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abbreviation
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ZapF
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areaOfResponsibility
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Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
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surface form:
Belorussian SSR
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areaOfResponsibility
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Smolensk region
NERFINISHED
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areaOfResponsibility
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western approaches to Moscow
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branch
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Ground forces
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conflict
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World War II
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surface form:
Great Patriotic War
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conflict
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World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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country
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Soviet Union
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dateDisbanded
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April 1944
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dateFormed
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22 June 1941
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engagedIn
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Battle of Moscow
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engagedIn
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Battle of Smolensk (1941)
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engagedIn
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Bobruysk offensive
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engagedIn
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Minsk offensive (1944)
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engagedIn
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Vitebsk–Orsha offensive
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surface form:
Mogilev offensive
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engagedIn
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Operation Bagration
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engagedIn
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Operation Mars
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engagedIn
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Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943)
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engagedIn
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Orsha offensive (1944)
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engagedIn
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Orsha offensives
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engagedIn
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Rzhev meat grinder
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engagedIn
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Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
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surface form:
Rzhev–Vyazma operations
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engagedIn
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Vitebsk–Orsha offensive
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formedFrom
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Western Special Military District
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frontSector
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central sector of the Eastern Front
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garrison
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Moscow Military District
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headquartersLocation
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Minsk
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headquartersLocation
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Moscow Oblast
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surface form:
Moscow region
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headquartersLocation
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Smolensk
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headquartersLocation
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Vyazma
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instanceOf
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Red Army front
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instanceOf
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Soviet military formation
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languageOfName
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Russian
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locationFormed
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Western USSR
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nativeName
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Western Front
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surface form:
Западный фронт
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notableCommander
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Andrey Yeryomenko
NERFINISHED
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notableCommander
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Dmitry Pavlov
NERFINISHED
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notableCommander
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Georgy Zhukov
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notableCommander
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Ivan Konev
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notableCommander
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Konstantin Rokossovsky
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notableCommander
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Vasily Sokolovsky
NERFINISHED
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notableEvent
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defensive role in Battle of Moscow
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notableEvent
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encirclements at Bialystok–Minsk
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notableEvent
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encirclements at Smolensk
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notableEvent
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participated in liberation of Belarus
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notableEvent
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participated in liberation of Smolensk
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notableEvent
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suffered heavy losses in summer 1941
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opponent
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Nazi Germany
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opponent
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Wehrmacht
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partOf
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Red Army
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reorganizedAs
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3rd Belorussian Front
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role
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conducted large-scale defensive operations
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role
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conducted large-scale offensive operations
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role
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operational-strategic command formation
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subordinateTo
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Stavka of the Red Army
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surface form:
Stavka of the Supreme High Command
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subordinateUnit
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16th Army
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subordinateUnit
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19th Army
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subordinateUnit
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20th Army
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subordinateUnit
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22nd Army
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subordinateUnit
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29th Army
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subordinateUnit
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2nd Guards Tank Corps
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subordinateUnit
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30th Army
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subordinateUnit
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31st Army
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subordinateUnit
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33rd Army
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subordinateUnit
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43rd Army
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subordinateUnit
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49th Army
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subordinateUnit
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Soviet 50th Army
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surface form:
50th Army
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subordinateUnit
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5th Guards Tank Army
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subordinateUnit
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5th Mechanized Corps
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subordinateUnit
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air armies
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subordinateUnit
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cavalry corps
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theaterOfOperations
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Eastern Front
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