493:
502:
185:
defences and drove German forces eastward up the valley. General
Yushkevich's attack was spearheaded by Colonel I. V. Karpov's 238th Rifle Division and two regiments of Colonel M. F. Andryushenko's 185th Rifle Division, supported by a tank brigade of General Katukov's mechanised corps. The combined force routed a regiment of the German
184:
in conjunction with 39th Army.' 'Early on 25 November, 22nd Army, with over 50,000 men and 270 tanks of 3rd
Mechanised Corps, assaulted eastward up the Luchesa River valley. Attacking along a narrow corridor flanked by forests and frozen swamps, Soviet forces tore a gaping hole through German
113:
divisions, including three tank and three motorized, and under their assault 22nd Army was forced to retreat. On July 16, 1941, the
Germans managed to surround the 51st Rifle Corps, and on July 20, to seize
237:
482:
102:
took command (who would direct the army until August 1941). Lenski notes that it was then made part of the 'Group of armies of the
Reserve of the Main Command'.
1243:
201:
236:
that included two rifle divisions in which served a large number of
Latvians in their ranks who would soon be facing their opposites in the Latvian
475:
91:
327:(August–October, 19th 1941, April–December 1942, March 1943 – April 1944; Yushkevich went on to command 31st Army, and after the war, the
1063:
1058:
1048:
956:
873:
249:
158:
83:
47:
168:
The Army's task as part of
Operation Mars was as part of what in Soviet parlance was the 'Bely Offensive Operation in conjunction with
157:
in 1942. General Major V. A. Yushkevich again took command in April 1942, after previously commanding the army in August–October 1941.
468:
186:
436:
401:
1125:
941:
444:
931:
906:
896:
200:, which became 2nd Baltic Front on October 20, 1943. 22nd Army defended the river Lovat, and participated in operations at
162:
161:
under
General Major M. Ye. Katukov joined the Army in September 1942 when it was formed, though it was later reassigned.
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
982:
384:
1183:
888:
335:
252:, arrived in the South Ukraine in May 1945. In the Northern summer of 1945, together with the headquarters of the
142:
106:
94:), and several separate regiments, including the 336th and 545th Corps Artillery Regiments. Headquarters was at
878:
863:
858:
853:
848:
843:
838:
833:
828:
823:
818:
813:
808:
798:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
763:
753:
743:
738:
733:
728:
723:
713:
708:
703:
698:
693:
683:
678:
673:
668:
663:
658:
653:
648:
643:
638:
633:
628:
618:
613:
608:
603:
598:
593:
588:
583:
578:
573:
568:
563:
328:
257:
217:
169:
307:). Seemingly all these forces, except the 48th Rifle Division, were disestablished rather quickly in 1945-46.
1032:
558:
553:
548:
543:
533:
528:
224:. Since October 1944, together with the other armies of the Front it carried out the blockade of the German
71:
67:
868:
510:
253:
288:
280:
233:
264:
1073:
1068:
1053:
1027:
369:
342:
300:
296:
292:
284:
276:
272:
122:
87:
75:
1022:
538:
523:
518:
304:
268:
225:
193:
173:
109:, six rifle divisions of the army fought fiercely against what victory.mil.ru describes as sixteen
803:
768:
718:
688:
433:
324:
177:
1130:
966:
961:
951:
946:
492:
349:
317:
221:
172:. Spearheaded by the 3rd Mechanised Corps, the army was tasked to: 'advance eastward up the
150:
99:
79:
63:
24:
405:
936:
926:
921:
916:
911:
901:
229:
501:
1109:
1104:
1099:
1094:
1089:
154:
460:
1237:
1017:
1012:
440:
388:
213:
205:
126:
115:
95:
429:
197:
40:
381:
1140:
32:
758:
748:
209:
110:
497:
59:
36:
256:, located in the Crimea, it was reorganised as the new but short-lived
181:
138:
130:
134:
434:
Counterpoint to
Stalingrad: Operation Mars (November-December 1942)
248:
Immediately after the war ended, its headquarters, along with the
146:
464:
50:
and served through World War II until its disbandment in 1945.
176:
valley, pierce the German defenses, assist in the capture of
118:. 48th Tank Division joined the Army by August 1, 1941.
323:
General-Major (since March 1943 General-lieutenant)
196:
since April 21, then from
October 13 as part of the
1182:
1139:
1118:
1082:
1041:
975:
887:
509:
425:
423:
129:, the Army conducted defensive operations on the
58:Originally it was formed in June 1941 within the
232:. One of the Army's rifle corps was the Latvian
46:The 22nd Army was formed in June 1941 after the
263:It arrived in the Odessa/Tavria area with the
476:
8:
402:"Боевой состав Soviet Army on 1 August 1941"
483:
469:
461:
303:; the latter was soon redesignated as the
238:19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
192:In 1943, the Army fought as part of the
165:had joined the Army by 1 November 1942.
98:by 22 June 1941, and General Lieutenant
361:
204:, Velikiye Luki, Leningrad-Novgorod,
7:
180:, and encircle German forces around
48:German invasion of the Soviet Union
338:(on October, 20 1941 – March 1942)
14:
189:and punctured the German front.'
