Red Army
Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946
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May 2024 | The 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was expanded into the 69th Guards Motor Rifle Division. |
May 17 2024 | Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Harbin and lays flowers at the monument during his state visit to China. |
August 2023 | Lieutenant General Andrey Peryazev becomes commander of the army |
2022 | The 6th Combined Arms Army participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, engaging in the Northeastern Ukraine offensive around Kharkiv, ultimately failing to capture the city. |
March 2022 | Lieutenant General Yershov, the army's commander, was dismissed and placed under house arrest at the end of March. |
March 2022 | Lieutenant General Vladislav Nikolaevich Yershov is dismissed from command |
February 2019 | Lieutenant General Vladislav Nikolaevich Yershov assumes command of the army |
February 2016 | Lieutenant General Andrei Vladimirovich Kuzmenko becomes commander of the army |
May 2013 | Lieutenant General Sergei Vasilyevich Kuralenko takes command of the army |
2011 | The monument undergoes comprehensive repairs, with parts repainted and damaged sections completely replaced. |
January 2 2011 | Lieutenant General Yevgeny Alekseyevich becomes commander of the army |
2010 | The monument is declared as Harbin's fourth batch of first-class historical buildings. |
2010 | The 6th Combined Arms Army was reformed as part of the creation of the Western Military District, with headquarters established in Agalatovo, Leningrad Oblast. |
July 21 2010 | Georgia's parliament unanimously declared February 25 as Soviet Occupation Day to commemorate the 1921 Red Army invasion. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Red Army invasion of Georgia, Soviet Red Army Monument, Harbin, 31st Army (Soviet Union) & 6th Combined Arms Army, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.