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64th Guards Rifle Division
The 64th Guards Rifle Division was created on January 19, 1943, from the 327th Rifle Division, in recognition of that division's distinguished combat record in the Second Siniavino Offensive and Operation Iskra. It was one of a relatively small number of formations raised to Guards status in the northern sector of the Soviet-German Front. As such, it was employed as an assault division in the subsequent fighting, particularly in the final defeat of the German forces before Leningrad, and the final offensive against Finland. The division ended the war in Lithuania, helping to contain the enemy forces trapped in the Courland Pocket, and went on to serve well into the postwar era, still in the Leningrad/St. Petersburg area. Formation When the 64th Guards was formed, its basic order of battle was as follows: * 191st Guards Rifle Regiment from 1098th Rifle Regiment * 194th Guards Rifle Regiment from 1100th Rifle Regiment * 197th Guards Rifle Regiment from 1102nd Rifle Regiment * 134 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Army Flag
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy. Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and later the gates and walls of palaces. In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal. The 19th century brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
223rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 223rd Infantry Division (german: 223. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II. Operational history The 223rd Infantry Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the third wave of deployment in the Dresden area in Wehrkreis IV (Saxony). The division initially consisted of the Artillery Regiment 223 and the Infantry Regiments 344, 385 and 425. The initial divisional commander was Paul-Willi Körner. In September 1939, the division became part of Army Group C (Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb), which guarded the German border to France. The divisional emblem were two black short-thrusting swords crossed on a blue shield. In November 1939, the division was transferred east into occupied Poland, where it served on occupation duty in the newly formed Wehrkreis XXI ( Posen) until February 1940. The 223rd Infantry Division was then once more transferred to the western frontier in preparation for the Battle of France and served with I Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krasnoye Selo
Krasnoye Selo (russian: Кра́сное Село́, lit. ''Red village''). Г. П. Смолицкая. "Топонимический словарь Центральной России". "Армада-Пресс", 2002 is a municipal town in Krasnoselsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located south-southeast of the city center. Population: It was founded in the early 18th century, as a suburban village south of St. Petersburg. In 1764, the village had a paper mill, located near the road leading to St. Petersburg. During the 19th century, Krasnoye Selo developed as a recreational suburb of the capital with numerous summer dachas and villas, including the summer residences of the royals. In 1884, the famous airplane designer Alexander Mozhaysky tested his early monoplane there, achieving a power-assisted take off or 'hop' of . In late tsarist times, Krasnoye Selo was the location of the annual military manoeuvres pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligovo Railway Station
Ligovo railway station (russian: Ста́нция Ли́гово; fi, Liiha) is a railway station located in St. Petersburg, Russia. History In the 1950s Ligovo has fallen into decay, last fact was process of dissociation of land plots as a result of reforms of 1861. At this time through Ligovo there has passed Baltic railway which has connected the Baltiysky Rail Terminal in St. Petersburg with Petergof. The first trains have gone on the way to 1857. The architecture of a building of station corresponded to the junction status on a line conducting to imperial residences. The first wooden building of station with a high tower has existed prior to the beginning of 20th century. It was replaced by a brick structure: on the second platform the canopy for the passengers, corresponding to a direction to Gatchina has been arranged. Structures have existed till the end of 1941. In 1941-1945 of the USSR and Germany participated in Second World War. Ligovo has ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Army (Soviet Union)
The 42nd Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army, created in 1941. Created on 5 August 1941. Formed on the basis of the 50th Rifle Corps under the command of Major General Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov. The army initially consisted of the 291st Rifle Division and the 2nd and 3rd Guards Leningrad Peoples' Militia Divisions. The 51st Corps, 690th Anti-Tank and 740th Artillery Regiments, and the Krasnogvardeisk Fortified Region soon joined the Army. Sources disagree on when the army was disbanded; V.I. Feskov et al. says that it 'ceased to exist in Summer 1945' while David Glantz lists the army on an order of battle for November 1945 in the Baltic Military District with no forces assigned. He also says it was 'disbanded in 1946.' History 1941–1943 During August 1941 the army formed a defensive line to the west, northwest and southwest of Krasnogvardeisk. By 19 August 1941, the leading German troops ( 1st and 8th Panzer Divisions) were fighting the troops of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinyavino, Leningrad Oblast
