Kursk Protagonists Part 2: Soviet Forces
Western Front
(Vasily Sokolovsky)
50th Army (Ivan
Boldin)
11th Guards Army
(Ivan Bagramyan)
1st Air Army (Mikhail
Gromov)
Bryansk Front
(Markian Popov)
3rd Army (Alexander
Gorbatov)
61st Army (Pavel
Belov)
63rd Army (Vladimir
Kolpakchi)
15th Air Army
(Nikolai Naumenko)
Central Front
(Konstantin Rokossovsky)
13th Army (Nikolay Pukhov)
48th Army (Prokofy
Romanenko)
60th Army (Ivan
Chernyakhovsky)
65th Army (Pavel
Batov)
70th Army (Ivan
Galanin)
2nd Tank Army (Alexei
Rodin)
16th Air Army (Sergei
Rudenko)
Voronezh Front
(Nikolai Vatutin)
6th Guards Army (Ivan
Chistiakov)
7th Guards Army
(Mikhail Shumilov)
38th Army (Nikandr
Chibisov)
40th Army (Kirill
Moskalenko)
69th Army (Vasily
Kriuchenkin)
1st Tank Army
(Mikhail Katukov)
2nd Air Army (Stepan
Kravsovsky)
Steppe Front
(Ivan Konev)
5th Guards Army
(Alexei Zhadov)
5th Guards Tank Army
(Pavel Rotmistrov)
5th Air Army (Sergei
Goriunov)
Composition of forces:
1. Western
Front
(Vasily Sokolovsky)
50th Army
(Ivan Boldin)
38th
Rifle Corps (Alexei Tereshkov)
17th
Rifle Division
326th
Rifle Division
413th
Rifle Division
49th
Rifle Division
64th
Rifle Division
212th
Rifle Division
324th
Rifle Division
11th Guards
Army
(Ivan Bagramyan)
8th
Guards Rifle Corps
11th
Guards Rifle Division
26th
Guards Rifle Division
83rd
Guards Rifle Division
16th
Guards Rifle Corps
1st
Guards Rifle Division
16th
Guards Rifle Division
31st
Guards Rifle Division
169th
Rifle Division
36th
Guards Rifle Corps
5th
Guards Rifle Division
18th
Guards Rifle Division
84th
Guards Rifle Division
108th
Rifle Division
217th
Rifle Division
1st Air Army
(Mikhail Gromov)
2nd
Assault Air Corps
2nd
Fighter Air Corps
8th
Fighter Air Corps
1st
Independent Tank Corps (Vasily Butkov)
5th
Independent Tank Corps (Mikhail Sakhno)
2. Bryansk
Front (Markian Popov)
3rd Army
(Alexander Gorbatov)
41st Rifle
Corps (Viktor Urbanovich)
235th
Rifle Division
308th
Rifle Division
380th
Rifle Division
269th
Rifle Division
283rd
Rifle Division
342nd
Rifle Division
61st
Army (Pavel Belov)
9th
Guards Rifle Corps (Arkady Boreiko)
12th
Guards Rifle Division
76th Guards Rifle Division
77th Guards Rifle Division
97th Rifle Division
110th Rifle Division
336th Rifle Division
356th Rifle Division
415th Rifle Division
76th Guards Rifle Division
77th Guards Rifle Division
97th Rifle Division
110th Rifle Division
336th Rifle Division
356th Rifle Division
415th Rifle Division
63rd
Army (Vladimir Kolpakchi)
5th
Rifle Division
41st
Rifle Division
129th
Rifle Division
250th
Rifle Division
287th
Rifle Division
348th
Rifle Division
397th
Rifle Division
15th
Air Army (Nikolai Naumenko)
1st
Guards Fighter Air Corps
3rd
Assault Air Corps
186th
Rifle Division
283rd
Rifle Division
362nd
Rifle Division
1st
Independent Guards Tank Corps
3. Central
Front (Konstantin Rokossovsky)
17th
Guards Rifle Corps (Andrei Bondarev)
6th
Guards Rifle Division
70th
Guards Rifle Division
75th
Guards Rifle Division
18th
Guards Rifle Corps (Ivan Afonin)
2nd
Guards Airborne Division
3rd
Guards Airborne Division
4th
Guards Airborne Division
15th
Rifle Corps (Ivan Liudnikov)
8th
Rifle Division
74th
Rifle Division
148th
Rifle Division
29th
Rifle Corps (Afanasy Slyshkin)
15th
Rifle Division
81st
Rifle Division
307th
Rifle Division
48th
Army (Prokofy Romanenko)
42nd
Rifle Corps (Konstantin Kolganov)
16th
Rifle Division
202nd
Rifle Division
399th
Rifle Division
73rd
Rifle Division
137th
Rifle Division
