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217th Rifle Division, the Glossary

The 217th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed in the months just before the start of the German invasion, based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of September 13, 1939.^[1]

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Andrey Yeryomenko

Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko (Андре́й Ива́нович Ерёменко; Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Єрьоменко; November 19, 1970) was a Soviet general during World War II and Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Arkady Yermakov

Arkady Nikolayevich Yermakov (– 25 October 1957) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general.

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Babruysk

Babruysk or Bobruysk (Babrujsk,; Бобруйск,; Bobroysk) is a city in Mogilev Region, Belarus.

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Babynino (settlement), Babyninsky District, Kaluga Oblast

Babynino (Бабынино) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Babyninsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

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Baranavichy

Baranavichy (Баранавічы,; Baranovichi; באַראַנאָוויטש; Baranowicze; Baranovičiai) is a city in Brest Region, western Belarus.

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Battle of Moscow

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Battle of Smolensk (1941)

The first Battle of Smolensk (Kesselschlacht bei Smolensk, 'Cauldron-battle at Smolensk') was a battle during the second phase of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, in World War II.

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Battles of Rzhev

The Battles of Rzhev (Rzhevskaya bitva) were a series of Red Army offensives against the Wehrmacht between 8 January 1942 and 31 March 1943, on the Eastern Front of World War II.

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Belyov

Belyov (Белёв) is a town and the administrative center of Belyovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River.

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Berezina

The Berezina or Byarezina (Biarezina,; Березина) is a river in Belarus and a right tributary of the Dnieper.

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Bieżuń

Bieżuń is a town in Żuromin County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.

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Bobruysk offensive

The Bobruysk offensive (Бобруйская наступательная операция) was part of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration.

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Bolkhov

Bolkhov (Бо́лхов) is a town and the administrative center of Bolkhovsky District in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Nugr River (Oka's tributary), from Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Braniewo

Braniewo (Braunsberg in Ostpreußen, Brunsberga, Old Prussian: Brus), is a town in northern Poland, in Warmia, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 16,907 as of June 2021.

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Bryansk

Bryansk (Брянск) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, southwest of Moscow.

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Bryansk Front

The Bryansk Front (Брянский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War. 217th Rifle Division and Bryansk Front are military units and formations established in 1941.

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Corduroy road

A corduroy road or log road is a type of road or timber trackway made by placing logs, perpendicular to the direction of the road over a low or swampy area.

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Desna (river)

The Desna (Десна; Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left-tributary of the Dnieper.

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Dnieper

The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.

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Dnieper Flotilla

The Dnieper Flotilla (Днепровская военная флотилия, Дніпровська військова флотилія) is the name given to the various naval flotillas on the Dnieper River.

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Dobre Miasto

Dobre Miasto (Guttstadt; literally Good City) is a town in Poland, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship with 9,857 inhabitants as of December 2021.

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Drut (river)

The Drut or Druts is a river in Belarus, a right tributary of Dnieper.

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Działdowo

Działdowo (Soldau) (Old Prussian: Saldawa) is a town in northern Poland with 20,935 inhabitants as of December 2021, the capital of Działdowo County.

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East Prussian offensive

The East Prussian offensive was a strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front (World War II).

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Elbląg

Elbląg (Elbing; script) is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 127,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021.

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Frolovka, Karachevsky District, Bryansk Oblast

Frolovka (Фроловка) is a rural locality (a village) in Karachevsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

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Frombork

Frombork (Frauenburg) is a town in northern Poland, situated on the Vistula Lagoon in Braniewo County, within Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

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Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (a; 189618 June 1974) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Gomel

Gomel (Гомель) or Homyel (Homieĺ) is a city in Belarus.

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Grodno

Grodno (Гродно; Grodno) or Hrodna (Гродна) is a city in western Belarus.

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Hans Jordan

Hans Jordan (27 December 1892 – 20 April 1975) was a German general during World War II.

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Heiligenbeil Pocket

The Heiligenbeil Pocket or Heiligenbeil Cauldron (Kessel von Heiligenbeil) was the site of a major encirclement battle on the Eastern Front during the closing weeks of World War II, in which the Wehrmacht's 4th Army was almost entirely destroyed during the Soviet Braunsberg Offensive Operation (13–22 March 1945).

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Ivan Bagramyan

Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, also known as Hovhannes Khachaturi Baghramyan (– 21 September 1982), was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin who held the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

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Ivan Boldin

Ivan Vasilievich Boldin (Ива́н Васи́льевич Бо́лдин; in Vysokaya – March 28, 1965 in Kiev) was a senior Red Army general and war hero during the Second World War.

