939 Действует по настоящее время. Штаб официально расформирован 25 сентября 1941 года. Реформирована в октябре в составе Дальневосточного фронта, участвовала во многих операциях, включая вторжение в Маньчжурию. Действует в составе российских сухопутных войск.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
6-я армия Август 1939 Действует по настоящее время. Входила в состав Советского Юго-Западного фронта на момент начала войны. 10 августа 1941 года штаб расформирован. Реформирована дважды в 1941 и дважды в 1942 году. Реформирована в декабре 1944 года и стала штабом Воронежского военного округа в июле 1945 года. Реформирована в 1952 году и расформирована в 1997–1998 годах. Реформирована в 2010 году.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
7-я армия 1940 1944/45 18 декабря 1944 года штаб переименован в штаб 9-й гвардейской армии (другие сведения указывают, что 9-я гвардейская армия была сформирована из штаба Отдельной воздушно-десантной армии в январе 1945 года). После войны на короткое время дислоцировалась в Австрии в составе Центральной группы войск, в 1946 году состояла из трёх стрелковых корпусов общей численностью девять дивизий.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
8-я армия Октябрь 1939 1945 Сформирована из Новгородской группы армий Ленинградского военного округа в октябре 1939 года. С лета 1940 года входила в состав Балтийского военного округа. Пережила всю войну и была расформирована в сентябре 1945 года (июль?), став штабом Западно-Сибирского военного округа в Новосибирске.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
9-я армия Июнь 1941 Октябрь 1943 Штаб армии был сформирован из Одесского военного округа. Летом 1940 года участвовала в советской оккупации Бессарабии и Северной Буковины. Начала войну в Одесском военном округе, который стал Южным фронтом. Штаб расформирован 29 октября 1943 года.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
10-я армия 1939 1944 Сформирована в сентябре 1939 года в Московском военном округе и развернута в Западном специальном военном округе. Участвовала во вторжении в Польшу в 1939 году. 22 июня 1941 года входила в состав Советского Западного фронта. Уничтожена немецкими войсками. Штаб официально расформирован 5 июля 1941 года. Трижды реформирована в 1941 году.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
11-я армия 1939 Декабрь 1943 Входила в состав Северо-Западного фронта на момент начала войны. Штаб расформирован 18 декабря 1943 года.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
12-я армия 1939 Ноябрь 1943 Бывшая Южная кавалерийская механизированная группа армий Киевского специального военного округа. С осени 1939 года в некоторых случаях армия была известна как «1-я конная армия», напоминая о славе Гражданской войны этого формирования. Начала войну в составе Советского Юго-Западного фронта. Штаб расформирован 10 августа 1941 года после того, как армия была окружена к югу от Киева вместе с 6-й и 18-й армиями. Реформирована дважды в 1941 году и вновь реформирована путём преобразования прежней 5-й танковой армии в середине апреля 1943 года.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
13-я армия Апрель 1941 Около 1991 Начала Вторую мировую войну в составе Советского Западного фронта. Пережила не только всю войну, но и всю Холодную войну до распада СССР. Действует в составе украинских сухопутных войск в качестве 13-го армейского корпуса.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
14-я армия 1939 1953 Во время Второй мировой войны ранее была Мурманской оперативной группой Ленинградского военного округа. В октябре 1939 года была повышена до статуса армии. После окончания Зимней войны осталась на Кольском полуострове, перейдя под командование Беломорского военного округа и имея два стрелковых корпуса. В 1944 году провела операцию «Петсамо-Киркенес» под командованием Карельского фронта, вероятно, включая 45-ю стрелковую дивизию. 31 июля 1945 года штаб расформирован, а личный состав использован для укомплектования штаба Беломорского военного округа. Армия была восстановлена в 1948 году со 126-м лёгким горнострелковым корпусом и 1222-м артиллерийским полком. По некоторым данным, существовали планы по её использованию на Чукотке и, в случае войны, высадке на Аляску. Была расформирована в 1953 году после смерти Сталина.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
15-я армия 1918 1993 Во время Второй мировой войны штаб был сформирован в июле 1940 года в составе Дальневосточного фронта на базе штаба 20-го стрелкового корпуса. После окончания войны и завершения вторжения в Маньчжурию 15-я армия была немедленно передислоцирована на Камчатку и Курильские острова. Её состав после сокрушительного поражения Японии был существенно изменён. В неё входили 2 стрелковых корпуса (8 дивизий) и два укреплённых района.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
16-я армия 14 июля 1941 Октябрь 1945 Перед началом операции «Барбаросса» штаб 16-й армии был сформирован в июле 1940 года в Забайкальском военном округе (объединив силы, развёрнутые в Даурии). В июне 1941 года она была передислоцирована (с шестью Забайкальскими дивизиями) на Украину и подчинена Киевскому специальному военному округу. Штаб расформирован 8 августа 1941 года после окружения к западу от Смоленска в составе Западного фронта. Реформирована трижды в 1941 году; под руководством Баграмяна 16-я армия так успешно действовала во время Брянской наступательной операции в феврале 1943 года, что армия была переименована в 11-ю гвардейскую армию. Позднее была на короткое время сформирована на Дальнем Востоке в 1945 году.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
17-я армия Июнь 1940 Октябрь 1945 Сформирована из 1-й группы армий Забайкальского военного округа (Ленский, 2001). Во время вторжения в Маньчжурию 17-я армия включала 209-ю стрелковую дивизию, 278-ю стрелковую дивизию, 284-ю стрелковую дивизию, 70-й и 82-й отдельные танковые батальоны, а также другие артиллерийские и истребительно-противотанковые подразделения. Прекратила своё существование через четыре месяца после окончания войны с Японией.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
