Leningrad Front (Soviet Union)

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Red Army front Soviet military formation

The Leningrad Front was a major Soviet World War II military formation responsible for the defense of Leningrad and the surrounding region, most notably during the prolonged siege by German forces.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Leningrad Front 6
Soviet Leningrad Front 3
Leningrad Military District 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Red Army front ⓘ
Soviet military formation ⓘ
activePeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
branch Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
surface form: Red Army ground forces
commandLanguage Russian ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
cooperatedWith Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Fleet

Karelian front ⓘ
surface form: Karelian Front

Ladoga Flotilla ⓘ
Soviet Volkhov Front ⓘ
surface form: Volkhov Front
country Soviet Union ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn Baltic Offensive ⓘ
Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive ⓘ
Operation Iskra ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
Sinyavino offensives ⓘ
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
facedOpponent Finland ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
formedFrom Northern Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
formedOn 1941-08-27 ⓘ
frontLineLength hundreds of kilometers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Leningrad ⓘ
includedUnitType air support units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
guards units ⓘ
rifle divisions ⓘ
tank units ⓘ
namedAfter Leningrad ⓘ
notableCommander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov ⓘ
Leonid Govorov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mikhail Khozin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor role in the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
opposedBy Army Group North ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
Soviet armed forces ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
responsibleFor defense of Leningrad ⓘ
defense of Leningrad region ⓘ
role breaking the land blockade of Leningrad ⓘ
defense of Leningrad against German and Finnish forces ⓘ
offensive operations in the Baltic region ⓘ
strategicImportance protection of key industrial and political center Leningrad ⓘ
successor Leningrad Military District ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front ⓘ
Northern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) → areaOfResponsibility → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad sector
Siege of Leningrad → belligerent → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Front
Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad → dedicatedTo → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: soldiers of Leningrad Front
16th Army → engagedAgainst → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Leningrad Front
18th Army (Wehrmacht) → engagedAgainst → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Leningrad Front
Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II → front → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Front
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → front → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Front
Soviet offensive of February 1940 → front → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Military District
Baltic offensive (1944) → frontInvolved → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Front
Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive → involves → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Leningrad Front
Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II → location → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Front
Medal for the Defence of Leningrad → locationOfServiceRequired → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leningrad Front
GermanArmyGroupNorth → opponent → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) ⓘ