Maps 1944

(Northern Direction)

UpdatedSeptember 15, 2009
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Typical Soviet Abbreviations

Some typical coding of Soviet military maps and battle schemes

Abbreviations of units

upKarelian Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
KN4401 Course of operations in the Southern Karelia Between Onega and Ladoga lakes KF Jun. 20 - Aug. 10 Rus 3
KN4402 Forced Svir' river crossing by the troops of the 98th Guards Rifle Division Lodeynoye Pole area 37 GRC/7A/KF June 21 Rus 2
KN4403 Positions of artillery of the 37th Guards Rifle Corps and 4th Rifle Corps Olonets area 7A/KF June 24 Rus 4
KN4404 Attack of the 1217th Rifle Regiment against Nikel town Nikel town area 367 RD/26A/ KF Oct. Rus 1
KN4405 Petsamo-Kirkeness operation Petsamo area KF Oct. 7-28 Rus 4
KN4406 Decision of commander of the 367th Rifle Division on attacks in Nikel-town vicinities Nikel town area 367 RD/26A/ KF Oct. 18 Rus 2

 

upLeningrad Front
# Title Area Unit subordination Date Lang. Source
LN4401 Regrouping of the 21st Army before Vyborg operation N from Leningrad LF May 17 - June 7 Rus S16
LN4402 Breaking through the first Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation Sestroretsk-Mustalovo area LF June 10-13 Rus S16
LN4403 Vyborg operation of the Leningrad Front Vyborg (Viipuri) direction LF June 10 - July 15 Rus 3
LN4404 Breaking through the second Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation by the 46th Rifle Division Vyborg (Viipuri) direction 108RC/21A/ LF June 14 Rus 5
LN4405 Breaking through the second Finnish defensive line in Vyborg operation Vyborg (Viipuri) direction LF June 14-17 Rus S16
LN4406 Breaking through the third Finnish defensive line and capturing of Vyborg in Vyborg operation Vyborg (Viipuri) direction LF June 17-20 Rus S16
LN4406

Landing operation to the isles south from Vyborg

Rem. AMVAS. Interesting to note company of T-26 tanks to take part in this

 Vyborg (Viipuri) direction

124 RD/43RC/LF

 July 4 Rus 6
LN4406 Defense of the 1/396th Rifle Regiment in Bol'shoye Lesnoye lake areaNEW Vyborg (Viipuri) direction

396 RR/135RD/

94RC/21A/LF

 July 15 Rus 7

 

See also battles south and south-west from Leningrad

Abbreviations

A - Army

KF - Karelian Front

LF - Leningrad Front

RD - Rifle Division

upLiterature:
  1. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Polk", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1974. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  2. "Taktika v boevykh primerakh. Divizia", Voyennoe izdatelstvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, Moskva, 1976. (cited from docs.vif2.ru)
  3. I. Moshchansky, "Shturm Karel'skogo vala", Vyborsko-Petrozavodskaya strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya 10 ijyunia - 9 avgusta 1944 goda", Voyennaya Letopis'/Military Chronicle, 5/2005
  4. Sovetskaja Artilleryija v Velikoy Otechestvennoy vojne 1941-1945 godov, Moskva, Voyennoye Izdatel'stvo Ministerstva Oborony SSSR, 1960
  5. Borshchev S.N., "Ot Nevy do Elby", 2nd Ed., Lenizdat, Leningrad, 1973

  6. Taktika v boyevykh primerakh. Batalion, Moskva, Voyenizdat, 1974 (cited from docs.vif2.ru).

  7. Boyevyje dejstviya strelkovogo bataljona, Moskva, Vojenizdat, 1957 (cited from militera.lib.ru)
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