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Ivan Fedyuninsky

Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky (Ива́н Ива́нович Федю́нинский; July 30, 1900 – October 17, 1977) was a Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union (1939).

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Ivan Zakharkin

Ivan Grigorevich Zakharkin (Васи́Иван Григорьевич Захаркин) (January 27, 1889 – October 15, 1944) was a Soviet colonel general in the Red Army during World War II, commander of the 49th Army during the Battle of Moscow.

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Kalinin Front

The Kalinin Front was a major formation of the Red Army active in the Eastern Front of World War II, named for the city of Kalinin. 217th Rifle Division and Kalinin Front are military units and formations established in 1941.

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Kalinkavichy

Kalinkavichy (Калінкавічы; Kalinkovichi; Kalinkowicze) is a town in Gomel Region, southeastern Belarus.

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Kaluga

Kaluga (Калу́га) is a city and the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

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Karachev

Karachev (Карачев) is an ancient town and the administrative center of Karachevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

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Katyusha rocket launcher

The Katyusha (a) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II.

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Kazan Military District

The Kazan Military District was a Military district of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, which existed between 1864—1918 and 1945–1946. 217th Rifle Division and Kazan Military District are military units and formations disestablished in 1946.

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Königsberg

Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.

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Khotynets, Khotynetsky District, Oryol Oblast

Khotynets (Хотыне́ц) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khotynetsky District of Oryol Oblast, Russia.

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Kirov, Kirov Oblast

Kirov (Киров) is the largest city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.

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Kondrovo, Kaluga Oblast

Kondrovo (Ко́ндрово) is a town and the administrative center of Dzerzhinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Shanya River (a tributary of the Ugra in the Oka's basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Konstantin Rokossovsky

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October.

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Kuzma Trubnikov

Kuzma Petrovich Trubnikov (Кузьма́ Петро́вич Тру́бников; 27 October 1888 – 16 January 1974) was a Soviet military commander, reaching the rank of colonel-general in the Red Army.

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Leo Tolstoy

Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as, which corresponds to the romanization Lyov.

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Lipovka, Karachevsky District, Bryansk Oblast

Lipovka (Липовка) is a rural locality (a village) in Karachevsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.

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Lyudinovo

Lyudinovo (Люди́ново) is a town and the administrative center of Lyudinovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the shores of Lake Lompad formed by a dam on the Nepolot River, southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Maków Mazowiecki

Maków Mazowiecki (Makov) is a town in Poland, in the Masovian Voivodship.

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Maloyaroslavets

Maloyaroslavets (Малояросла́вец) is a town and the administrative center of Maloyaroslavetsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Luzha River (Oka's basin), northeast of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Mława

Mława (מלאווע Mlave) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 30,403 inhabitants in 2020.

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Młynary

Młynary (Mühlhausen in Ostpreußen) is a town in northern Poland, in Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with 1,782 inhabitants (2018).

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Medyn

Medyn (Меды́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River (Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Mikhail Petrov (general)

Mikhail Petrovich Petrov (15 January 1898 October/November 1941) was a Red Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Minsk offensive

The Minsk offensive (Минская наступательная операция) was part of the second phase of the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration.

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Myatlevo

Myatlevo is a town in the Kaluga Oblast of Russia.

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Nalchik

Nalchik (Нальчик; Kabardian: НалщӀэч; Нальчик) is the capital city of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan (Beslan is in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania).

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Narew

The Narew (translit; or) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland.

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Narodnoe Opolcheniye

The People's Militia (popular regimentation) was the name given to irregular troops formed from the population in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union.

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Northwestern Operational Command

The Northwestern Operational Command (SZOK) is a command of the Belarus Ground Forces.

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Novomoskovsk, Russia

Novomoskovsk (Новомоско́вск) is a city and the administrative center of Novomoskovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the source of the Don and Shat Rivers.

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Odoyev

Odoyev (Одо́ев) is an urban-type settlement in the west of Tula Oblast, Russia.

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Oka (river)

The Oka (Ока) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as the town of Kaluga. Its length is and its catchment area., Russian State Water Registry The Russian capital Moscow sits on one of the Oka's tributaries—the Moskva.

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Olsztyn

Olsztyn (Allenstein; Old Prussian: Alnāsteini) is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland.