18-я армия 25 июня 1941 Июнь 1946 Штаб армии был сформирован из штаба Харьковского военного округа, и, приняв под командование шесть дивизий, присоединился к Южному фронту. Штаб армии был уничтожен в Уманской битве. Реформирована, участвовала в Керченско-Эльтигенской операции 1943 года. После войны стала горной армией на территории Карпатского военного округа и Северной Буковины, где была расформирована в мае 1946 года. Некоторые её элементы были использованы для формирования штаба 8-й механизированной армии.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
19-я армия 2 июля 1941 Июнь 1945 Штаб армии был сформирован из штаба Северо-Кавказского военного округа; по указанию Генерального штаба он был переведён в Черкассы (Украина) с пятью Северо-Кавказскими дивизиями в качестве «оперативной группы штаба СКВО». Затем был включён в резерв Главного командования. Штаб армии был формально расформирован 20 октября 1941 года после того, как был уничтожен в Вяземском котле вместе с различными формированиями под его командованием, включая 89-ю стрелковую дивизию (первого формирования). Реформирована трижды в 1941 году и после войны оставалась в Польше до 1947 года, имея два гвардейских стрелковых корпуса, состоящих из шести дивизий.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
20-я армия Июнь 1941 20 октября 1941 Штаб 20-й армии, сформированный из штаба Орелского военного округа, был переведён к Смоленску к 25 июня 1941 года и включён в резерв Главного командования. Штаб армии был расформирован после того, как был окружён и уничтожен в Вяземском котле. Реформирована в ноябре 1941 года для Битвы за Москву, состоящая из 331-й и 350-й стрелковых дивизий и трёх отдельных бригад. Сражалась в составе Западного фронта. В 1942–1943 годах действовала на Ржевско-Сычевском плацдарме и участвовала в Ржевско-Вяземской наступательной операции. В 1944 году вошла в состав резерва Ставки и затем была переподчинена Калининскому фронту и Ленинградскому фронту. Была расформирована в апреле 1944 года путём рассеивания в составе формирований 3-го Балтийского фронта.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
21-я армия 2 июля 1941 30 июля 1945 Сформирована из штаба Волжского военного округа, штаб армии к 25 июня 1941 года выдвинулся к Чернигову, присоединившись к резерву Главного командования. Штаб награждён статусом «Гвардейский» и переименован в штаб 6-й гвардейской армии 16 апреля 1943 года.
There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
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There were 79 Combined Arms army headquarters created during the Second World War, with 16 permanently disbanded during the war, and over 20 converted to other army, Front or military district headquarters. After World War II, Soviet armies were known as combined arms armies (obshchevoyskovyye armiyi), sometimes translated during the early Cold War as all arms armies. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Red Banner Army July 1938 14 April 1953 Formed in Red Banner Far East MD in July 1938 as 1st Coastal (or Maritime) Army, redesignated finally as 1st Red Banner Army in July 1940. Served with Soviet Far East Front.2nd Red Banner ArmyJuly 1938 15 December 1945 Served with Soviet Far East Front3rd Army 1939July 1945 Destroyed June–July 1941 while serving with Soviet Western Front. Reformed twice, survived the entire war and reorganized as HQ Minsk Military District July 1945.4th ArmyAugust 19391992 Started war as part of Soviet Western Front. HQ 4th Army on 23 July 1941 became HQ, Central Front. Reformed from HQ 34th Army January 1944. 5th Army 1939Still activeHQ officially disbanded 25 September 1941. Reformed October within the Soviet Far East Front, took part in many operations, including the invasion of Manchuria in the Far East. Still active within the Russian Ground Forces. 6th ArmyAugust 1939 Still active Part of the Soviet Southwestern Front on the outbreak of war. 10 August 1941 headquarters disbanded. Reformed twice in 1941 and twice again in 1942. Reformed December 1944 and became HQ Voronezh Military District July 1945. Reformed 1952 and disbanded 1997 98. Reformed 2010.7th Army 19401944/5 18 December 1944 headquarters redesignated HQ 9th Guards Army (Other information indicates that 9 Guards Army was formed from HQ Separate Airborne Army in January 1945) Stationed in Austria as part of the Central Group of Forces briefly after the war, in 1946 it comprised three rifle corps totalling nine divisions. 8th ArmyOctober 1939 1945 Formed from the Novgorod army group of the Leningrad Military District in October 1939. Part of Baltic Military District since summer 1940. Survived entire war and disbanded in September 1945 (July? ), becoming HQ Western Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk. 9th Army June 1941October 1943Army HQ was formed from the Odessa Military District. In the summer of 1940 it took part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. Started the war in the Odessa Military District, which became Southern Front. HQ disbanded 29 October 1943. 10th Army19391944Formed in September 1939 in the Moscow Military District and deployed to the Western Special MD. Took part in 1939 invasion of Poland. On June 22, 1941 part of Soviet Western Front. Destroyed by German forces. HQ officially disbanded 5 July 1941. Reformed three times in 1941.11th Army 1939December 1943Part of North Western Front on outbreak of war. HQ disbanded 18 December 1943. 12th Army 1939November 1943Formerly the Southern Cavalry Mechanized Army Group of the Kiev Special MD. Since the autumn of 1939 at some points the Army was 'known' as the '1st Horse Army', recalling the Civil War glories of that formation. It started the war within Soviet Southwestern Front. HQ disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Army was caught in an encirclement south of Kiev along with the 6th and 18th Armies. Reformed twice in 1941 and reformed again by conversion of previous 5th Tank Army in mid April 1943. 13th ArmyApril 1941 Circa 1991? Started World War II with Soviet Western Front. Survived not only entire war, but also entire Cold War up to dissolution of USSR. Still serving with Ukrainian Ground Forces as 13th Army Corps. 