1244:Field armies of the Soviet Union
500:
491:
445:Foreign Military Studies Office
874:Special Red Banner Far Eastern
141:frontier, participated in the
1:
336:Vladimir Ivanovich Vostrukhov
163:83rd Corps Artillery Regiment
149:defensive operation, and the
455:V.I. Feskov et al 2013, 489.
370:Order of Battle 22 June 1941
345:(December 1942 – March 1943)
216:. It then took part in the
1260:
125:, since October, 17th the
107:Battle of Smolensk (1941)
28:
329:Odessa Military District
258:Tavria Military District
218:Riga Offensive Operation
352:(April 1944 – May 1945)
1042:Guards Tank/Mechanized
368:Orbat.com/Niehorster,
187:86th Infantry Division
16:WW2 Red Army formation
391:, accessed April 2008
301:394th Rifle Divisions
285:219th Rifle Divisions
277:168th Rifle Divisions
254:Separate Coastal Army
92:186th Rifle Divisions
78:Rifle Divisions) and
382:Victory.mil.ru entry
250:109th Rifle Division
159:3rd Mechanised Corps
123:Soviet Western Front
879:Red Banner Caucasus
408:on 28 December 2013
372:, accessed May 2008
348:Lieutenant general
316:Lieutenant general
305:48th Rifle Division
226:Army Group Courland
194:North-Western Front
320:(June–August 1941)
143:Battle of Smolensk
1231:
1230:
289:110th Rifle Corps
283:(28th, 37th, and
281:100th Rifle Corps
234:130th Rifle Corps
62:and it comprised
1251:
869:Separate Coastal
504:
495:
485:
478:
471:
462:
456:
453:
447:
427:
418:
417:
415:
413:
404:. Archived from
398:
392:
379:
373:
366:
350:Gennady Korotkov
325:V. A. Yushkevich
318:Filipp Yershakov
265:83rd Rifle Corps
222:Baltic Offensive
212:, and Rezhitsa–
151:Battles of Rzhev
100:Filipp Yershakov
80:62nd Rifle Corps
64:51st Rifle Corps
30:
1259:
1258:
1254:
1253:
1252:
1250:
1249:
1248:
1234:
1233:
1232:
1227:
1224:Black Sea Group
1178:
1135:
1114:
1078:
1037:
976:Tank/Mechanized
971:
883:
505:
489:
459:
454:
450:
428:
421:
411:
409:
400:
399:
395:
380:
376:
367:
363:
359:
343:Dmitry Seleznev
313:
246:
230:Courland Pocket
121:As part of the
56:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1257:
1255:
1247:
1246:
1236:
1235:
1229:
1228:
1226:
1225:
1222:
1221:Southern Front
1219:
1216:
1213:
1210:
1207:
1204:
1201:
1198:
1195:
1192:
1188:
1186:
1180:
1179:
1177:
1176:
1173:
1170:
1167:
1164:
1161:
1158:
1155:
1152:
1149:
1145:
1143:
1137:
1136:
1134:
1133:
1128:
1122:
1120:
1116:
1115:
1113:
1112:
1107:
1102:
1097:
1092:
1086:
1084:
1080:
1079:
1077:
1076:
1071:
1066:
1061:
1056:
1051:
1045:
1043:
1039:
1038:
1036:
1035:
1030:
1025:
1020:
1015:
1010:
1005:
1000:
995:
990:
985:
979:
977:
973:
972:
970:
969:
964:
959:
954:
949:
944:
939:
934:
929:
924:
919:
914:
909:
904:
899:
893:
891:
885:
884:
882:
881:
876:
871:
866:
861:
856:
851:
846:
841:
836:
831:
826:
821:
816:
811:
806:
801:
796:
791:
786:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
756:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
711:
706:
701:
696:
691:
686:
681:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
601:
596:
591:
586:
581:
576:
571:
566:
561:
556:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
521:
515:
513:
507:
506:
496:Armies of the
490:
488:
487:
480:
473:
465:
458:
457:
448:
439:2007-08-01 at
419:
393:
387:2012-08-05 at
374:
360:
358:
355:
354:
353:
346:
341:Major general
339:
334:Major general
332:
321:
312:
309:
245:
242:
220:, part of the
155:Operation Mars
55:
52:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1256:
1245:
1242:
1241:
1239:
1223:
1220:
1217:
1214:
1211:
1208:
1205:
1202:
1199:
1196:
1193:
1190:
1189:
1187:
1185:
1181:
1174:
1171:
1168:
1165:
1162:
1159:
1156:
1153:
1150:
1147:
1146:
1144:
1142:
1138:
1132:
1129:
1127:
1124:
1123:
1121:
1117:
1111:
1108:
1106:
1103:
1101:
1098:
1096:
1093:
1091:
1088:
1087:
1085:
1081:
1075:
1072:
1070:
1067:
1065:
1062:
1060:
1057:
1055:
1052:
1050:
1047:
1046:
1044:
1040:
1034:
1031:
1029:
1026:
1024:
1021:
1019:
1016:
1014:
1011:
1009:
1006:
1004:
1001:
999:
996:
994:
991:
989:
986:
984:
981:
980:
978:
974:
968:
965:
963:
960:
958:
955:
953:
950:
948:
945:
943:
940:
938:
935:
933:
930:
928:
925:
923:
920:
918:
915:
913:
910:
908:
905:
903:
900:
898:
895:
894:
892:
890:
886:
880:
877:
875:
872:
870:
867:
865:
862:
860:
857:
855:
852:
850:
847:
845:
842:
840:
837:
835:
832:
830:
827:
825:
822:
820:
817:
815:
812:
810:
807:
805:
802:
800:
797:
795:
792:
790:
787:
785:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
745:
742:
740:
737:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
702:
700:
697:
695:
692:
690:
687:
685:
682:
680:
677:
675:
672:
670:
667:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
585:
582:
580:
577:
575:
572:
570:
567:
565:
562:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
520:
517:
516:
514:
512:
508:
503:
499:
494:
486:
481:
479:
474:
472:
467:
466:
463:
452:
449:
446:
442:
441:archive.today
438:
435:
431:
426:
424:
420:
407:
403:
397:
394:
390:
389:archive.today
386:
383:
378:
375:
371:
365:
362:
356:
351:
347:
344:
340:
337:
333:
330:
326:
322:
319:
315:
314:
310:
308:
306:
302:
298:
294:
290:
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
266:
261:
259:
255:
251:
243:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
206:Staraya Russa
203:
199:
195:
190:
188:
183:
179:
175:
174:Luchesa River
171:
166:
164:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
127:Kalinin Front
124:
119:
117:
116:Velikiye Luki
112:
108:
103:
101:
97:
96:Velikiye Luki
93:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
53:
51:
49:
44:
42:
38:
34:
26:
22:
1184:Reserve Army
623:
451:
430:David Glantz
410:. Retrieved
406:the original
396:
377:
364:
262:
247:
198:Baltic Front
191:
167:
120:
104:
57:
54:World War II
45:
41:World War II
20:
18:
498:Soviet Army
287:); and the
105:During the
357:References
311:Commanders
33:field army
29:22-я армия
210:Novorzhev
170:39th Army
111:Wehrmacht
21:22nd Army
1238:Category
437:Archived
385:Archived
331:briefly)
60:Red Army
37:Red Army
31:) was a
1119:Cavalry
1033:Special
412:8 April
279:); the
244:Postwar
228:in the
182:Olenino
147:Kalinin
139:Vitebsk
131:Idritsa
39:during
35:of the
25:Russian
1141:Sapper
889:Guards
511:Armies
299:, and
275:, and
145:, the
135:Drissa
90:, and
74:, and
1083:Shock
297:268th
293:256th
273:119th
214:Dvina
202:Kholm
88:174th
84:170th
76:153rd
72:112th
1218:10th
1175:10th
1028:10th
967:22nd
962:20th
957:18th
952:14th
947:11th
942:10th
864:70th
859:69th
854:68th
849:67th
844:66th
839:65th
834:64th
829:63rd
824:62nd
819:61st
814:60th
809:59th
804:58th
799:57th
794:56th
789:55th
784:54th
779:53rd
774:52nd
769:51st
764:50th
759:49th
754:48th
749:47th
744:46th
739:45th
734:44th
729:43rd
724:42nd
719:41st
714:40th
709:39th
704:38th
699:37th
694:36th
689:35th
684:34th
679:33rd
674:32nd
669:31st
664:30th
659:29th
654:28th
649:27th
644:26th
639:25th
634:24th
629:23rd
624:22nd
619:21st
614:20th
609:19th
604:18th
599:17th
594:16th
589:15th
584:14th
579:13th
574:12th
569:11th
564:10th
414:2019
269:47th
178:Bely
68:98th
19:The
1215:9th
1212:8th
1209:7th
1206:6th
1203:5th
1200:4th
1197:3rd
1194:2nd
1191:1st
1172:9th
1169:8th
1166:7th
1163:6th
1160:5th
1157:4th
1154:3rd
1151:2nd
1148:1st
1131:2nd
1126:1st
1110:5th
1105:4th
1100:3rd
1095:2nd
1090:1st
1074:6th
1069:5th
1064:4th
1059:3rd
1054:2nd
1049:1st
1023:9th
1018:8th
1013:7th
1008:6th
1003:5th
998:4th
993:3rd
988:2nd
983:1st
937:9th
932:8th
927:7th
922:6th
917:5th
912:4th
907:3rd
902:2nd
897:1st
559:9th
554:8th
549:7th
544:6th
539:5th
534:4th
529:3rd
524:2nd
519:1st
43:.
1240::
443:,
432:,
422:^
295:,
271:,
260:.
240:.
153:-
86:,
70:,
27::
484:e
477:t
470:v
416:.
291:(
267:(
208:–
137:–
133:–
82:(
66:(
23:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.