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Operation Bagration

Operation Bagration (Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (Belorusskaya nastupatelnaya operatsiya "Bagration"), a military campaign fought between 22 June and 19 August 1944 in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern Front of World War II, just over two weeks after the start of Operation Overlord in the west, causing Nazi Germany to have to fight on two major fronts at the same time.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Operation Büffel

Operation Büffel ("Buffalo") was a series of local retreats conducted by the German Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during the period 1–22 March 1943.

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Operation Kutuzov

Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation.

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Order of Alexander Nevsky

The Order of Alexander Nevsky (orden Alexandra Nevskogo) is an order of merit of the Russian Federation named in honour of saint Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263) and bestowed to civil servants for twenty years or more of highly meritorious service.

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Order of Kutuzov

The Order of Kutuzov (орден Кутузова orden Kutuzova) is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named after famous Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745–1813).

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Order of Lenin

The Order of Lenin (Orden Lenina) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution.

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The Order of the Red Banner (Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration.

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Orel Military District

The Orel Military District (p) was a military district of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union.

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Orneta

Orneta (Wormditt, Prussian: Wurmedītin) is a town in northern Poland, with a total population of 8,951 (2016).

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Oryol

Oryol (a), also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow.

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Orzyc (river)

Orzyc (also Orzycz or Orzyca) is a river in eastern central Poland, a right tributary of the Narew, with a length of 146 kilometers.

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Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland

The Großdeutschland", also commonly referred to simply as Großdeutschland or Großdeutschland Division, was an elite combat unit of the German Army (Heer) that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.

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Parychy

Parychy (Paryčy; Parichi) is an urban-type settlement in Svyetlahorsk District, Gomel Region, Belarus.

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Pasłęka

The Pasłęka (Passarge) is a river in northern Poland that debouches into the Baltic Sea on the Vistula Lagoon near Braniewo.

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Peremyshl, Russia

Peremyshl (Перемы́шль) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Peremyshlsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia.

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PM M1910

The Pulyemyot Maksima PM1910 (lit), or PM M1910, is a heavy machine gun that was used by the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and World War II.

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Prokofy Romanenko

Prokofy Logvinovich Romanenko (– 10 March 1949) was a Ukrainian Soviet Army colonel general.

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Rahachow

Rahachow or Rogachev (Rahačoŭ,; Rogachyov; Rohaczów; ראגאטשאוו) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus.

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Różan

Różan is a town in Mazovian Voivodeship, northeastern Poland, on the river Narew.

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Rechytsa

Rechytsa or Rechitsa (Rečyca,; Речица; Rzeczyca) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Reserve Front

The Reserve Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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Reserve of the Supreme High Command

The Reserve of the Supreme High Command (Russian: Резерв Верховного Главнокомандования; also known as the Stavka Reserve or RVGK (РВГК.) or RGK (РГК — Резерв Главного Командования). comprises reserve military formations and units; the Stavka Reserve acted as the principal military reserve of the Soviet Red Army during World War II, and the RVGK now operates as part of the Russian Armed Forces under the control of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces (Верховный главнокомандующий.) — the President of the Russian Federation.

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Roslavl

Roslavl (Ро́славль) is a town and the administrative center of Roslavlsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

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Rzhev

Rzhev (p) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga.

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Selizharovo

Selizharovo (Селижа́рово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Selizharovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia situated at the confluence of the Selizharovka and Volga Rivers.

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Shchekino

Shchekino (Щёкино), also romanized Shchyokino, is a town and the administrative center of Shchyokinsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Moscow—Simferopol highway (M2), south of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Smolensk operation

The second Smolensk operation (code naming "Suvorov";Istomin (1975), pp. 20–21 7 August – 2 October 1943) was a Soviet strategic offensive operation conducted by the Red Army as part of the Summer-Autumn Campaign of 1943.

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Southwestern Front (Soviet Union)

The Southwestern Front was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War, formed thrice.

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Sozh

The Sozh (Sož,; Сож; Сож) is a river flowing in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

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Starodub

Starodub (Староду́б) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, on the Babinets River in the Dnieper basin, southwest of Bryansk.

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Stębark

Stębark is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grunwald, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.

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Sukhinichi

Sukhinichi (Сухи́ничи) is a town and the administrative center of Sukhinichsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, a large railway junction on the Moscow – Kyiv line, situated on the Bryn River southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Svislach

Svislach or Svisloch (Svislač,; Свислочь; Świsłocz; סיסלעוויטש) is a town in Grodno Region, Belarus.