14th Army 1939 1953In World War II, formerly the Murmanskaya Operative Group of the Leningrad Military District. It was upgraded to Army status in October 1939. After the end of Winter War, it remained in the Kola peninsula, coming under the command of the Belomorsky Military District and having two rifle corps. Carried out 1944 Petsamo Kirkenes Operation under Karelian Front, probably including 45th Rifle Division. 31 July 1945 HQ disbanded and personnel used to fill out HQ, Belomorsky Military District. The Army was re established in 1948 with 126th Light Mountain Rifle Corps and 1222nd Artillery Regiment. According to some data, there were plans for its use in Chukotka and, in the case of war, landing in Alaska. It was disbanded in 1953 after Stalin's death. 15th Army 1918 19 1993In World War II, the headquarters was formed in July, 1940 within the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 20th Rifle Corps. After the end of the war and the completion of the invasion of Manchuria, 15th Army was immediately relocated to Kamchatka and the Kuriles. Its composition after the crushing defeat of Japan was changed substantially. It comprised 2 rifle corps (8 divisions) and two fortified regions. 16th Army14 July 1941 October 1945 Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July, 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District (uniting the forces deployed in Dauriya (Даурии). In June, 1941 it was relocated (with six Trans Baikalian divisions) to Ukraine and subordinated to the Kiev Special MD. HQ disbanded 8 August 1941 after encirclement just west of Smolensk as part of the Western Front. Reformed three times in 1941; under Bagramyan's leadership, the 16th Army performed so well during the February 1943 Bryansk offensive that the Army was redesignated the 11th Guards Army. Later briefly formed in the Far East in 1945.17th ArmyJune 1940 October 1945Formed from the 1st Army Group of the Transbaikal Military District (Lenskii 2001). During the invasion of Manchuria 17th Army included 209th Rifle Division, 278th Rifle Division, 284th Rifle Division, the 70th and 82nd Separate Tank Battalions, and other artillery and tank destroyer units. It ended its existence four months after the end of the war with Japan.18th Army25 June 1941June 1946The Army HQ was formed from Headquarters Kharkov Military District, and taking six divisions under command, it joined the Southern Front. The Army HQ was destroyed in the Battle of Uman. Reformed, took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation. It became after the war a Mountain Army in the territory of the Carpathian Military District and North Bukovina, where it was disbanded in May 1946. Some of its elements were used to form HQ 8 Mechanised Army. 19th Army 2 July 1941 June 1945 The Army HQ was formed from HQ North Caucasus Military District; under instruction from the General Staff it was moved to Cherkassy in Ukraine with five North Caucasian divisions as the "operative group of the NCMD staff". It was then included in the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ formally disbanded 20 October 1941, after having been wiped out in the Vyazma Pocket, along with various formations under its command, including the 89th Rifle Division, first formation. Reformed three times in 1941, and after the war remained in Poland until 1947, having two Guards Rifle Corps containing six divisions. 20th ArmyJune 194120 October 1941 HQ 20 Army, formed from the Orel MD staff, was moved to Smolensk by 25 June 1941 and brought into the Main Command reserve. The Army HQ was disbanded having been encircled and destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed November 1941 for the Battle of Moscow, comprising 331st and 350th Rifle Divisions, and three separate brigades. Fought as part of the Western Front. In 1942 43 it operated on the Rzhev Sychevka bridgehead, and took part in the Rzhev Vyazma offensive operation. In 1944 it became part of the Stavka Reserve and was then reassigned to Kalinin Front and Leningrad Front. It was disbanded in April 1944 by being dispersed within the formations of 3rd Baltic Front. 21st Army2 July 194130 July 1945 Formed from HQ Volga Military District, the Army HQ had moved up to Chernigov by 25 June 1941, joining the Main command reserve. HQ awarded 'Guards' status and renumbered to HQ 6th Guards Army on 16 April 1943.22nd Army June 19412010 Formed from HQ Ural MD, on General Staff instructions the 22nd Army joined the Main command reserve in June 1941. After disbandment HQ personnel were used to form HQ, Tavricheskii Military District in the Crimea. 109th Rifle Corps arrived with the Army HQ. Reformed in 1990s and disbanded 2010 with the Russian Ground Forces.23rd ArmyMay 1941April 1948Survived the entire war within the Leningrad Military District. Began war in the Northern Front consisting of 19th and 50th Rifle Corps and 10th Mechanised Corps. It was disbanded in April 1948.24th Army 15 July 19411943The army headquarters, formed from Headquarters Siberian Military District; under General Staff instructions of 25 June 1941 arrived on 28 Jun 1941 at Vyazma, accepting on arrival in this area six Siberian rifle divisions of the high command reserve. Involved in the Yelnya Offensive, August–September 1941. HQ disbanded 10 October 1941, having been destroyed in the Vyazma Pocket. Reformed from 9 December 1941 to 4 January 1942, then redesignated as 1st Reserve Army (II). Reformed again on 20 May 1942, then redesignated as HQ 58th Army (III) on August 28, 1942; Soon afterwards reformed again from 9th Reserve Army and ended up in the Stalingrad area. Then redesignated 4th Guards Army on 16 April 1943 (Glantz, 2005, p. 511), or May 1943 (Perechen)25th ArmyJanuary 19411957 Formed in the Soviet Far East Front on the basis of HQ 43rd Rifle Corps (in Primorski Krai). In June 1941 comprised 39th Rifle Corps with 32nd Rifle Division, 40th, and 92nd Rifle Divisions, plus 105th Rifle Division as Army troops. Immediately after the end of the war with Japan it included two rifle corps (6 divisions) and 8 fortified regions, but they were all reorganised in 1946 into machine gun artillery divisions. Took part in Soviet move into northern Korea immediately after World War II had ended, and was headquartered at Pyongyang for a period. It was situated within what may have been the Maritime Province Military District up to 1955, covering boundary with Korea and China, when it was disbanded. 