The 41st Combined Arms Army (russian: 41-я общевойсковая армия) is a field army of the

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, currently part of the

Central Military District The Central Military District (Russian: Центральный военный округ) is a military district of Russia. It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the ...

. Originally, it was formed in 1942 as part of the

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, during

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. It was reformed in 1998, when the

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and Siberian Military District were amalgamated.

Soviet Union

The 41st army was created in May 1942, on the base of Nikolai Berzarin and

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's operational groups. Its structure also included the

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, 135th, 179th and 234th Rifle Divisions, the 17th Guards Rifle Division, the 21st Tank Brigade, two separate Guards mortar battalions, and several other separate elements. From May to November 1942, the army was focused on defending the South-Western approach to the city of Bely. In late November, the army joined the Rzhev offensive operation (also known as "

Operation Mars Operation Mars (Russian: Операция «Марс»), also known as the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive Operation (Russian: Вторая Ржевско-Сычёвская наступательная операция), was the codename fo ...

"). During that time, the army was engaged with the

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. The army's offensive failed, and they were surrounded by the German XXX Army Corps (Germany). By December 8, the surrounded forces were destroyed. In March 1943, the newly reinforced 41st Army joined the Rzhev-

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operation. The offensive was a success and German forces in the Rzhev-Vyazma area were annihilated. Following the operation, the forces of the army were transferred to the 39th Army and the 43rd Army, while the 41st Army itself was sent to the STAVKA reserves. On April 9, 1943, the army was disbanded and its remaining forces would form the

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Russian Federation

The 41st Army was reformed on 1 December 1998 from the former headquarters of the Siberian Military District at Novosibirsk, part of the Siberian Military District. In 2002, the 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division was relocated to

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and became part of the army. During the Russian military reform in 2009, the division was converted into the 35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. On 1 September 2010, the army was transferred to the

after the Siberian Military District was disbanded. A dedicated

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battalion is scheduled to be formed within the 41st Combined Arms Army by the end of 2019.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

In the context of the 2021 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, major elements of the 41st Army were reported to have deployed west to reinforce units in the

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and Southern Military Districts confronting Ukraine. These units were said to include elements of the 35th, 55th Mountain and 74th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigades, as well as elements of the 120th Artillery Brigade, and 119th Missile Brigade, and the 6th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division. All told, some 700 MBTs, IFVs, and SPHs, as well as Iskander ballistic missile launchers were reported to have been repositioned to the west. Starting during the early hours of February 24, 2022, elements of the 41st Army participated in the

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, entering from the area of tripartite border (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) and heading towards

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, forming part of the

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. Along the general direction toward Kyiv, it is believed that the 41st Army participated in the operation to attack and occupy the working

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power station. Major-General

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, the deputy chief of the 41st army, was killed during the invasion on February 28. Parts of the 41st Combinded Arms Army were part of the forces fighting in the Battle of Siverskyi Donets.

Structure

June 1, 1942: * 17th Guards Rifle Division * 134th Rifle Division *

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* 179th Rifle Division * 234th Rifle Division * 21st Armoured Brigade * Separate Engineer and Artillery units September 1, 1942: * 17th Guards Rifle Division * 134th Rifle Division * 179th Rifle Division * 234th Rifle Division * 21st Armoured Brigade * 104th Armoured Brigade * Separate Engineer and Artillery units December 1, 1942: *

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150th Rifle Division The 150th Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Motor Rifle Division (russian: Russian: 150-я Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова 2-й степени мотострелковая дивизия) of the Russian Gr ...

** 74th Rifle Brigade ** 75th Rifle Brigade ** 78th Rifle Brigade ** 91st Rifle Brigade * 17th Guards Rifle Division * 93rd Rifle Division * 134th Rifle Division * 234th Rifle Division * 262nd Rifle Division * 1st Mechanized Corps ** 19th Mechanized Brigade ** 35th Mechanized Brigade ** 37th Mechanized Brigade ** 65th Tank Brigade ** 219th Tank Brigade * 47th Mechanized Brigade * 48th Mechanized Brigade * 104th Armoured Brigade * 154th Armoured Brigade * Separate Engineer and Artillery units March 1, 1943: * 17th Guards Rifle Division * 93rd Rifle Division * 134th Rifle Division * 262nd Rifle Division * 75th Rifle Brigade * 78th Rifle Brigade * Separate Engineer and Artillery units

2009 composition

*Headquarters - Novosibirsk ** 85th Motor Rifle Division - Novosibirsk **122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division -

** 74th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade -

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**many other storage bases

2016 composition

* Army Headquarters ( Novosibirsk) * 35th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (

) * 55th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade (

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, Tuva Republic) * 7th Tank Brigade (Chebarkul Oblast) (together with the 32nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade the 7th Tank Brigade was used to form the 90th Guards Tank Division in December 2016) * 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (

) * 119th Rocket Brigade ( Yelansky) Brigade location now reported as

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Khakassia Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...

. * 120th Guards Artillery Brigade (

) * 61st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (

Biysk Biysk ( rus, Бийск, p=bʲijsk) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Biya River not far from its confluence with the Katun River. It is the second largest city of the krai (after Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai). Popu ...

) * 35th Headquarters Brigade (

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) * 106th Separate Logistic Support Brigade (

) * 10th Separate NBC Protection Regiment (

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) Later (at least by 2020) the 24th (

) and the 40th Engineer-Sapper Regiments (

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) were subordinated to the army.

Commanders

Soviet formation

* Major General

(May - December 1942) * Major General

Ivan Managarov Ivan Mefodyevich Managarov (; – 27 November 1981) was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union who held field army command during World War II. A decorated veteran of the Imperial Russian Army, Managarov fought as a cavalry ...

(December 1942 -March 1943) * Major General Iosif Popov (March - April 1943)

Russian formation

* Lieutenant General Aleksandr Morozov (July 1998 - June 2001) * Lieutenant General Vladimir Kovrov (June 2001 - July 2003) * Major General (July 2003 - August 2004) * Lieutenant General Arkady Bakhin (October 2004 - January 2006) * Major General Aleksandr Galkin (January 2006 - April 2008) * Major General (May 2008 - June 2009) * Lieutenant General (June 2009 - October 2013) * Major General Khasan Kaloyev (October 2013 - January 2016) * Major General (January 2016 - November 2018) * Major General

Yakov Rezantsev Yakov Vladimirovich Rezantsev (russian: Яков Владимирович Резанцев; 4 January 1973) was a Russian lieutenant general (two-star rank). He has commanded the 49th Army of the Southern Military District. According to Ukra ...

(November 2018 - August 2020) * Major General (August 2020 – present)

References

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