25th Army (Soviet Union)

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25th Army
ActiveJune 1941 – December 1957
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army
TypeInfantry
Sizethree to six divisions
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Ivan Chistyakov

The 25th Army was a Red Army field army of World War II that served in the Russian Far East.[1]

Formed in June 1941, the 25th Army did not see combat until the

Korean Peninsula, and helped establish a Communist state in North Korea under the rule of Kim Il Sung. The army remained in North Korea until it was withdrawn in 1948, and was stationed in Primorsky Krai until its 1957 disbandment.[2]

World War II

It was formed in the

Maritime Group of Forces, which on 20 April 1945 became part of the Far Eastern Front, and was soon directly subordinated to the Stavka.[5]

In June, Colonel General

40th, the 384th, and the 386th Rifle Divisions, the 393rd Rifle Division, and the 7th, 106th, 107th, 108th, 110th, 111th, and the 113th Fortified Areas.[6]

During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the army fought in the

Ranan and Yanji on 17 August, among others. Between 18 and 20 August, the army disarmed surrendered Japanese troops, and was redeployed to the Pyongyang area at the end of the month.[5]

Postwar

Troops of the army in Korea, October 1945

The army's headquarters was established at Pyongyang on 26 August after Chistyakov rejected the option of

63rd and 144th Rifle Divisions) was transferred to the 25th Army from the 5th Army.[9]

The

U.S. Army Military Government in Korea was established in the south. Under the Soviet Civil Administration the 25th Army helped place Kim Il Sung and the Korean Workers' Party into power. They also assisted with the purges of former collaborators, businessmen, landowners, and religious leaders. These people would either flee to the future South Korea or would be banished or imprisoned in the Hamgyong Province.[10]

In late 1948, the army was withdrawn from North Korea and stationed in southern Primorsky Krai on the Korean and Chinese borders, as well as on the Peter the Great Gulf coast. Its headquarters was located in Shkotovo.[9] In March 1953 the army also included the 9th, 10th, 21st, and 24th Machine-Gun Artillery Divisions. The 10th Mechanized Division had become part of the 65th Rifle Corps by this time, and the 40th Rifle Division was directly subordinated to the army. In April 1953, the Primorsky Military District was disbanded, and the army became part of the Far Eastern Military District.[11] The army's last commander was Lieutenant General (promoted to Colonel General 8 August 1955) Ivan Rubanyuk, who assumed command on 18 May 1953.[12] The 65th Rifle Corps and its divisions were disbanded in the summer of 1956 and the remaining 25th Army rifle divisions became motor rifle divisions in the spring of 1957. On 1 May, the army included the 40th, 84th, 147th, and the 148th Motor Rifle Divisions. In December 1957, the army was disbanded and its remaining divisions transferred to the 5th Army. The 84th, 147th, and 148th Divisions were disbanded along with the 25th Army.[13]

Commanders

During its existence, the 25th Army was commanded by the following officers:[12][14]

References

Citations

  1. ISBN 978-1-9774-0053-6
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  2. ^ The Korean Journal of Policy Studies. Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. 1990.
  3. ^ Kuzelenkov 2005, p. 63.
  4. Combat composition of the Soviet Army
    , 22 June 1941
  5. ^ a b c d "25-я армия". victory.mil.ru. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. Combat composition of the Soviet Army
    , 9 August 1945
  7. ^ Lankov 2002, pp. 5, 12.
  8. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 49.
  9. ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 577.
  10. ISBN 978-0-9995358-2-0
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  11. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 579.
  12. ^ a b Feskov et al 2013, p. 578.
  13. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 582.
  14. ^ Beloborodov 1963, p. 491.

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