 On 15 December 1944, the Belomorsky Military District was reestablished from the Arkhangelsk Military District by order of the People's Commissar of Defence.The territory of the Military District included Arkhangelsk, Vologda, Murmansk, Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic and the Komi ASSR; its headquarters were established at Kem'.Included in the military district was the 14th Army and a number of separate formations and units.