Spring thaw and huge puddles in Komi Republic, March 2015
Rasputitsa (from Russian: распу́тица[rɐsˈputʲɪtsə]; literally "season of bad roads"[1]), also called bezdorizhzhia (from Ukrainian: бездорі́жжя; pronunciationⓘ),[2] is the mud season that occurs in various rural areas of Eastern Europe,[2] when the rapid snowmelt or thawing of frozen ground combined with wet weather in spring, or heavy rains in autumn,[1][3] lead to muddy conditions that make travel on unpaved roads problematic and even treacherous.[1][3]
Rasputitsa has repeatedly affected wars by causing military vehicles and artillery pieces to become mired in the mud. In conjunction with the general conditions of winter, rasputitsa has been credited with encumbering the military campaigns of Napoleonic France in 1812 and Nazi Germany during Operation Barbarossa, as well as all belligerents in the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war.[3]
^ abcDunlop, Storm (January 2008). "Rasputitsa". Oxford Dictionary of Weather (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199541447. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ ab"Amid the Slog of Mud Season, the Ukrainian Military Keeps Advancing". New York Times.
^ abc"Ukraine thaw could slow Russian advance in mud". France24.
Rasputitsa (from Russian: распу́тица [rɐsˈputʲɪtsə]; literally "season of bad roads"), also called bezdorizhzhia (from Ukrainian: бездорі́жжя; pronunciation)...
sometimes personified as "General Mud". Russians call those muddy conditions rasputitsa, which occur with autumnal rains and spring thaws in Russia and make transport...
turning roads and open areas into muddy quagmires, a phenomenon known as rasputitsa in Russia. German armored groups were greatly slowed, allowing Soviet...
equipment, the German forces advanced deeper into the Soviet Union. The rasputitsa season (literally "roadlessness", due to heavy rains and sluggish muddy...
was slowed by stiff Soviet resistance around Mozhaisk, and also by the rasputitsa, the season of rain and mud in Central Russia. The Soviet counteroffensive...
pace; The scarcity of roads, frequently turned to mud by rainstorms (rasputitsa), further impeded horse-drawn wagons and artillery. In thinly populated...
Army, coupled with the loss of mobility due to the onset of the spring rasputitsa, resulted in the cessation of operations for both sides by mid-March....
retreated from Rostov to defensive lines on the river Mius. After the spring rasputitsa (seasonal mud) had cleared, the division joined in Fall Blau, participating...
counteroffensive; during that time period, Ukraine was undergoing its rasputitsa (muddy season), making travel difficult for vehicles such as tanks. In...
muddy quagmire. Summers were dusty and hot while with the fall came the rasputitsa (time without roads) as heavy autumn rains once again turned the battlefields...
Russian territory is underlain by permafrost. Climate change in Russia Rasputitsa "Russia::Climate and vegetation". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-07-03...
the sparse road network, particularly in the muddy conditions of the rasputitsa. Only half tracks like the Sd.Kfz. 11 could haul supplies to forward units...
Russian summer, most of them were turned into mud (a phenomenon known as rasputitsa), greatly slowing down any advance of mechanized troops, and raising logistical...
Finland, small hovercraft are widely used in maritime rescue and during the rasputitsa ("mud season") as archipelago liaison vehicles. In England, hovercraft...
solid overnight in the harsh winter weather that followed the autumn rasputitsa mud season on the Eastern Front. However, during the tank design, problem...
four-wheel drive Blitz A. To cope with the bad road conditions and the rasputitsa mud seasons on the Eastern Front, a half-tracked Maultier ("mule") Sd...
loanword rospuutto (IPA: [ˈrospuːtːo]), which has the same usage as rasputitsa. The Rasputitsa in Russian (literally "season of bad roads"), or Bezdorizhzhya...
bridging operations must be designed by military engineers, case-by-case. Rasputitsa will defeat even the indigenous European armour. Thus military campaigns...
anti tank guns, and 12 mortars. After heavy fighting in the season of rasputitsa ("roadlessness"), the division effected a link-up with Hube's forces near...
comprised a much simpler suspension system, much more able to handle the rasputitsa mud season and Russian winter conditions, without mud or snow freezing...
units were able to advance on 14 October. Heavy rains and onset of the rasputitsa (roadlessness) caused frequent damage to tracked vehicles and motor transport...
units were able to advance on 14 October. Heavy rains and onset of the rasputitsa (roadlessness) caused frequent damage to tracked vehicles and motor transport...
Army coupled with the loss of mobility due to the onset of the spring rasputitsa resulted in the cessation of operations for both sides by mid-March. The...
war. After the conclusion of the battle for the Donets, as the spring rasputitsa (mud) season came to an end in 1943, both the German and Soviet commands...
resulted in a higher ground pressure, getting them more easily stuck in the Rasputitsa muddy conditions of spring and autumn and winter snow conditions on the...
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