26th ArmyJuly 1940 1947HQ formed in July, 1940 in the Kiev Special Military District. The Army HQ was officially disbanded 25 September 1941 after Battle of Kiev (1941). Reformed three times in 1941, on 12 October from 1st Guards Special Rifle Corps and at another point after being redesignated HQ 2nd Shock Army; finally disbanded in Romania in 1947.27th ArmyMay 1941 1946 HQ formed in May 1941 in the Baltic Special Military District according to Sovnarkom Decision 23.04.41 No.1113 460ββ. Redesignated HQ, 4th Shock Army on 25 December 1941. Reformed, 27th Army was involved in the Battle of Kiev (1943) and the Battle of Romania (1944). 28th ArmyJune 19411993The Army headquarters was formed in June 1941 from Headquarters Archangelsk Military District, and was sent south, arriving in high command reserve in the Kirov Bryansk region by the end of the month. 29th ArmyJune 1941 1988 Formed from 30th Rifle Corps (I Formation), Joined Soviet Reserve Front on formation. Disbanded 1943, reformed 1970 in Transbaikal and disbanded 1988.30th Army13 July 1941 April 1943 Comprised the 119th, 242nd, 243rd and 251st Rifle Divisions, 51st Tank Division, 43rd Corps Artillery Regiment, 533rd and 758th Anti tank Regiments on formation. Joined Soviet Western Front. Took part in Klin Solnechegorsk offensive operation, 1941. Redesignated 10th Guards Army 16 April 1943.31st ArmyBy 10 July 1941 30 July 1945 Comprised the 244th, 246th, 247th and 249th Rifle Divisions initially (Glantz, Stumbling Colossus). Disbanded summer 1945, became HQ Lvov Military District (1945–46).32nd ArmyJune–July 1941 1991Joined Reserve Front when formed and then eventually Karelian Front. Second Formation established at Semipalatinsk in 1969 on the basis of the 1st Army Corps(?) almost simultaneously with the creation of the Central Asian Military District as a result of the tensions with China. The Army HQ remained in place until 24 September 1981 when it was redesignated 1st Army Corps, and then seven years later 32nd Army was apparently reformed on 27 February 1988. On June 4, 1991, 32nd Army was redesignated 40th Army.33rd Army30 July 1941 30 July 1945 On formation joined Reserve Front. Became HQ Smolensk Military District.34th Army30 July 1941 15 January 1944 On formation joined Reserve Front. Initially comprised 245th, 257th, 259th, 262nd Rifle Divisions and 25th and 54th Cavalry Divisions. Disbanded to reform HQ 4th Army January 1944.35th Army June–July 1941 Still activeJoined Soviet Far East Front on formation. Within Far East Front comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions and 109th Fortified Region.36th ArmyJuly 1941Still active Formed in the Transbaikal Military District on the basis of 12th Rifle Corps, comprising four rifle divisions. In August 1945, reinforced significantly, took part in the Khingan Mukden offensive operation, part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, as part of the Transbaikal Front.37th Army10 August 1941 1946Encircled along with the 5th, 21st, and 26th Armies during the Battle of Kiev (1941). Served in southern areas of the Russo German War. Occupied Bulgaria in 1944 and remained there until the end of the war. Renamed 10th Mechanized Army in 1946.38th Army4 August 1941 1992Erickson says Mikhail Kirponos ordered this Army to form to hold the Cherkassy bridgehead, on the basis of 8th Mechanised Corps, keeping General Ryabyshev as commander. Spent much of the Cold War serving as part of the Carpathian Military District. After the fall of the Soviet Union the Army became part of the Ukrainian Ground Forces and was later redesignated the 38th Army Corps. The Army Corps, formerly headquartered at Ivano Frankovsk, was disbanded in May 2003, and many of its formations reassigned. 39th ArmyNovember 1941 1992Formed in Archangelsk MD, postwar served in China and disbanded in 1956. Reformed in Mongolia 1970, disbanded 1992.40th ArmyAugust 1941 1992Notably served in Afghanistan, 1979 onwards, disbanded after withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989, reformed 1991 from 32nd Army and disbanded 1992. 41st Army May 1942Still activeFormed in the Kalinin Front in May 1942 but disbanded in April 1943, its headquarters forming the Reserve Front. Reformed circa 2001? in Siberian Military District.42nd Army5 August 1941 Summer 1946 Formed under Lt Gen F. S. Ivanov, consisting of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Leningrad Militia Divisions. Ended its existence on the Baltic coast in 1946.43rd Army31 July 1941Summer 1946 Formed from 33rd Rifle Corps (I Formation).44th Army1 December 19419 Nov. 1943Formed in Transcaucasus Military District.45th ArmyBetween June–August 1941 1945Formed Transcaucasus Military District. For almost the entire war it was situated in Iran and ended its existence after return to the USSR. Disbanded fall 1945.46th Army23 Nov. 1941 Summer 1945Formed in the Transcaucasus Military District. 47th Army25 Dec. 1941 1947Formed Transcaucasus Military District. It was stationed in Halle, Germany until it was disbanded. 48th Army7 August 1941 September 1945Formed from Novgorod Operational Group, ended fighting in East Prussia. In July 1945 убыла из Германии в Поволжье/Povolzhe, где на базе ее управления был развернут Казанский округ/Kazan Military District. С ней прибыли 17 я и 194 я СД, а 73 я СД убыла на Северный Кавказ. 