The Central Front of Air Defense - an operational-strategic association of air defense forces in the Armed Forces of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War .
| Central Front Air Defense | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | December 24, 1944 - October 25, 1945 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Included in | Air Defense Forces |
| Wars | The Great Patriotic War |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | Colonel General M.S. Hulk |
Content
Front Formation
The front was formed on December 24, 1944 on the basis of the Special Moscow Air Defense Army and lasted until the end of World War II. The Central Front of the Air Defense along with the units and formations of the Special Moscow Air Defense Army included:
- Leningrad Air Defense Army
- 2nd Guards Fighter Air Defense Corps ;
- Vyborg Brigade Air Defense District
- 1st Air Defense Corps
- 3rd Air Defense Corps;
- 78th Air Defense Division;
- 80th Air Defense Division;
- 82nd Air Defense Division;
- 16th Separate Air Defense Brigade.
- Moscow Air Defense Group (based on units and formations of the Special Moscow Air Defense Army ).
Command
- Commander - Colonel General M.S. Hulk
- Member of the Military Council - Lieutenant General I.A. Orlov
- Chief of Staff - Major General of Artillery A.V. Gerasimov
Front Combat Mission
Front troops were assigned the tasks of air defense of Moscow , Leningrad , Murmansk , objects of the Central Industrial Region, the upper and middle Volga from enemy air strikes.
Frontal Reformation
At the end of the war, the transition of the USSR Armed Forces to the states of peacetime began. In accordance with the General Directive of October 25, 1945, the Directorate of the Central Air Defense Front was reorganized into the Directorate of the Central Air Defense District .
Literature
- The Central Front of Air Defense // World War II, 1941-1945 : Encyclopedia / Ed. M. M. Kozlova . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1985. - S. 776. - 500 000 copies.
- Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part IV (January - December 1944) / P.A. Zhilin. - Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Historical and Archival Division of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. The Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1988 .-- 376 p.
- Team of authors. The combat structure of the Soviet Army. Part V. (January - September 1945) / M.A. Gareev. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Historical and Archival Division of the General Staff. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1990. - 216 p.
- Team of authors. List No. 11 of the formations, units and subunits of the air defense forces of the country, which were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 / Zavizion. - The Ministry of Defense of the USSR. Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff. - Moscow: Military Publishing House, 1973. - T. Directive of the General Staff of 1973 No. DGSh-044. - 112 p.
- Andrey Demin. [vpk-news.ru/articles/21473 Sky shield of Central Russia On the 60th anniversary of the Order of Lenin of the Moscow District of Air Defense] . "Military-industrial courier" (08.19.2014). Date of treatment December 31, 2015.