143rd
Rifle Division
170th
Rifle Division
60th
Army (Ivan Chernyakhovsky)
24th
Rifle Corps
42nd
Rifle Division
112th
Rifle Division
30th
Rifle Corps
121st
Rifle Division
141st
Rifle Division
322nd
Rifle Division
Independent
55th Rifle Division
65th
Army (Pavel Batov)
18th
Rifle Corps
69th
Rifle Division
149th
Rifle Division
246th
Rifle Division
27th
Rifle Corps
60th
Rifle Division
193rd
Rifle Division
37th
Guards Rifle Division
181st
Rifle Division
194th
Rifle Division
354th
Rifle Division
70th
Army (Ivan Galanin)
28th
Rifle Corps (Aleksandr Nechaev)
132nd
Rifle Division
211th
Rifle Division
280th
Rifle Division
102nd
Rifle Division
106th
Rifle Division
140th
Rifle Division
162nd
Rifle Division
354th
Rifle Division
2nd
Tank Army (Alexei Rodin)
3rd
Tank Corps
16th
Tank Corps
16th
Air Army (Sergei Rudenko)
3rd
Bombing Air Corps
6th
Mixed Air Corps
6th
Fighter Air Corps
Independent
9th Tank Corps
Independent
19th Tank Corps
4. Voronezh Front (Nikolai Vatutin)
6th
Guards Army (Ivan Chistiakov)
22nd
Guards Rifle Corps
67th
Guards Rifle Division
71st
Guards Rifle Division
90th
Guards Rifle Division
23rd
Guards Rifle Corps
51st
Guards Rifle Division
52nd
Guards Rifle Division
375th
Rifle Division
Independent
89th Guards Rifle Division
7th
Guards Army (Mikhail Shumilov)
24th
Guards Rifle Corps (Nikolai Vasilev)
15th
Guards Rifle Division
36th
Guards Rifle Division
72nd
Guards Rifle Division
25th
Guards Rifle Corps (Gany Safiulin)
73rd
Guards Rifle Division
78th
Guards Rifle Division
81st
Guards Rifle Division
Independent
213th Rifle Division
38th
Army (Nikandr Chibisov)
50th
Rifle Corps
167th
Rifle Division
232nd
Rifle Division
340th
Rifle Division
51st
Rifle Corps (Petr Avdeenko)
180th
Rifle Division
240th
Rifle Division
Independent
204th Rifle Division
40th
Army (Kirill Moskalenko)
47th
Rifle Corps
161st
Rifle Division
206th
Rifle Division
237th
Rifle Division
52nd
Rifle Corps (Frants Perkhorovich)
100th
Rifle Division
219th
Rifle Division
309th
Rifle Division
Independent
184th Rifle Division
69th
Army (Vasily Kriuchenkin)
48th
Rifle Corps (Zinovy Rogozny)
107th
Rifle Division
183rd
Rifle Division
307th
Rifle Division
49th
Rifle Corps
111th
Rifle Division
270th
Rifle Division
1st
Tank Army (Mikhail Katukov)
6th
Tank Corps (Andrey Getman)
31st
Tank Corps
3rd
Mechanized Corps
2nd
Air Army (Stepan Kravsovsky)
1st
Bombing Air Corps
1st
Assault Air Corps
4th
Fighter Air Corps
5th
Fighter Air Corps
35th
Guards Rifle Corps
92nd
Guards Rifle Division
93rd
Guards Rifle Division
94th
Guards Rifle Division
Independent
2nd Guards Tank Corps
Independent
3rd Guards Tank Corps
Steppe Front (Ivan Konev)
This
order of battle does not show the complete composition of the Steppe Front.
In
addition to the units listed below, there are also
the 4th Guards, 27th, 47th
and 53rd Armies.
5th
Guards Army (Alexei Zhadov)
32nd
Guards Rifle Corps (Aleksandr Rodimtsev)
13th
Guards Rifle Division
66th
Guards Rifle Division
6th
Airborne Guards Rifle Division
33rd
Guards Rifle Corps (Iosif Popov)
95th
Guards Rifle Division
97th
Guards Rifle Division
9th
Airborne Guards Rifle Division
Independent
42nd Guards Rifle Division
Independent
10th Tank Corps
5th
Guards Tank Army (Pavel Rotmistrov)
5th
Guards Mechanized Corps
29th
Tank Corps
5th
Air Army (Sergei Goriunov)
7th
Mixed Air Corps
8th
Mixed Air Corps
3rd
Fighter Air Corps
7th Fighter Air Corps
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