49th Army7 August 1941 July 1945Initial composition included one mountain and three regular rifle divisions, plus a territorial division. Assigned initially to the Reserve Front, then to the Western Front for the defence of Moscow. In 1943 it took part in the Rzhev Vyazma (Battles of Rzhev?) and Smolensk offensive operations. In 1944–45, as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front, it took part in the Belorussian Operation. During the Mogilev Offensive, east of Mogilev itself, General Robert Martinek's XXXIX Panzer Corps (made up of the 31st, 12th, 337th and 110th Infantry Divisions) attempted to hold its lines in the face of a ferocious assault by Grishin's 49th Army during which the latter suffered heavy casualties. After Belorussia, East Prussian Offensive, East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. The end of the war found the army on the Elbe River in the vicinity of Ludwigslust where it encountered Second Army (United Kingdom). HQ returned in July 1945 from Germany to the Gor'kiy region, where it was reformed as the Gor'kiy Military District. Reformed Stavropol 2010? 50th ArmyAugust 1941 July 1945 Joined Bryansk Front. Took part in Battle of Königsberg in April 1945 where it included the 69th Rifle Corps. Disbanded when it was reorganised as the headquarters of the Eastern Siberian Military District in Irkutsk.51st Army August 1941 October 11, 1993Raised in Crimea. Involved in Battle of the Crimea (1944). Moved during June 1945 from the Baltic States to the Urals with almost all its forces. Headquarters moved without its troops to Sakhalin in the Far East Military District in 1953. Disbanded by being redesignated 68th Army Corps.52nd Army25 August 1941 12 June 1946Took part in Iassy Kishinev Operation, 1944 and Vistula Oder Operation. Moved to western Ukraine postwar and renamed 8th Tank Army.53rd Army1941October 1945First formed for the Anglo Soviet invasion of Iran and disbanded December 1941. Reformed May 1942 from elements of 34th Army. Transferred to the Far East for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Disbanded October 1945. 54th Army5 September 1941 31 December 1944Formed from 44th Rifle Corps (I Formation). Fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive.55th Army1 September 1941 25 December 1943Formed under Leningrad Front, from units in the Slutsk Kolpino area. Initially comprised 168th, 70th, 90th, 237th Rifle Division and 4th Leningrad Militia Division. Involved in the Battle of Krasny Bor (1943). Combined with 67th Army. 56th Army17 October 1941 November 1943Took part in 1943 Kerch Eltigen Operation in the Black Sea. Disbanded November 1943 with troops used to reform the Separate Coastal Army.57th Army10 December 19411947 Reformed twice in 1942 having been destroyed. Reformed again in March 1943 from remnants of 3rd Tank Army. On the completion of the war was relocated from Austria to Romania, where it became part of the Southern Group of Forces. It was disbanded together with the Southern Group of Forces in 1947. 58th Army Nov. 1941 In existence Formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941, but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942. Reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 but then redesignated the 39th Army in August. It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on August 28, 1942. The Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943. The HQ was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District. 59th Army18 December 1941 July 1945 Took part in Battle of the Bay of Viipuri July 1944. Became headquarters of the Stavropol Military District. 60th Army5 December 1941 July 1945Fought at Battle of Kursk. This army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated Auschwitz in January 1945. Became headquarters of the Kuban Military District.61st Army9 December 1941July 1945It arrived in the North Caucasus from Germany during June 1945 and became the headquarters of the Donskoy Military District. 62nd Army July 19421943Activated in October 1941 as the 7th Reserve Army, the Army was redesignated the 62nd Army at Stalingrad in July 1942. It included the 13th Guards Rifle Division. It was among the victors of Stalingrad and thus redesignated the Eighth Guards Army. 63rd Army12 July 1942February 1944Formed from 5th Reserve Army. Fought at Battle of Stalingrad and the Operation Uranus for which was reflagged as the 1st Guards Army on 4 November 1942. Second formation was formed from 2nd Reserve Army. From May was part of the Bryansk Front, from 10 October with the Central Front (from 20 October 1943 Belorussian Front). 64th Army12 July 194216 April 1943Formed from 1st Reserve Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad, became 7th Guards Army Apr 43. 65th ArmyOctober 1942April 19464th Tank Army was converted into 65th Army in late October 1942. Involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. Re converted back into 7th Tank Army in 1946.66th ArmyAug. 1942April 1943Formed from 8th Reserve Army. Became 5th Guards Army. Involved in Battle of Stalingrad.67th Army10 October 1942August 1945 End of the war was guarding the coast of the Baltic States from Tallinn to the south.68th Army1 February 1943 5 November 1943 Formed from HQ 57th Army.69th Army5 February 1943July 1945Formed by the elevation of 18th Guards Rifle Corps to Army status. Commanded by Lt Gen M. I. Kazakov, on the eve of Operation Star in February 1943 the Army comprised the 161st, 180th, 219th and 270th Rifle Divisions, plus smaller formations. The Army was moved without troops from Germany to Transcaucasia in June 1945, where its HQ was reorganised as the HQ of the Baku Military District.70th ArmyFebruary 1943 July 1945Formed from NKVD border guard troops. On February 5, 1943 this army was designated as the 70th Army with Far Eastern, Transbaikal, Siberian, Central Asian, Ural and Stalingrad divisions renamed respectively: 102nd, 106th, 140th, 162nd, 175th and 181st Rifle divisions, a total of 69236 personnel. The 70th Army was formed in Zlatoust and transferred to Konstantin Rokossovsky’s Central Front (Soviet Union), which was preparing a local offensive, and suffered its first defeat. In June 1945 it arrived, possibly just an HQ without any troops, from Germany, in the South Urals, where its HQ was reorganised as the headquarters of the South Urals Military District. Separate Coastal Army 1941 July 1945 Served in Crimea during 1941 onwards, disbanded, reformed from North Caucasus Front on 20 November 1943 during the Kerch Eltigen Operation, and served until 1945. Became Tauric Military District Headquarters.