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Table of organization and equipment

A table of organization and equipment (TOE or TO&E) is the specified organization, staffing, and equipment of military units.

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Tolkmicko

Tolkmicko (pronounced, Tolkemit) is a town in northern Poland, on the Vistula Lagoon, about 20 km northeast of Elbląg.

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Tula, Russia

Tula (Тула) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located south of Moscow.

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Unecha

Unecha (Уне́ча.), a town and the administrative center of Unechsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, stands on the Unecha River (within the Dnieper's basin) southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Upa (river)

The Upa is a river in Tula Oblast, Russia, and one of the main tributaries of the Oka.

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Vistula Lagoon

The Vistula Lagoon is a brackish water lagoon on the Baltic Sea roughly 56 miles (90 km) long, 6 to 15 miles (10 to 19 km) wide, and up to 17 feet (5 m) deep, separated from the Gdańsk Bay by the Vistula Spit.

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Vistula–Oder offensive

The Vistula–Oder offensive was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European theatre of World War II in January 1945.

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Vladimir Kachalov

Vladimir Yakovlevich Kachalov (Владимир Яковлевич Качалов; 27 July 1890 – 4 August 1941) was a Soviet lieutenant general.

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Voronezh

Voronezh (Воро́неж) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River.

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Vorotynsk, Peremyshlsky District, Kaluga Oblast

Vorotynsk (Вороты́нск) is a former town located 17 km south of Kaluga in the Ugra National Park.

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Vyazma

Vyazma (Вязьма) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk.

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Vytebet

The Vytebet is a river that flows through the Bryansk, Oryol, and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia.

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Western Front (Soviet Union)

The Western Front was a front of the Red Army, one of the Red Army Fronts during World War II.

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XXIV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

The XXIV Army Corps (XXIV.) was a unit of the German Army during World War II.

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XXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

German XXXV.

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XXXXI Panzer Corps

XXXXI Panzer Corps (also written as: XLI Panzer Corps) was a Panzer (armoured) corps in the German Army during World War II.

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XXXXIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

XXXXIII Army Corps (XXXXIII. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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Yasnaya Polyana

Yasnaya Polyana (p, literally: "Bright Glade") is a writer's house museum, the former home of the writer Leo Tolstoy.

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Yukhnov

Yukhnov (Ю́хнов) is a town and the administrative center of Yukhnovsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Kunava River (Oka's basin) northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Zhizdra

Zhizdra (Жи́здра) is a town and the administrative center of Zhizdrinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Zhlobin

Zhlobin (Žlobin; Жлобин; Żłobin; Žlobinas) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus.

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Zhukovka, Bryansk Oblast

Zhukovka (Жуковка) is a town and the administrative center of Zhukovsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Desna River (Dnieper's basin) northwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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102nd Rifle Division

The 102nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army which participated in the Second World War. 217th Rifle Division and 102nd Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations disestablished in 1946.

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10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 10th Infantry Division was created in October 1934 under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Regensburg (later Kommandant von Regensburg) to hide its violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

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112th "Revolutionary Mongolia" Tank Brigade

The 112th "Revolutionary Mongolia" Tank Brigade (r), previously the 112th Tank Brigade, was a military formation in the Red Army, funded by contributions from the People's Republic of Mongolia, during World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 112th "Revolutionary Mongolia" Tank Brigade are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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11th Army (Soviet Union)

The 11th Army was an army of the Red Army during World War II.

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11th Guards Army

The 11th Guards Army was a field army of the Red Army, the Soviet Ground Forces, and the Russian Ground Forces, active from 1943 to 1997.

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11th Guards Rifle Division

The 11th Guards Rifle Division was a rifle division of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. 217th Rifle Division and 11th Guards Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 134th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II.

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137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 137th Infantry Division was a major fighting formation of the German Army (Wehrmacht).

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13th Army (Soviet Union)

The 13th Army was a name given to several field armies of the Soviet Union's Red Army.

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152 mm howitzer M1910/37

152 mm howitzer M1910/37 (152-мм гаубица обр.) was a limited production Soviet 152.4 mm (6 inch) howitzer, a modernization of the 152 mm howitzer M1910, initially designed by Schneider.

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16th Army (Soviet Union)

The 16th Army was a Soviet field army active from 1940 to 1945.

