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Sergey Fomenko
Sergey Stepanovich Fomenko (7 October 1902 – 28 October 1991) was a Soviet Army '' general-leytenant'' who held field army command during World War II. A veteran of the Russian Civil War, Fomenko rose through command and staff positions in the interwar Red Army and was deputy commander of the Transbaikal Military District when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Fomenko remained in the Transbaikal region during the war, commanding the 36th Army. He led an operational group of the army while serving as army deputy commander during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Postwar, Fomenko continued to hold senior positions, ending his career as first deputy commander of the Northern Group of Forces in the late 1950s. Early life and prewar service A Ukrainian, Sergey Stepanovich Fomenko was born on 7 October 1902 in the town of Shpola, Kiev Governorate. He joined the Red Army in 1918, fighting in the Russian Civil War on the Southern Front in Ukraine against Whites and Ukrainian national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shpola
Shpola ( ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city located in Zvenyhorodka Raion of Cherkasy Oblast (oblast, province) in central Ukraine. In May 2011, a 14-meter monument was installed on the outskirts of the city, claiming that Shpola is the geographical center of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Shpola urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It had a population of Administrative status In 1797, Shpola became part of the Zvenigorod district in the Kiev Governorate. It has been a city since 1938.Шпола // Большой энциклопедический словарь (в 2-х тт.). / редколл., гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. том 2. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1991. стр.668 Until 18 July, 2020, Shpola served as an administrative center of Shpola Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Cherkasy Oblast to four. The area of Shpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transbaikal
Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykal'ye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Siberia and the south-western corner of the Far Eastern Russia. The steppe and wetland landscapes of Dauria are protected by the Daursky Nature Reserve, which forms part of a World Heritage Site named " Landscapes of Dauria". Geography Dauria stretches for almost 1,000 km from north to south from the Patom Plateau and North Baikal Highlands to the Russian state borders with Mongolia and China. The Transbaikal region covers more than 1,000 km from west to east from Lake Baikal to the meridian of the confluence of the Shilka and Argun Rivers. To the west and north lies the Irkutsk Oblast; to the north the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), to the east the Amur Oblast. Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский) village, Amur Oblast, near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transbaikal Front
The Transbaikal Front () was a front formed on September 15, 1941, on the basis of the Transbaikal Military District. Initially, it included the 17th and 36th armies, but in August 1942 the 12th Air Army was added to the front, and, finally, in June–July 1945 the 39th and the 53rd armies, the 6th Guards Tank Army, and the Soviet Mongolian Cavalry Mechanized Group under Issa Pliyev were added. From September 1941 to January 1945, the Transbaikal Front sent to the Soviet fronts in Europe about 300,000 personnel, 1,440 tanks, and 2,230 guns. On November 1, 1941, the Front included the 17th Army with the 36th and 57th Motor Rifle Divisions and the 61st Tank Division, and four air divisions (two fighter, one bomber, and the 84th Mixed Aviation Division), the 36th Army with the 94th Rifle Division, the 210th Rifle Division, the 51st Cavalry Division, and the 31st and 32nd Fortified Regions, the 111th Tank Division, two independent tank battalions, and the 89th Assault Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies of World War II, Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Polish Armed Forces in the East, Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltic states, Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945. Of the estimated World War II casualties, 70–85 million deaths attributed to World War II, around 30 million occurred on the Eastern Front, including 9 million children. The Eastern Front was decisive in determining the outcome in the European theatre of World War II, European theatre of operations in World War II, eventually serving as the main reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany and the Axis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KUVNAS
The Courses of Improvement for Higher Officers of the Red Army (), also translated as the Course for Perfecting Red Army Command Cadre and commonly known by their Russian acronym KUVNAS, were a training course for senior officers of the Red Army during the interwar period, located at the Frunze Military Academy. The course provided formal military education to senior officers who had not previously received it. History The predecessor to KUVNAS was the Military-Academic Course for Higher Command Personnel, established at the Military Academy of the Red Army (later renamed the Frunze Military Academy) in accordance with an order of the Revolutionary Military Council of 8 August 1921. The course, which had a nine-month training period, was disbanded by an order of 6 June 1924, which mentioned a need to develop a new academic course for senior officers. This was necessary because the origins of the Red Army in the Russian Revolution resulted in a large number of senior officers who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komdiv