Армии гвардейцев
Армия Дата формирования Дата расформирования Примечания 1-я гвардейская армия Август 1942 1991–92 гг. Трижды реформирована. После окончания войны армия была передислоцирована вместе с рядом своих частей в Центральную Азию, где в июле 1945 года её штаб стал штабом Туркестанского военного округа. 306-я и 376-я стрелковые дивизии были преобразованы в горнострелковые дивизии. Действовала до 1991–92 гг. или позднее в составе Сухопутных войск Украины. 2-я гвардейская армия Октябрь 1942 1945 После войны армия вернулась в Московский военный округ с двумя гвардейскими корпусами (шесть дивизий). По данным Фескова и др., штаб армии существовал лишь на бумаге после сокращений 1950-х годов, хотя возможно, присутствовала оперативная группа из нескольких офицеров. 3-я гвардейская армия Декабрь 1942 1945 Все формирования армии (за исключением 76-го стрелкового корпуса с 287-й и 389-й стрелковыми дивизиями) были расформированы летом 1945 года, а штаб армии реорганизован в составе Волжского военного округа. 4-я гвардейская армия 16 апреля 1943 1947 Переименование 24-й армии. 5-я гвардейская армия 16 апреля 1943 1947 Переименование 66-й армии, апрель 1943 года. Армия прибыла из Австрии на территорию Западной Украины в 1946–1947 годах, где была расформирована, в отличие от некоторых её дивизий, в том числе оставшихся в Австрии (13-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус и 95-я стрелковая дивизия). До расформирования в её составе было три гвардейских стрелковых корпуса (девять дивизий). 6-я гвардейская армия 16 апреля 1943 1947 Переименование 21-й армии, начало 1943 года. Расформирована в 1947 году в Балтийском военном округе. 7-я гвардейская армия 16 апреля 1943 1992 Переименование 64-й армии. 8-я гвардейская армия 16 апреля 1943 1992 Переименование 62-й армии после Сталинградской битвы. 9-я гвардейская армия Январь 1945 1946 Дэвид Гланц отмечает, что 7-я воздушно-десантная армия была сформирована в октябре 1944 года. Затем, в декабре 1944 года, 9-я гвардейская армия была сформирована на базе штаба 7-й армии и 7-й воздушно-десантной армии, к которой в феврале 1945 года в Венгрии присоединились 37-я, 38-я и 39-я гвардейские стрелковые дивизии. Затем участвовала в Венском и Пражском наступлениях. В 1946 году в районе Москвы штаб армии был переименован в штаб Воздушно-десантных войск. 10-я гвардейская армия Апрель 1943 1948 Переименование 30-й армии, 16 апреля 1943 года. В октябре 1945 года армия находилась в Эстонской ССР, входила в состав Ленинградского военного округа и имела четыре гвардейских стрелковых корпуса: 7-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус (Хаапсалу, Эстонская ССР); 15-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус (Раквере, Эстонская ССР); 19-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус (Вальга, Эстонская ССР); и 41-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус. В июне 1946 года 15-й и 41-й гвардейские стрелковые корпуса были расформированы. В апреле 1947 года был расформирован 7-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус, а через два месяца – 19-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус. Дивизии теперь подчинялись непосредственно армии. 30 марта 1948 года армия была переименована в 4-й гвардейский стрелковый корпус. До начала 1950-х годов она оставалась в Эстонии, в её состав входила 1-я пулеметно-артиллерийская дивизия (ранее морской пехоты?) и несколько гвардейских дивизий: 36-я гвардейская механизированная дивизия, которая должна была стать 8-й гвардейской мотострелковой дивизией (подтверждено Холмом в 2015 году как часть 4-го гвардейского армейского корпуса), 7-я, 8-я, 118-я и 122-я стрелковые дивизии (некоторые из них были преобразованы в бригады). 11-я гвардейская армия Апрель 1943 1997 Сформирована из 16-й армии 16 апреля 1943 года. Участвовала в Орловской наступательной операции (операция «Кутузов»), Брянских, Городокских, Багратионской, Гумбинненской и Восточно-Прусской наступательных операциях. Закончила войну в Балтийском военном округе. Расформирована в 1997 году в Калининградской особой зоне (КОР) для формирования Сухопутных и береговых сил обороны Балтийского флота. 14-я гвардейская армия 1956 1995 Создана в Одесском военном округе на базе 10-го Будапештского гвардейского стрелкового корпуса. В её состав входили штаб корпуса и четыре мотострелковые дивизии: 28-я, 59-я, 86-я гвардейская, 48-я и 180-я. После окончания холодной войны оказалась вовлечена в приднестровский конфликт. 18-я гвардейская армия 1957 1979 Сформирована после войны, служила в Группе советских войск в Германии, но была выведена из Германии в 1979 году и позднее расформирована. 20-я гвардейская армия 1960 Входила в состав Группы советских войск в Германии в течение некоторого времени после окончания войны.
ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Guards Armyfirst formed August 19421991–92 Formed first from 2nd Reserve Army. Reformed three times. After the war ended the Army was moved together with a number of its components to Central Asia, where its headquarters during July 1945 became HQ Turkestan Military District. The 306th and 376th Rifle Divisions became mountain rifle divisions. Active until around 1991–92 or afterwards with the Ukrainian Ground Forces.2nd Guards ArmyOctober 1942 1945 After the war the Army returned to the Moscow Military District with two guard corps (six divisions). According to Feskov et al., the Army HQ existed only on paper, after the reductions of the 1950s, although it is possible an operations group of several officers was present. 3rd Guards ArmyDecember 1942 1945All formations of this army (except 76th Rifle Corps with the 287th and 389th Rifle Divisions) were disbanded in the summer of 1945, and the Army HQ was reorganised as part of the Volga Military District. 4th Guards Army16 April 1943 1947 Redesignation of 24th Army5th Guards Army 16 April 1943 1947 Redesignation of 66th Army, April 1943. The Army arrived from Austria to the territory of the West Ukraine in 1946–1947, where it was disbanded, in contrast to some its divisions, including of those remaining in Austria (13th Guards MD and 95th Rifle Div). Up to its disbandment it had three guard rifle corps (nine divisions). 6th Guards Army 16 April 19431947Redesignation of 21st Army, early 1943. Disbanded in 1947 while in the Baltic Military District.7th Guards Army 16 April 1943 1992 Redesignation of 64th Army, 8th Guards Army 16 April 1943 1992 Redesignation of 62nd Army after Battle of Stalingrad.9th Guards Army January 1945 1946 David Glantz writes that Sep Airborne Army was formed in October 1944. Thereafter, 9 Gds Army was formed on the basis of 7th Army staff and Sep Airborne Army in December 1944, with 37th, 38th and 39th Guards RDs joining in Hungary in Feb. 1945. Then took part in the Vienna Offensive and Prague Offensive. In the Moscow area in 1946 redesignated HQ Airborne Forces.10th Guards Army April 19431948Redesignation of 30th Army, 16 April 1943. In October 1945 the Army was in the Estonian SSR, forming part of the Leningrad Military District and having four Guards Rifle Corps. 7th Guards Rifle Corps (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR); 15th Guards Rifle Corps (Rakvere, Estonian SSR); 19th Guards Rifle Corps (Valga, Estonian SSR); and 41st Guards Rifle Corps. In 6.46 the 15th and 41st Guards Rifle Corps were disbanded. In April 1947, the 7th Guards Rifle Corps was disbanded, followed by the 19th Guards Rifle Corps two months later divisions were now directly attached to the army. On 30 March 1948 renamed 4th Guards Rifle Corps. Prior to the beginning of the 1950s it was still in Estonia, including within its structure the 1st Machine Gun Artillery Division (formerly of naval infantry(? )), and several guards divisions 36th Guards Mechanised Division, which was to become the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division (confirmed by Holm 2015 as still part of 4 Gv AK), 7, 8, 118, 122nd RD (some of them became brigades).11th Guards ArmyApril 19431997Formed from 16th Army on 16 April 1943. Took part in the Orel Offensive (Operation Kutuzov), Briyansk, Gorodok, Operation Bagration, the Gumbinnen Operation and East Prussian Offensive. Ended the war in the Baltic Military District. Disbanded 1997 in the Kaliningrad Special Region (KOR), to form the Ground and Coastal Defence Forces of the Baltic Fleet. 14th Guards Army 1956 1995Created in the Odessa Military District on the basis of the 10th Budapest Guards Rifle Corps. It included a corps HQ and four motor rifle divisions: 28th, 59th, 86th Guards, 48th, and 180th. Following the end of the Cold War it became entangled in the Transnistria War.18th Guards Army 1957 1979Formed postwar, served in Group of Soviet Forces Germany, but withdrawn from Germany in 1979 and later disbanded.20th Guards Army 1960 Part of Group of Soviet Forces in Germany for a time after the end of the war.
