6th Combined Arms Army

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6th Combined Arms Army
6-я общевойсковая армия
corps or divisions
Part ofNorthern Military District (1951-1960) Leningrad Military District (1960–1998) Western Military District (2010– )
Garrison/HQAgalatovo, Leningrad Oblast
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Current
commander		Unknown
Insignia
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ОА

The 6th Combined Arms Army (Russian: 6-я общевойсковая армия) is a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Army that was active with the Russian Ground Forces until 1998 and has been active since 2010 as the 6th Combined Arms Army. Military Unit number в/ч 31807.

It was first formed in August 1939 in the

Kiev Special Military District from the Volochiskaya Army Group (a corps-sized formation).[3]

First Formation

In September 1939 it participated in the

Great Patriotic War as part of the Southwestern Front. The army's headquarters was disbanded 10 August 1941 after the Battle of Uman. In this battle, the 6th Army was caught in a huge encirclement south of Kiev along with the 12th Army
.

Second Formation

It was immediately reformed within the

Barvenkovo-Lozovaia operation, and the Second Battle of Kharkov, but along with the 57th Army, was surrounded in the Izium pocket
with the loss of 200,000 plus men in casualties alone, and afterwards formally disbanded.

Third Formation

The Army was reformed in July 1942 for the third time from the

Operation Little Saturn
.

In September 1943 it consisted of the

243rd Rifle Divisions).[7]

In 1944 it took part in the

Nikopol-Kryvyi Rih, Bereznogova-Snigorovka, and Odessa offensives
. It was disbanded in June 1944.

Fourth Formation

The 6th Army was reformed in December 1944 with troops from

359th Rifle Division, the 77th Fortified Region, and other support units.[8]

During 1945 the Army took part in the

18th Air Army
. During the siege, both sides resorted to setting entire districts of the city on fire.

After the end of the

Second World War, the 6th Army was withdrawn from Germany and stationed briefly in the Orel Military District before being disbanded in the Voronezh Military District
late in 1945.

Fifth Formation

The 6th Army was (re)formed from the

367th Rifle Division (Sortavala, Karelian ASSR). The army was disbanded at Murmansk in early 1960.[9]

The army was reformed again from Headquarters Northern Military District in May–June 1960 with headquarters at Petrozavodsk.[10] On 15 January 1974, it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.[9]

In 1977 the 88th Independent Helicopter Squadron was moved from

Nurmalitsy to Apatity
.

In 1988 the army consisted of:

In 1989 the 16th Motor Rifle Division (mobilisation) became the 5186th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (БХВТ) (30th мотострелковая бригада), and the 37th similarly became a weapons and equipment storage base (VKhVT). In 1994-95 the 111th Motor Rifle Division (Sortavala) became the 20th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade and shifted into the 30th Guards Army Corps.

In January 1996 it consisted of the 161st Artillery Brigade, the 182nd MRL Regiment, the 485th Separate Helicopter Regiment, the 54th Motor Rifle Division (Allakurtti), and the 131st Motor Rifle Division (Pechenga).[17] It finally disbanded after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1997–98.

Sixth Formation

In 2010, as part of the creation of the Western Military District / Western Operational-Strategic Command with headquarters at St. Petersburg, the army was reformed. The new 6th Army may include:[18]

The army took part in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Its units fought during the Northeastern Ukraine offensive around Kharkiv, but failed to capture the city.[21] Reportedly, the army's commander, Lieutenant General Yershov, was dismissed and placed under house arrest at the end of March.[22] As of April 2023, the army is conducting operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line in Luhansk Oblast.[23]

Commanders

  • Lieutenant-General Filipp Golikov (09/28/1939 – July 1940)
  • Lieutenant-General Ivan Muzychenko (07.26.1940 – 08/10/1941) (captured)
  • Major General, Lieutenant-General Rodion Malinovsky (08/25/1941 – 12/24/1941)
  • Major General, Lieutenant-General Aksenty Gorodnyansky (01/25/1942 – 05/27/1942) (died 05/27/1942)
  • Major General, Lieutenant-General Fyodor Kharitonov (07/08/1942 – 05/20/1943) (died 05/28/1943)
  • Lieutenant-General
    Ivan Shlemin
    (05/21/1943 – 05/28/1944)
  • Colonel General Vyacheslav Tsvetayev (September 12, 1944 – September 28, 1944)
  • Major General Fyodor Kulishev (09/29/1944 – 12/06/1944)
  • Lieutenant-General Vladimir Gluzdovsky (12/07/1944 – 05/09/1945)
  • ...
  • Lieutenant General Yevgeny Alekseyevich (January 2011 – April 2013)
  • Lieutenant General Sergei Vasilyevich Kuralenko (May 2013 – December 2015)
  • Lieutenant General Andrei Vladimirovich Kuzmenko (February 2016 – February 2019)
  • Lieutenant General Vladislav Nikolaevich Yershov (February 2019 – March 2022 [dismissed])

References

  1. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 6".
  2. ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 23, 2023".
  3. ^ 6th Army- б. Восточная (первоначально - Винницкая, затем - Волочиская армейская группа КОВО) (0000 Там же, а также "Другая война. 1939-1945". М., 1996, с.248.) КОВО. Lenskii 2001.
  4. ^ Leo Niehorster, Order of Battle, 22 June 1941
  5. ^ Bonn/Glantz, Slaughterhouse, Aberjona Press, 2005, p.311
  6. ^ tashv.nm.ru, [Combat composition of the Soviet Army, 1 September 1941], accessed October 2011
  7. ^ BSSA via tashv.nm.ru
  8. ^ Combat Composition of the Soviet Army Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, 1 January 1945
  9. ^ a b c Holm, Michael. "6th Combined Arms Army". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  10. ^ Valentin Varennikov "Unique," Book 2, page 73.
  11. ^ Holm, Michael. "16th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  12. ^ Holm, Michael. "109th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  13. ^ "116th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  14. ^ "54th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  15. ^ Holm, Michael. "88th independent Helicopter Squadron". ww2.dk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  16. ^ Holm, Michael. "6th Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  17. ^ Andrew Duncan, 'Russian forces in decline - Part 2,' Jane's Intelligence Review, October 1996, p.444
  18. ^ Institute for the Study of War, Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle, March 2018. Washington D.C.
  19. ^ a b c d "RUSSIAN REGULAR GROUND FORCES ORDER OF BATTLE" (PDF). October 2023.
  20. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 16, 2023". 16 February 2023.
  21. ^ "UAWarData". www.uawardata.com.
  22. ^ "The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army named the Russian generals who lost their jobs or lives due to the war in Ukraine".
  23. ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

References

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