Talk:Moscow Military District

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22nd Army It is generated in June, 1941 in Uralsk military district. Originally 51st and 62nd Rifle Corps, a number(line) of separate parts entered into it. As part of the Soviet Western Front, since October, 17th the Kalinin Front the Army conducted defensive fights on boundary Идрица, Дрисса, Vitebsk, participated in Smolensk battle, in Калининской defensive operation, defended a boundary юго-to the west Rzhev, took part(participated) in Ржевско - Вяземской operations. It participated in the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive in late 1942. 1943 In structure of North-Western Front (since April, 21st), then since October, 13th Baltic (since October, 20th, 1943 - 2nd Baltic) fronts defended on the river Lovat on a site the Hill, Velikie Luki, participated in Leningrad-Novgorod, Старорусско - Новоржевской, Режицко - Двинской and the Riga offensive operations. Since October, 1944 together with other armies of front carried out blockade of a grouping of the opponent on peninsula Kurlyandskom.

The 22nd Army Headquarters was reformed from 13th Army Corps in the early 1990s, to control the new 3rd Motor Rifle Division among other formations. The 22nd Army had previously been inactive for a long period; it was last operational immediately after the war (when ) when its HQ along with the 109th Rifle Division arrived in the South Ukraine in May 1945. In the Northern summer of 1945, together with the headquarters of the Independent Coastal Army, located in the Crimea, it was reorganised as the new but shortlived Tavricheskiy Military District.

Its wartime commanders were:

• F.A.Ershakov (June - August 1941), the general-lieutenant;
• Century A.Yushkevich (август-on October, 19th 1941, April-December 1942 and March 1943-April 1944), the ген.-major, since March 1943 ген.-lieutenant;
• Century I.Vostrukhov (on October, 20th 1941 - March 1942), the major general;
• M. Seleznev (December 1942 - March 1943), the major general;
• Of Item Korotkov (April 1944 - May 1945), the general-lieutenant.