Танковые и механизированные армии
Обычно состояла из двух или трех танковых и механизированных корпусов. Гвардейские танковые армии состояли из ряда гвардейских танковых и механизированных корпусов. Армия Дата формирования Дата расформирования Примечания 1-я гвардейская танковая армия Июль 1942 ? Сформирована из 38-й армии, впоследствии потерпела тяжелое поражение и была расформирована. Реорганизована в январе – феврале 1943 года. Получила гвардейское звание в апреле 1944 года. 2-я танковая армия Январь – февраль 1943 ? Впервые активирована на базе штаба 3-й резервной армии в составе Советского Центрального фронта. Реорганизована в феврале – марте 1943 года, но осталась в Центральном фронте. Ключевыми соединениями были 11-й и 16-й танковые корпуса, 11-я гвардейская танковая бригада, а также 60-я, 112-я и 194-я стрелковые дивизии. Награждена гвардейским званием и стала 2-й гвардейской Краснознаменной танковой армией в ноябре 1944 года. В послевоенное время армия входила в состав Группы советских войск в Германии на протяжении многих лет. 3-я гвардейская танковая армия Май 1942 1964 Сформирована из 58-й армии. Окружена и почти полностью уничтожена в марте 1943 года, переименована в 57-ю армию в апреле 1943 года. Восстановлена в мае 1943 года и переименована в 3-ю гвардейскую танковую армию 14 мая 1945 года. Известна как 3-я гвардейская Краснознаменная механизированная армия в 1946 году, штаб-квартира располагалась в Люккенвальде, Германия. Переименована в 18-ю гвардейскую армию в 1957 году. 4-я танковая армия Июль 1942 1960 Прекратила существование с декабря 1942 года по июль 1943 года. Получила гвардейский статус приказом НКО от 17 марта 1945 года («Красная звезда»). С 1946 по 1957 год армия называлась 4-й гвардейской механизированной армией. Переименована в 20-ю гвардейскую армию в 1960 году. После распада Советского Союза 20-я гвардейская армия была передислоцирована в Воронеж. 5-я танковая армия Июнь 1942 Апрель 1943 Вела бои на Брянском, Воронежском и Юго-Западном фронтах. Была в составе северного щипца окружения немецкой 6-й армии во время операции «Уран», после чего в апреле 1943 года была преобразована в 12-ю армию. 5-я гвардейская танковая армия Январь – февраль 1943 1992 «Красный флаг» Армия дислоцировалась на протяжении всего послевоенного периода в Белоруссии и почти все эти годы в ее состав входили 8-я гвардейская, 29-я, а также 193-я (ранее 193-я стрелковая дивизия) танковые дивизии. 6-я гвардейская танковая армия Январь 1944 1993 «Красный флаг» Находилась в Монголии в течение 15 лет после войны. Дружба с Китаем в те годы и военные сокращения, проведенные Никитой Хрущевым, изменили судьбу 6-й гвардейской танковой армии, и в 1959 году она была передислоцирована в Днепропетровск. К концу 1980-х годов в ее составе оставались три гвардейские танковые дивизии: 17-я, 42-я (бывшая 42-я стрелковая дивизия) и 75-я (бывшая 75-я стрелковая дивизия). 7-я танковая армия 1946 1993 «Красный флаг» Сформирована в Польше на базе штаба 65-й армии и в 1947 году была передислоцирована в Белоруссию. В 1993 году армия была переименована в 7-й армейский корпус в составе Белорусской армии. 8-я ордена Красной Звезды танковая армия 1946 1993 Сформирована в Карпатском военном округе при реорганизации элементов 52-й и 18-й армий в 8-ю механизированную армию. Части армии участвовали в подавлении Венгерского восстания 1956 года. 8-я механизированная армия была переименована в 8-ю танковую армию в 1957 году. 9-я механизированная армия 1946 1947 Сформирована из 57-й армии. Базировалась в Румынии и была расформирована в июле 1947 года. 10-я механизированная армия 1946 1947 Действовала в Юго-Восточной Европе в течение короткого времени, сформирована из 37-й армии. Специальная механизированная армия 1947 1957 Сформирована из Южной группы войск. Стала 1-й отдельной армией в 1957 году.
