The Karelian Front Russian: Карельский фронт) was a front (a formation of Army Group size) of the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II, and operated in Karelia.
operated in Karelia. The KarelianFront was created in August 1941 when Northern Front was split into KarelianFront and Leningrad Front to take account of...
dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and KarelianFront on August 27, 1941. The Leningrad Front was immediately given the task of containing...
the 7th Army and later the Volkhov Front during the 1941–1944 siege of Leningrad. He commanded the KarelianFront from February 1944, notably the Petsamo–Kirkenes...
Karelian (Karelian Proper and Livvi-Karelian: karjala, karjalan kieli; Ludian: kard'al, kard'alan kiel'; Tver Karelian: kariela, karielan kieli) is a Finnic...
The memorial award badge To the Valiant Soldier of the KarelianFront (Russian: наградной памятный знак (жетон) "Честному воину Карельского фронта") was...
the situation. The 20th Mountain Army had been fighting the Soviet KarelianFront since Operation Barbarossa along the 700 km (430 mi) stretch from the...
Karelian Proper (Karelian Proper: Varšinaiskarjala) is a supradialect of the Karelian language, which is a Finnic language. Karelian Proper is one of two/three...
Finnish and German forces split the Soviet Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and the KarelianFront on 23 August. On 31 August, Finnish Headquarters...
of the 14th Army, and from September 1941 to February 1944, of the KarelianFront. After the war from 1945 to 1956 commanded the troops of Belomorsky...
a national Karelian emblem and colors to have in a national flag. By discussing, we have approved the following: Emblem - a bear in front of a log with...
Republic of Karelia, Karjala or Karelia (Russian: Каре́лия, Ка́рьяла; Karelian: Karjala), is a republic of Russia situated in the northwest of the country...
Markian Popov. On 23 August 1941, the Northern Front was split into the KarelianFront and the Leningrad Front, commanded by Valerian Frolov and Popov, respectively...
23 August, the Northern Front was divided into the Leningrad Front and the KarelianFront, as it became impossible for front headquarters to control everything...
operation, the Soviets decided to seize the offensive initiative on the KarelianFront. The Stavka decided to move against the German forces in the Arctic...
Army Chief of Staff Boris Shaposhnikov advocated a narrow-front assault right on the Karelian isthmus. Additionally, Shaposhnikov argued for a fuller build-up...
Engineer of the 2nd Department in the engineering department of the KarelianFront and from February 1942, he served as a Regimental Engineer of a Rifle...
attempts by Nazi German forces to infiltrate the Red Army on the Eastern Front. The official statute of SMERSH listed the following tasks to be performed...
for a major interrogation at the headquarters of Soviet Karelian partisans or the KarelianFront, or quarters of the NKVD. After this, a Finnish POW had...
The 1st Belorussian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, Pervyy Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian") was a major formation of the Red...
3rd Belorussian Front (Russian: 3-й Белорусский фронт) was a Front of the Red Army during the Second World War. The 3rd Belorussian Front was created on...
Koptsov was transferred to the KarelianFront where he defended against Finnish attacks, and then to the Volkhov Front where he fought in the Tikhvin...
by White Guards who had been fighting at the KarelianFront and White Army soldiers from the Savo Front. On the night of 27–28 April, a group of Reds...
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