The 35th Red Banner Army is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces.
The 35th Army was originally formed within the Soviet Red Army in July 1941 on the basis of 18th Rifle Corps, and joined the Soviet Far East Front. Within Far Eastern Front it comprised 35th, 66th, 78th Rifle Divisions, the 109th Fortified Region, a number(line) of artillery and other shooting parts. It defended the Primorski Krai frontier.
From May 1st 1945 35th Army joined the Maritime Group of Forces which was transformed on August, 5th into the 1st Far Eastern Front. It had as part of its structure the 66th, 264th and 363rd Rifle Divisions, the 8th and 109th Fortified Regions, the 125th, 208th, and 209th Tank Brigades, and a number of artillery and other units.[1] With these forces the army participated in the Harbin-Kirin Operation[2] (Operation August Storm?). Its commanders were General Major A. Zajtsev (July 1941 - June 1945), and General Lieutenant N.D.Zakhvataev (June - September 1945).
The 35th Red Banner Army today draws its history from the First Red Banner Army. After the end of the war with Japan, the First Army's headquarters was reorganised as the Headquarters Amur Military District, while part of its troops became part of 15th Army in the Kamchatka region and others joined Soviet Second Army. After some years as an Army Corps, the Army was reformed and given the number 35. Therefore this army has nothing in common with the 35th Army which was in the District during the Second World War.
The 35th Army is currently in the Far East Military District, consists of about three divisions, including the 21st and 270th Motor Rifle Divisions, and is headquartered at Belogorsk.
Sources and References
- ^ http://www.tashv.nm.ru/BoevojSostavSA/1945/19450501.html BoevojSostavSA Composition for 1 May 1945
- ^ Харбино - Гиринской
- Feskov et al, The Soviet Army in the Period of the Cold War, Tomsk, 2004
- http://samsv.narod.ru/Arm/a35/arm.html
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