Normally made up of two or three tank and mechanised corps. Guards tank armies were made up of a number of Guards tank and mechanised corps. ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Guards Tank ArmyJuly 1942 ? Formed from the 38th Army, subsequently badly defeated and disbanded. Reorganised in January–February 1943. Became Guards unit in April 1944.2nd Tank ArmyJanuary–February 1943 ? First activated on the basis of HQ 3rd Reserve Army in Soviet Central Front. Reorganised in Feb March 1943, but stayed in Central Front. Key formations included 11th and 16th Tank Corps, 11th Guards Tank Brigade, and 60th, 112th, and 194th Rifle Divisions. Awarded Guards title and became 2nd Guards Red Banner Tank Army in November 1944. Postwar, the Army was in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany for many years.3rd Guards Tank ArmyMay 1942 1964 Formed from 58th Army. Encircled and almost totally destroyed in March 1943, redesignated 57th Army in April 1943. Reformed May 1943 and redesignated 3rd Guards Tank Army on May 14, 1945. Known as 3rd Guards Red Banner Mechanized Army in 1946 and headquartered in Luckenwalde, Germany. Redesignated 18th Guards Army in 1957. 4th Tank ArmyJuly 1942 1960 Ceased to exist from December 1942 until July 1943. Achieved Guards status by an order of the NKO dated March, 17th, 1945(Krasnaya Zvezda). From 1946 to 1957 the Army was named 4th Guards Mechanized Army. Renamed 20th Guards Army 1960. After the fall of the Soviet Union 20th Guards Army was withdrawn to Voronezh.5th Tank ArmyJune 1942April 1943 Fought on the Briansk, Voronezh and Southwestern Fronts. Spearheaded the northern pincer of encirclement of German 6th Army during operation Uranus before being converted to 12th Army in April 1943.5th Guards Tank ArmyJanuary February 19431992 'Red Banner' The Army was stationed for the entire postwar period in Belorussia and for almost all those years it included the 8th Guards, 29th and also the 193rd (formerly the 193rd Rifle Division) Tank Divisions.6th Guards Tank Army January 19441993'Red Banner' Was in Mongolia for 15 years after the war. The friendship with China of those days and the Nikita Khrushchev military reductions changed the fate of 6th Guards Tank Army, and in 1959 it was relocated to Dnepropetrovsk. Toward the end of the 1980s it retained three Guards Tank Divisions the 17th, 42nd (the former 42nd Rifle Division) and the 75th (formerly the 75th Rifle Division).7th Tank Army1946 1993 'Red Banner' Created in Poland from HQ, 65th Army and in 1947 was brought out into Belorussia. In 1993 the army was redesignated as the 7th Army Corps as part of the Belorussian Army.8th Order of the Red Star Tank Army19461993Created in the Carpathian Military District, when elements of the 52nd and 18th Armies were reorganised as the 8th Mechanised Army. Parts of the Army participated in the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The 8th Mechanised Army was redesignated the 8th Tank Army in 1957.9th Mechanised Army 1946 1947 Formed from 57th Army. Based in Romania and disbanded July 1947. 10th Mechanised Army 19461947Active in SE Europe briefly, formed from 37th ArmySpecial Mechanized Army19471957Formed from Southern Group of Forces. Became 1st Separate Army 1957.
Резервные армии
В середине 1942 года Ставка сформировала десять резервных армий для усиления Резерва Верховного главнокомандования (РВГК). Армия Дата формирования Дата расформирования Примечания 1-я резервная армия 26 апреля 1942 10 июля 1942 Стала 64-й армией (см. выше). 2-я резервная армия июнь 1942 ? Штаб стал основой для 1-й гвардейской армии. 3-я резервная армия июнь 1942 ? Брянский фронт. Стала 60-й армией. Штаб стал основой для 2-й танковой армии. 4-я резервная армия июль 1942 ? Стала 38-й армией, см. выше. 5-я резервная армия июнь 1942 ? Стала 63-й армией, см. выше. 6-я резервная армия июнь 1942 ? Стала 6-й армией, см. выше. 7-я резервная армия июнь 1942 ? Стала 62-й армией Сталинградского фронта. 8-я резервная армия июнь 1942 ? Стала 66-й армией, см. выше. 9-я резервная армия июль 1942 ? Стала 24-й армией, см. выше. 10-я резервная армия июль 1942 ? Стала 5-й ударной армией, в октябре 1942 года к ней присоединилась 6-я стрелковая дивизия (II формирование).
The Stavka formed ten reserve armies in mid 1942 to bolster the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK). ArmyDate formedDate disbandedNotes1st Reserve Army 26 April 1942 10 July 1942 Became 64th Army (see above).2nd Reserve Army June 1942 ? HQ became basis for 1st Guards Army3rd Reserve Army June 1942 ? Bryansk Front. Became 60th Army. HQ became basis for 2nd Tank Army4th Reserve Army July 1942 ? Became 38th Army, see above5th Reserve Army June 1942 ? Became 63rd Army, see above6th Reserve Army June 1942 ? Became 6th Army, see above7th Reserve Army June 1942 ? Became 62nd Army for Stalingrad Front8th Reserve Army June 1942 ? Became 66th Army, see above9th Reserve Army July 1942 ? Became 24th Army, see above10th Reserve Army July 1942 ? Became 5th Shock Army, October 1942 had 6th Rifle Division (II Formation) join it
Народная милиция
Ленинградская народная армия ополчения (Армия Ленинградского Народного Ополчения) сформировалась в основном из 168 батальонов "борцов", ранее созданных для противодействия ожидаемым диверсантам и парашютистам. Она подчинялась непосредственно командующему Северным фронтом. Изначальным замыслом было создание армии из семи дивизий.
The Leningrad People's Militia Army (Armiya Leningradskogo Narodnogo Opolcheniya) was born mostly from the 168 battalions of "fighters" previously raised to deal with expected saboteurs and parachutists. It reported directly to the commander of the Northern Front. The initial intention was to create an army with seven divisions.