| 11th Soviet Red Army | |
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 Soldiers of the 11th Red Army entering the Democratic Republic of Georgia's capital of Tiflis in February 1921 |
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| Active | |
| Country | Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, Georgia, and Armenia |
| Allegiance | Soviet Russia/Soviet Union |
| Size | 70,000 - 100,000 [1] |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Pavel Kurochkin |
The 11th Army of the Worker's and Peasant's Red Army (RKKA) was a unit of the then newly created Russian Red Army. It was deployed by the Bolsheviks in October 1918 as a subdivision of the Southern Front. In February
During the Russian Civil War it fought against the White troops of General Anton Denikin's Volunteer Army in the western part of the North Caucasus. In April 1920 it entered into Azerbaijan. in May 1920 into Iran, Armenia in December 1920 and finally invaded Georgia in February 1921. In May 1921 the army lost its name and was integrated into the Caucasian Front, later part of the North Caucasus Military District.
The head of the Eleventy Army's Revolutionary Military Council was Sergo Ordzhonikidze. The military leaders of the 11th Army were in 1921: V.P. Raspopov, J.P. Butyagin, M.I. Vasilenko, M.K. Levandovski and A.I. Gekker. Military decisions were supervised by the Army's Council of War. Its members were in 1921: Sergey Kirov, Valerian Kuybyshev, J.P. Butyagin, K.A. Mekhonoshin, Sokolov, J.I. Vesnik, Lukin, B.D. Mikhailov, Kvirkeliya, S.S. Eliava, J.I. Vesnik and P.I. Kushner.
Operations in the Caucasus
The first country to fall in the Caucasus was the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan in May 1920. Taking advantage of its quarrels with neighboring Armenia, the army had little difficulty in sovietizing Azerbaijan. From there, it was poised to attack and the capitals of the remaining two republics (Tiflis, in Georgia; and Yerevan, in Armenia).[2]
However, the authorities in Moscow ordered the army to discontinue its operations in the region.[3] In that brief span the Red Army did aid Armenian communists fighting against the Armenian government in the Ijevan region of Armenia.
Reformation
In 1939 a new 11th Army was formed in the Belarussian Special Military District. It took part in the Soviet invasion of Poland (1939). In 1940 it became part of the Baltic Military District (since August, 17th, 1940 Baltic Special military district).
When the Germans invaded in June 1941 it comprised the 16th (which included the 5th Rifle Division, plus the 33rd and 188th Rifle Divisions) and 29th Rifle Corps (179th and 184th Rifle Divisions) and the 3rd Mechanised Corps(640 tanks), the 23rd, 126th and 128th Rifle Divisions, the 42nd and 46th Fortified Regions, and other smaller formations and units. It participated in military operations as part of the Soviet North-Western Front west and south-western of Kaunas and Vilnius.
Since July 9, 1941, it had been under its command the 41st and 22nd Rifle and the 1st Mechanized Corps. In 1942 and 1943 it participated in attacks against the Wehrmacht near Solzy and Staraya Russa and in the Dmyansk Operation. In summer and fall 1943 it was part of the Western and Bryansk Front, and fought in the Battle of Kursk. In December 1943 the 11th Army was dissolved, with the personnel being integrated into other Soviet armies.
The commanders of the 11th Army that was deployed in 1939 were V. I. Morosov, P. A. Kurtoshkin, A. I. Lopatin and I. I. Fedyuninski. Pavel Kurochkin commanded the 11th Army from November 1942 to March 1943 for a period, which also included time in command of the 34th Army.
References
- ^ Figes, Orlando (1998). A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924. New York: Penguin Books, 712, 715. ISBN 0-1402-4364-X.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1996). The Republic of Armenia, Vol. IV: Between Crescent and Sickle - Partition and Sovietization. Berkley, California: University of California Press, 62. ISBN 0-5200-8804-2.
- ^ Hovannisian. The Republic of Armenia, 62-63
External links
- Orbat.com/Niehorster, Order of Battle, 22 June 1941
- (German) History of the 11th Soviet Red Army
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