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16th Guards Rifle Division

The 16th Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in February 1942, based on the 1st formation of the 249th Rifle Division, and served in that role until well after the end of the Great Patriotic War. 217th Rifle Division and 16th Guards Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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17th Panzer Division

The 17th Panzer Division (17.) was a formation of the Wehrmacht in World War II.

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18th Panzer Division

The 18th Panzer Division (18.) was a German World War II armoured division that fought on the Eastern Front from 1941 until its disbandment in 1943.

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194th Rifle Division

The 194th Rifle Division was a Red Army division active from 1939 to 1946 under several designations. 217th Rifle Division and 194th Rifle Division are 1946 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations disestablished in 1946.

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1st Belorussian Front

The 1st Belorussian Front (Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, Pervyy Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), known without a numeral as the Belorussian Front between October 1943 and February 1944, was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.

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1st Guards Cavalry Corps

1st Guards Cavalry Zhytomyr Red Banner Corps (Russian: 1-й гвардейский кавалерийский Житомирский Краснознаменный корпус) was a military unit of the Soviet Red Army which was renamed from the 2nd Cavalry Corps. 217th Rifle Division and 1st Guards Cavalry Corps are military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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1st Guards Motor Rifle Division

The 1st Guards Proletarian Moscow-Minsk Order of Lenin, twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov (II) and Kutuzov (II) Motor Rifle Division (1-я гвардейская мотострелковая Пролетарская Московско-Минская ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознаменная, орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия (2-е формирование)) was a division of the Red Army and Russian Ground Forces active from 1926 to 2002.

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1st Guards Tank Division

The 1st Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army from 1945 to 1947, stationed in Neuruppin. 217th Rifle Division and 1st Guards Tank Division are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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20th Guards Combined Arms Army

The 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (originally designated as the 4th Tank Army, 4th Guards Tank Army in 1945, 4th Guards Mechanised Army in 1946, and the 20th Guards Army in 1960 within the Soviet Ground Forces) is a field army.

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222nd Rifle Division

The 222nd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, originally formed in the months just before the start of the German invasion, based on the shtat (table of organization and equipment) of September 13, 1939. 217th Rifle Division and 222nd Rifle Division are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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22nd Breakthrough Artillery Division

The 22nd Breakthrough Artillery Division was an artillery division of the Red Army during World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 22nd Breakthrough Artillery Division are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations disestablished in 1946.

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253rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 253rd Infantry Division (253.) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II.

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258th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 258th Infantry Division was an Infantry Division of the German Army in World War II.

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258th Rifle Division

The 258th Rifle Division first began forming in the Central Asian Military District as one of the Red Army's first ethnic or "national" rifle divisions after the German invasion of the USSR. 217th Rifle Division and 258th Rifle Division are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1946 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner, military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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25th Army Corps (Soviet Union)

The 25th Army Corps was an army corps of the Soviet Ground Forces active from 1957–1960 and 1980–89.

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25th Panzergrenadier Division

The 25th Infantry Division was a military unit of the German Wehrmacht.

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25th Tank Corps

The 25th Tank Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army.

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260th Rifle Division

The 260th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II, formed twice. 217th Rifle Division and 260th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner, military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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279th Rifle Division

The 279th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, formed twice. 217th Rifle Division and 279th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner, military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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28th Army (Soviet Union)

The 28th Army was a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Ground Forces, formed three times in 1941–42 and active during the postwar period for many years in the Belorussian Military District. 217th Rifle Division and 28th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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296th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 296th Infantry Division (296.) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II.

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299th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 299th Infantry Division (299.) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

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29th Rifle Corps

The 29th Rifle Corps (29-asis teritorinis šaulių korpusas) was formed several times in the Soviet Red Army, each formation primarily seeing combat on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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2nd Belorussian Front

The 2nd Belorussian Front (Второй Белорусский фронт, Vtoroi Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.

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2nd Panzer Army

The 2nd Panzer Army (2.) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941.

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2nd Shock Army

The 2nd Shock Army (2-я Ударная армия), sometimes translated to English as 2nd Assault Army, was a field army of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. 217th Rifle Division and 2nd Shock Army are military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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323rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 323rd Rifle Division was formed as a standard Red Army rifle division late in the summer of 1941, as part of the massive buildup of new Soviet fighting formations at that time. 217th Rifle Division and 323rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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33rd Army (Soviet Union)

The Red Army's 33rd Army was a Soviet field army during the Second World War. 217th Rifle Division and 33rd Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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340th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 340th Rifle Division began forming in August 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Balashov in the Saratov Oblast. 217th Rifle Division and 340th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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356th Rifle Division

The 356th Rifle Division formed in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, in the Kuibyshev Oblast. 217th Rifle Division and 356th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations established in 1941.

