The siege of Tikhvin was a part of the Ingrian War and the Time of Troubles. After the Battle of Klushino, Swedish troops, who had been summoned to Russia...
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Tikhvin (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ти́хвин; Veps: Tihvin) is a town and the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on...
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The Tikhvin Offensive was a military operation undertaken by the German army in October 1941 during World War II in the course of Operation Barbarossa...
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The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg)...
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Siege of Tikhvin (1613) – Ingrian War Siege of Gdov (1614) – Ingrian War Siege of Aachen (1614) – Eighty Years' War Siege of Osaka (1614–15) Siege of...
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Shuisky, declared war on Russia and in 1611 occupied Novgorod Land. The siege of Tikhvin in 1613 was unsuccessful for the Swedes, but in 1614 they managed to...
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Tikhvin Cemetery (‹See Tfd›Russian: Тихвинское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra...
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charge of the supply effort. Soviet strategy also interfered. The Soviets hoped that the recapture of Tikhvin on 8 December and the reopening of the railroad...
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and in 1611 occupied Novgorod land. The Siege of Tikhvin in 1613 was unsuccessful for the Swedes, and in spring of 1614, Tsar Michael Romanov sent an army...
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destroying Port Royal and other French outposts in eastern Canada. Siege of Tikhvin 4 June – 25 September – Local Streltsy and noblemen rose up against...
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Tikhvin Cemetery (‹See Tfd›Russian: Тихвинское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra...
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Kirill Meretskov (category Siege of Leningrad)
the defense of Leningrad against the Army Group North of von Leeb. After stopping the German Tikhvin offensive, his forces, together with the neighboring...
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Ingrian War (category Invasions of Russia)
la Gardie Campaign. In 1613, the Swedish troops advanced towards Tikhvin and laid siege to the city but were repelled. The Russian counteroffensive failed...
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191st Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
soon airlifted to 4th Army, which was defending against a German drive on Tikhvin. Although the town fell in November, within a week a counterstroke was...
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Continuation War (redirect from War of Continuation)
German Army Group North advanced from the south of Leningrad towards the Svir River and captured Tikhvin but were forced to retreat to the Volkhov River...
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Saint Petersburg (redirect from Monuments of Saint Petersburg)
relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, is an important centre of Christian education in Russia. It also contains the Tikhvin Cemetery with graves of many notable...
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259th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
took part, as part of 52nd Army, in both the defense of Tikhvin and the following counteroffensive that retook the city in one of the first major German...
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is a list of World War II battles encompassing land, naval, and air engagements as well as campaigns, operations, defensive lines and sieges. Campaigns...
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198th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
(table of organization and equipment) of July 29, 1941, with several modifications. It entered combat as a rifle division during the Tikhvin Offensive...
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Volkhov Front (category Siege of Leningrad)
elements of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (Stavka Reserve) during the conduct of the Tikhvin Offensive operation under the command of the Army...
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Grenadier (category Military units and formations of the Early Modern period)
Army during the Tikhvin defensive operation in October 1941. It was a measure taken because of lack of firearms, and the commander of the brigade was...
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285th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
forming to the east of Leningrad. The division was transferred to the 4th Army for its first combat in the Tikhvin Defensive and Tikhvin Offensive operations...
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177th Rifle Division (category Infantry divisions of the Soviet Union in World War II)
for several hours. The retaking of Tikhvin, in the event, would prove to be one of the first permanent liberations of Soviet territory during the war...
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World War II (redirect from The Origins and Commencement of World War II)
Aircraft Market". Journal of Managerial Issues. 9 (1): 13–361. JSTOR 40604127. Kleinfeld, Gerald R. (1983). "Hitler's Strike for Tikhvin". Military Affairs....
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1–5 December 1941 Tikhvin defensive (ru) : 16 October – 18 November 1941 Crimean defensive 18 October – 16 November 1941 Defense of Sevastopol 30 October...
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the professors of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Saint Petersburg University Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery Tikhvin Cemetery, part of the Alexander Nevsky...
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Aerial warfare during Operation Barbarossa (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Finland)
fleet. Apart from three of MAGON GVF's squadrons, which flew directly from Moscow to Leningrad, most operated out of Tikhvin. Through late September,...
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4, 1898, visited Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia; Five-domed stone temple of the Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God (architect N.N.Nikonov, 1905-1913,...
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of Novgorod (1611) – 1611 – Ingrian War Battle of Moscow (1612) – 1612 – Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618) Siege of Tikhvin – 1613 – Ingrian War Siege...
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Pyotr Koshevoy (category Candidates of the Central Committee of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union)
as part of the 4th Army fought in the Tikhvin Defensive Operation. For its "successful actions" in the latter, the 65th was awarded the Order of the Red...
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