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Battle of Prokhorovka The Battle of Prokhorovka was fought on 12 July 1943 near Prokhorovka, 87 km southeast of Kursk in the Soviet Union, during the Second World War. Taking place on the Eastern Front, the engagement was part of the wider Battle of Kursk, and occurred when the 5th Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Red Army attacked the II SS-Panzer Corps of the German Wehrmacht in one of the largest tank battles in military history.
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Battle of Kursk The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 km south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch of the German offensive, Operation Citadel (German: "Unternehmen Zitadelle" ), on 5 July, which had the objective of pinching off the Kursk salient with attacks on the base of the salient from north and south simultaneously. After the German offensive stalled on the northern side of the salient, on 12 July the Soviets commenced their Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Kutuzov (Russian: Кутузов ) against the rear of the German forces in the northern side. On the southern side, the Soviets also launched powerful counterattacks the same day, one of which led to a large armoured clash, the Battle of Prokhorovka. On 3 August, the Soviets began the second phase of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation with the launch of Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev (Russian: Полководец Румянцев ) against the German forces in the southern side of the Kursk salient.
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Pavlovsky Posad Pavlovsky Posad (Russian: Па́вловский Поса́д ) is a town and the administrative center of Pavlovo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 68 km from Moscow, at the confluence of the Klyazma and Vokhna Rivers. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Penza Penza (Russian: Пенза ; ] ) is a city and the administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Sura River, 625 km southeast of Moscow. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Valley of Glory The Valley of Glory ("Долина Славы") is a valley on the right bank of the Zapadnaya Litsa River. A bloody battle began in the summer of 1941 for the region as German forces launched an offensive towards Murmansk, Russia. Russian forces halted the German assault and the frontline stabilized until the autumn of 1944.
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Grand Duchy of Moscow The Grand Duchy of Moscow (Russian: Великое Княжество Московское, "Velikoye Knyazhestvo Moskovskoye" ), or Grand Principality of Moscow (also known in English simply as Muscovy), was a late medieval Rus' principality centered on Moscow and the predecessor state of the early modern Tsardom of Russia.
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Battle of Mstislavl The Battle of Mstislavl took place on 4 November 1501 between the forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Principality of Novgorod-Seversk. The Lithuanian forces were defeated.
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Korovino, Moscow Korovino is the historical area in the most northern part of Russia's capital city Moscow.
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Kholm Pocket The Kholm Pocket (German: "Kessel von Cholm" ; Russian: Холмский котёл ) was the name given for the encirclement of German troops by the Red Army around Kholm south of Leningrad, during World War II on the Eastern Front, from 23 January 1942 until 5 May 1942. A much larger pocket was simultaneously surrounded in Demyansk, about 100 km to the northeast. These were the results of German retreat following their defeat during the Battle of Moscow.
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Shchyolkovo Shchyolkovo (Russian: Щёлково ; ] ) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), 20 km northeast of Moscow. Population:  (2010 Census) ; 112,865 (2002 Census); 109,255 (1989 Census); 91,000 (1977).
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Battle of the Dnieper The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II. It was one of the largest operations in World War II, involving almost 4,000,000 troops stretched on a 1400 km long front. During its four-month duration, the eastern bank of the Dnieper was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's fronts, which conducted several assault river crossings to establish several lodgements on the western bank. Subsequently, Kiev was liberated in the Battle of Kiev.
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Tagansky District Tagansky District (Russian: Тага́нский райо́н ) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia, located between the Moskva and Yauza Rivers near the mouth of the latter. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census)
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Moskovsky Avenue Moskovsky Prospekt (Russian: Моско́вский проспе́кт , "Moskovsky Avenue") is a 10 km-long prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It runs from Sennaya Square and Sadovaya Street, to the Victory Square, where it splits into Pulkovo Highway and Moscow Highway. It crosses Fontanka River, Zagorodny Prospekt, Obvodny Canal, and Ligovsky Prospekt. It is named for and leads to Moscow.
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Yaroslavl Yaroslavl (Russian: Ярослáвль ; ] ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 250 km northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities northeast of Moscow that have played an important role in Russian history. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Battle of Shaho The Battle of Shaho (Japanese: 沙河会戦 ("Saka no kaisen"), Russian: Сражение на реке Шахе ) was the second large-scale land battle of the Russo-Japanese War fought along a 37 mi front centered at the Shaho River along the Mukden–Port Arthur spur of the China Far East Railway north of Liaoyang, Manchuria.
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Chernogolovka Chernogolovka (Russian: Черноголо́вка ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 43 km northeast from Moscow border. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Red Square Red Square (Russian: Кра́сная пло́щадь , "Krásnaya plóshchaď"; ] ) is a city square (plaza) in Moscow, Russia. It separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow since Moscow's major streets, which connect to Russia's major highways, originate from the square.
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Battle of Wołodarka The Battle of Wołodarka was a clash between the Polish Army and Siemion Budionnyi's First Cavalry Army. It took place May 29–31, 1920, near the Ukrainian village of Volodarka, in the course of the Polish Offensive on Kiev during the Polish-Soviet War.
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Battle of Kiev (1918) Battle of Kiev (1918) (Ukrainian: Штурм Києва (1918) ) was a Bolshevik military operation of Petrograd and Moscow Red Guards formations directed to sack the capital of Ukraine. The operation led by Red Guards commander Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov as part of the Soviet expeditionary force against Kaledin and the Central Council of Ukraine. The storming of Kiev took place during the ongoing peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk) on February 5–8, 1918 (January 23–26, old style). The operation resulted in occupation of the city by Bolsheviks troops and evacuation of the Ukrainian government to Zhytomyr.
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Vereya, Naro-Fominsky District, Moscow Oblast Vereya (Russian: Вере́я ) is a town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Protva River 113 km southwest of Moscow. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census) ; 6,500 (1969).
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Battle of Borkowo The Battle of Borkowo took place on August 14–15, 1920, during the Polish–Soviet War. Polish Army's Siberian Brigade, commanded by Colonel Kazimierz Rumsza, clashed with Red Army's 11th and 16th Rifle Divisions (part of 5th Army under General August Kork). Polish Siberian Brigade was supported by subunits of 9th and 18th Infantry Divisions. The battle took place near the village of Borkowo, where Poles defended the Wkra river crossings.
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Kolomna Kolomna (Russian: Колóмна ; ] ) is an ancient city of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, 114 km (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)