13th Army (Red Army)

The army included:

• management ( headquarters )
• 1st Infantry Division (Aug. - Sept. 1920)
• 2nd Don Infantry Division (Oct. - Nov. 1920)
• 3rd Infantry Division (July 1919 - Oct. 1920)
• 4th Infantry Division (March 5 - 7, 1919). ^[1] , ^[2]
• 7th Infantry Division (1st formation) (English - Sept. 1919)
• 9th Infantry Division (March - Dec. 1919; Sept. - Oct. 1920)
• 15th Infantry Division (May - Sept. 1920)
• 23rd Infantry Division (Red Army, 1920) (Sept. - Oct. 1920)
• 40th Infantry Division (June - Oct. 1920)
• 41st Infantry Division (March - April 1919)
• 42nd Infantry Division (March 7, 1919 - Jan. 1920; Jan. - March 1920; June - Nov. 1920). ^[1] , ^[2]
• 46th Infantry Division (1st formation) (Jan. - Oct. 1920)
• 51st Infantry Division (1st formation) (Aug. - Sept. 1920)
• 52nd Infantry Division (Apr. - Sept. 1920)
• Donetsk Combined Rifle Division (March 1919)
• Latvian Rifle Division (Oct. 1919; March - Sept. 1920)
• Maritime Expeditionary Division (Oct. - Nov. 1920)
• Combined Rifle Division (Sept. 1919)
• Estonian Rifle Division (Oct. 1919 - March 1920)
• 1st Cavalry Corps (June - July 1920)
• 2nd Cavalry Division (May - July 1920)
• 7th Cavalry Division (Sept. - Nov. 1920)
• 8th Cavalry Division (Nov. 1919 - May 1920)
• 9th Cavalry Division (Aug. - Oct. 1920)
• 16th Cavalry Division (July 1920)
• Taganrog Group of Forces (1st and 2nd Don Rifle Divisions, Naval Expeditionary Division, 5th Cavalry Division, Combined Group Uproform of the 1st Cavalry Army (October 1920), 3rd Horse Corps (October - November . 1920).

Civil War in the South of Russia

During 1919, she fought with the Armed Forces of the South of Russia . In March - April, she fought to seize the Donbass, occupied the Yuzovka, Debaltseve region and reached the approaches to Rostov on the Don and Taganrog. In May - June 1919 she retreated to the North, conducting defensive battles. As part of the Group of Forces, V. I. Selivacheva participated in the unsuccessful August counterattack of the Southern Front in 1919 (August-September). In September - October 1919, it retreated under the pressure of the enemy to Valuyki , Kursk , Livny , Oryol . Then, the Oryol-Kromsk operation (October − November 1919) successfully participated, during which it occupied Maloarkhangelsk and Kursk. In November 1919 - January 1920 participated in the battles for Donbass and Mariupol . On January 10, 1920, its formations and units reached the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, cutting off the left flank of the All-Union Socialist Republic of Ukraine ( Troops of the Novorossiysk and Kiev regions ) from the main forces. In February - May 1920, acting in the Perekop direction, she tried to take control of the Crimea and carried out military operations against the troops of the Crimea defending General Slashchev , but was unsuccessful.

In the summer of 1920, under the pressure of the Russian army, Wrangel was forced to retreat to Northern Tavria. In July 1920, she waged defensive battles and did not allow the enemy to exit to the Aleksandrovsk - Pologi - Berdyansk railway. In August − September 1920, Kakhovsky bridgehead was held. Participated in the counteroffensive of the Southern Front in Northern Tavria (October 1920) and the Perekop-Chongar Operation (November 1920) (being in the reserve of the front). November 12, 1920 disbanded. The management of the 13th Army merged with the control of the 4th Army of the Red Army .

Polish campaign of the Red Army

In September 1939, during the invasion of Poland, the Odessa Army Group was renamed the 13th Army. ^[3]

The 13th Army was formed during the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-40 on the basis of the operational group of Commander V. D. Grendal on December 25, 1939 . At the end of the war, disbanded.

In World War II

Once again, as part of the Red Army, the 13th Army was formed in May 1941 and operated until it was disbanded after the Victory in 1945.

Commanders:

• Kozhevnikov I.S. (March 6 - April 16, 1919)
• Hecker A.I. (April 16, 1919 - February 18, 1920)
• Spider I.H. (Feb. 18 - June 5, 1920)
• Eideman R.P. (June 5 - July 10, 1920)
• Uborevich I.P. (July 10 - November 11, 1920).

PBC members:

• L.N. Alexandri (March 5 - June 27, 1919)
• Mazalov K.I. (March 6 - April 20, 1919)
• Somov O.I. (March 6 - April 18, 1919)
• Perchikhin D.G. (March 10 - May 24, 1919)
• Kosior I.V. (Apr 26 - Nov 2, 1919)
• Plyatt V.I. (June 1 - September 28, 1919)
• Pyatakov G.L. (June 28 - November 3, 1919)
• Rozengolts A.P. (Oct. 7 - Dec 19, 1919)
• Bogatin S.R. (Oct. 31, 1919 - May 11, 1920)
• Mezhin Yu. Yu. (Dec 26, 1919 - Jan 25, 1920, Sept 4 - Nov 3, 1920)
• Konstantinov M.P. (March 27 - June 12, 1920)
• Zatonsky V.P. (May 22 - July 16, 1920)
• Zul B.G. (June 4 - Aug 31, 1920)
• Gorbunov N.P. (Aug 18 - Oct 27, 1920)
• Lide A.M. (Oct. 22 - Nov 12, 1920).

Chiefs of Staff:

• Dushkevich A.A. (March 6 - July 3, 1919)
• Zayonchkovsky A.M. (interim, July 3, 1919 - February 26, 1920)
• Orlov M.A. (interim, Feb. 22 - June 20, 1920)
• Alafuso M.I. (June 20 - October 13, 1920)
• Tokarev F.P. (Oct. 13 - Nov. 12, 1920).
• Degtyarenko, Pyotr Mikhailovich , authorized by the Central Committee of the CP (b) of Ukraine (1920)

• Civil war and military intervention in the USSR. Encyclopedia. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1983.
• Central State Archive of the Soviet Army. F.1407; 894 d .; 1919-1921 Management of the 42nd Infantry Division (formerly 4th Partisan, 4th Infantry Division)
• N.V. Ogarkov. Soviet Military Encyclopedia. - M .: Military Publishing. - T. 8. - P. 118 .-- 687 p. - 106 000 copies

• Central State Archive of the Soviet Army. Donetsk group of troops.
• Management of the 42nd Rifle Division (formerly 4th Partisan, 4th Rifle Division).