Sinyavino (russian: Синя́вино) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located several kilometers inland from the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, east of St. Petersburg and east from Kirovsk. Municipally it is incorporated as Sinyavinskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population: History The selo of Sinyavino was created in the beginning of the 18th century, when Peter the Great gave the lands in the area to his military officer Naum Senyavin. The selo was destroyed during World War II and never restored, but the name was transferred in the 1920s to the settlement which was serving peat production. The settlement of Sinyavino was at the time located in Leningradsky Uyezd of Leningrad Governorate. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Mginsky District, with the administrative center in Mga, was established. The governorates were also abolished, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Siniavino Offensive
The Mga offensive or Third Battle of Lake Ladoga (german: Dritte Ladoga-Schlacht) or fifth Sinyavino offensive was an unsuccessful offensive operation by Soviet troops between 22 July and 25 September 1943 to break the siege of Leningrad. Prelude Leningrad had been surrounded since 8 September 1941. The Soviets had launched several counterattacks in 1941, 1942 and most recently in Spring 1943 with the failed Operation Polar Star. The only success so far had been achieved in January 1943, when during Operation Iskra, a land corridor was opened between Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet Union. However, the land corridor remained within range of German artillery on the Sinyavino Heights, and the Red Army planned a new attack for July 1943. The attack was to be carried out by the 8th Army (Filipp Starikov) of the Volkhov Front ( Kirill Meretskov) and the 67th Army (Mikhail Dukhanov) of the Leningrad Front ( Leonid Govorov) against the troops of the German 18th Army (Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbuzovo
Arbuzovo (russian: Арбузово) is a rural locality (a selo) in Aserkhovskoye Rural Settlement, Sobinsky District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia. The population was 146 as of 2010. Geography Arbuzovo is located 9 km east of Sobinka Sobinka (russian: Со́бинка) is a town and the administrative center of Sobinsky District in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), southwest of Vladimir, the administrative center of the ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Pushnino is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Sobinsky District {{Sobinsky-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
67th Army (Soviet Union)
The 67th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union's Red Army. The 67th Army was formed in October 1942 on the Leningrad Front from the Neva Operational Group. It defended the right bank of the Neva River, holding the Nevsky Pyatachok and covering the Road of Life. In January 1943 the army fought in Operation Iskra. In late December, the army was combined with 55th Army. The 67th Army headquarters was disbanded and 55th Army headquarters was renamed 67th Army headquarters. Between January and March 1944 67th Army fought in the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive, in which it captured Mga and Luga. In April the army became part of the 3rd Baltic Front and fought in the Pskov-Ostrov Offensive in July and the Tartu Offensive in August and September. The army fought in the Riga Offensive in September and October. The army then fought to eliminate the Courland Pocket. After the end of the war the army was disbanded during the summer of 1945. History Formation The 67th Army wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Simoniak
Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak (russian: Николай Павлович Симоняк, – April 23, 1956) was a General in the Soviet Army during World War II. Early life and Russian Civil War Simoniak was born to Ukrainian parents on 17 February 1901 in the stanitsa of Temizhbekskaya, Caucasus Detachment of, Kuban Oblast. He was conscripted into the Red Army on 1 May 1918 and sent to the 154th Derbent Revolutionary Rifle Regiment of the 11th Army, which became the 292nd Derbent Rifle Regiment of the 33rd Kuban Rifle Division in Astrakhan in February 1919. With the regiment, Simoniak fought on the Kuban steppe and the Astrakhan steppe against the Armed Forces of South Russia. In early 1920 he was sent to study at the 6th Ryazan Cavalry Courses, and from there in June as part of a cadet squadron was transferred to the 18th Samara Preparatory Cavalry Courses. After graduating from the latter, Simoniak was sent to study at the 10th Novocherkassk Command Courses. As part of a cade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifth Siniavino Offensive
The Mga offensive or Third Battle of Lake Ladoga (german: Dritte Ladoga-Schlacht) or fifth Sinyavino offensive was an unsuccessful offensive operation by Soviet troops between 22 July and 25 September 1943 to break the siege of Leningrad. Prelude Leningrad had been surrounded since 8 September 1941. The Soviets had launched several counterattacks in 1941, 1942 and most recently in Spring 1943 with the failed Operation Polar Star. The only success so far had been achieved in January 1943, when during Operation Iskra, a land corridor was opened between Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet Union. However, the land corridor remained within range of German artillery on the Sinyavino Heights, and the Red Army planned a new attack for July 1943. The attack was to be carried out by the 8th Army (Filipp Starikov) of the Volkhov Front ( Kirill Meretskov) and the 67th Army (Mikhail Dukhanov) of the Leningrad Front ( Leonid Govorov) against the troops of the German 18th Army (Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