() is the syllabic abbreviation to commanding officer of the division (; ), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a division sized formation (XX). Until 1940, it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army, and was equivalent to Division commissar () of the political staff in all military branches, Flag Officer 2nd rank () in the Soviet navy, or to 'senior major of state security' (). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks in 1940, the designation was abolished, and replaced by Lieutenant general. History This particular rank was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935, on introduction of individual milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kombrig
() is an abbreviation of Commanding officer of the brigade (), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a brigade sized formation (X). Until 1940 it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent to ''Brigade commissar'' () of the political staff in all military branches, ''Kapitan 1st rank'' () in the ''Soviet navy'', or to ''Major of state security'' (). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks, the designation ''Kombrig'' was abolished in the armed forces, however rank equivalents were still retained in some institutions like the Political staff, Engineering Corps, Judicial, Corps etc. Those rank equivalents were formally phased out with the introduction of the 1943 rank system. Contrary to popular belief, Kombrig didn't have any rank equivalent in the new soviet rank system. The new system only had 5 ranks instead of 6 due to the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Asian Military District
The Red Banner Central Asian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed in 1926–1945 and 1969–1989, with its headquarters at Tashkent (1926–1945) and Almaty (1969–1989). By USSR Order No.304 of 4 June 1926, the Turkestan Front was renamed the Central Asian Military District. 1st Formation On 22 June 1941 the Central Asian Military District included the 4th Cavalry Corps ( 18th, 20th, and 21st Mountain Cavalry Divisions), the 27th Mechanised Corps ( 9th and 53rd Tank Divisions and 221st Mechanised Division), the 58th Rifle Corps (68th, 83rd, 194th Mountain Rifle Divisions), and the independent 238th Rifle Division, and district troops, as well as the Air Forces of the Central Asian Military District. Under General Major M.P. Kharitonov, the Air Forces of the CAMD including 4th Aviation Brigade with 34th Bomber Aviation Regiment (SBs) (Tashkent) and 116th Regiment (I-153s) at Stalinabad). As part of the Central Asian Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Turkestan Mountain Rifle Division , or The Fourth of July
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Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama See also * * * 1/4 (other) * 4 (other) * The fourth part of the world (other) * Forth (other) * Quarter (other) * Independence Day (United States) Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet Communist Party (SCP), was the founding and ruling political party of the Soviet Union. The CPSU was the One-party state, sole governing party of the Soviet Union until 1990 when the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union, Congress of People's Deputies modified Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution, Article 6 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution, which had previously granted the CPSU a monopoly over the political system. The party's main ideology was Marxism–Leninism. The party was outlawed under Russian President Boris Yeltsin's decree on 6 November 1991, citing the 1991 Soviet coup attempt as a reason. The party started in 1898 as part of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. In 1903, that party split into a Menshevik ("mino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vystrel Course
The Vystrel course () was the popular name for an officer training course of the Soviet Armed Forces, later part of the Russian Armed Forces, located in Solnechnogorsk. The training course had a one-year curriculum to train battalion and regiment level command and political personnel for the rifle (infantry) arm of the Red Army, later the Soviet Army, as well as officers from the Socialist Bloc countries. History The Higher Rifle School for Command Personnel of the Workers-Peasant Red Army was formed in November 1918 in place of the Imperial Russian Army's ''Oranienbaum'' Rifle Officer School. The school's task was officer training for the infantry, but also research and development of weaponry and the production of educational literature. The course, provided twice a year for five and a half month periods, trained future company commanders. In its first decade of existence, 6,000 officers completed it, with class sizes averaging about 300 students in the 1920s and 1930s. In 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