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36th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 36th Infantry Division was a German infantry formation of World War II.

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383rd Infantry Division

The 383rd Infantry Division was formed during the winter of 1941/42, as part of the 18th wave.

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38th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

The 38th Separate Guards Vitebskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanized infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces, part of the Eastern Military District.

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3rd Army (Soviet Union)

The 3rd Army was a field army of the Red Army during World War II.

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3rd Belorussian Front

The 3rd Belorussian Front was a Front of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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413th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 413th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the summer of 1941 in the Far Eastern Front. 217th Rifle Division and 413th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1946 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner, military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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42nd Rifle Corps

The 42nd Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army.

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43rd Army (Soviet Union)

The 43rd Army was a Red Army field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front. 217th Rifle Division and 43rd Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations disestablished in 1946 and military units and formations established in 1941.

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48th Army (Soviet Union)

The 48th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army, active from 1941 to 1945. 217th Rifle Division and 48th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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49th Combined Arms Army

The 49th Combined Arms Army (49-я общевойсковая армия) is a combined arms (field) army (CAA) of the Russian Ground Forces, formed in 2010 and headquartered in Stavropol. 217th Rifle Division and 49th Combined Arms Army are military units and formations established in 1941.

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4th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 4th Army was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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4th Panzer Army

The 4th Panzer Army (4.), operating as Panzer Group 4 (label) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was a German panzer formation during World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 4th Panzer Army are military units and formations established in 1941.

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4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

The 4th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed three times. 217th Rifle Division and 4th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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50th Army (Soviet Union)

The 50th Army was a Soviet field army during World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 50th Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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52nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 52nd Infantry Division (52.) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II, which would become the 52nd Field Training Division (52. Feldausbildungs Division) in December 1943 and then the 52nd Security Division (52. Sicherungs Division) in April 1944.

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53rd Rifle Corps

The 53rd Rifle Corps was a corps of the Soviet Red Army.

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53rd Rifle Division

The 53rd Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army that served from the early 1930s to the immediate postwar period following World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 53rd Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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5th Cavalry Corps (Soviet Union)

The 5th Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps of the Red Army.

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5th Guards Tank Army

The 5th Guards Tank Army (Russian: 5-я гварде́йская та́нковая а́рмия) was a Soviet Guards armored formation which fought in many notable actions during World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 5th Guards Tank Army are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 5th Panzer Division (5th Tank Division) was an armoured division of the German Army during World War II, established in 1938.

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61st Army (Soviet Union)

The 61st Army was a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Ground Forces. 217th Rifle Division and 61st Army (Soviet Union) are military units and formations established in 1941.

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76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV)

The 76-mm divisional gun M1939 (F-22 USV or USV) (Russian: 76-мм дивизионная пушка обр. 1939 г. (Ф-22 УСВ or УСВ)) was a 76.2 mm cannon produced in the Soviet Union.

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77th Guards Rifle Division

The 77th Guards Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. 217th Rifle Division and 77th Guards Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II and military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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7th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 7th Infantry Division (7. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.

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83rd Guards Rifle Division

The 83rd Guards Rifle Division was reformed as an elite infantry division of the Red Army in April 1943, based on the 2nd formation of the 97th Rifle Division, and served in that role until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. 217th Rifle Division and 83rd Guards Rifle Division are 1946 disestablishments in the Soviet Union, infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II, military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner and military units and formations disestablished in 1946.

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8th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union)

The 8th Mechanized Corps, was a mechanized corps of the Soviet Ground Forces.

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8th Panzer Division

The 8th Panzer Division was a formation of the Wehrmacht ''Heer''.

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96th Rifle Division

The 96th Rifle Division, also designated the 96th Mountain Division, was a division of the Red Army, active from 1923. 217th Rifle Division and 96th Rifle Division are infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II.

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9th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 9th Army (9.) was a World War II field army.

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9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II.

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9th Tank Division (Soviet Union)

The 9th Bobruisk-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Division was the designation of two separate formations of the Soviet Army. 217th Rifle Division and 9th Tank Division (Soviet Union) are military units and formations awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/217th_Rifle_Division

217th Rifle Division, the Glossary

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