The Moscow Reserve Front was a

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of the

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during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. It was formed on 9 October 1941 under Lieutenant General

Vladimir Artemyev Vladimir Andreyevich Artemyev () ( in Saint Petersburg - 11 September 1962 in Moscow) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian rocket scientist at the Gas Dynamics Laboratory, and was one of the inventors of the Katyusha rocket launcher, Katyusha. The fi ...

and three days later was subordinated to General

Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov ( 189618 June 1974) was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Zhukov served as deputy commander-in-ch ...

. It was established on the basis of the Moscow defensive line in the Volokolamsk, Mozhaisky Maloyaroslavets Kaluga and fortified areas.

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