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11th Guards Army
Active1943–1997
DisbandedRedesignated as Ground and Coastal Defence Forces of the Baltic Fleet
Country
  • Soviet Union
  • Russia
Branch
  • Red Army (Soviet Ground Forces from 1946)
  • Russian Ground Forces
TypeField army
HeadquartersKaliningrad (1945–1997)
EngagementsOperation Kutuzov
Briyansk
Gorodok
Operation Bagration
Gumbinnen Operation
East Prussian Offensive
Battle of Königsberg
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Notable
commanders
  • Ivan Bagramyan
  • Kuzma Galitsky

The 11th Guards Army (Russian: 11-я гвардейская армия) 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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