The Steppe Front (Russian: Степной фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War which existed from July to October 1943. On 9 July 1943...

Front was commanded by Army General Konstantin Rokossovsky, and consisted of the following units: The following units were part of the Steppe Front,...

reserve was the Steppe Front, commanded by Ivan Konev. In February 1943, the Central Front had been reconstructed from the Don Front, which had been part...

Stalingrad Front – Along with Voronezh Front, formed from remnants of Southwestern Front July 1942. Became Don Front 28 September 1942. Steppe Front – renamed...

fortified. The Voronezh Front, commanded by General Nikolai Vatutin, defended the southern face of the salient. The Steppe Front, commanded by Colonel General...

Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev and was conducted by the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts (army groups) in the southern sector of the Kursk Bulge. The battle...

as the Steppe Military District on April 15, 1943 and eventually designated the Steppe Front. Lieutenant General of NKVD Ivan A. Bogdanov [Front of Reserve...

Ukrainian Front) until May 1945. He participated in the Battle of Kursk, commanding the southern part of the Soviet counter-offensive, the Steppe Front, where...

was reached on 3 January 1944. To the south, the Second Ukrainian Front (ex Steppe Front) had crossed the Dnieper at Kremenchug and continued westwards....

and after the beginning of the Battle of Kursk in July it became the Steppe Front. Postwar, the district was formed for a second time in Kazakhstan in...

Early on 3 August 1943, the Forces of the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts b advancing on a wide front between Sumy and former Volchansk (175 km), crossed the...

Steppe Front (known as the 2nd Ukrainian Front after 20 October 1943), commanded by Ivan Konev Southwestern Front (known as the 3rd Ukrainian Front after...

renamed from Steppe Front on October 20, 1943. 3rd Ukrainian Front, renamed from Southwestern Front on October 20, 1943. 4th Ukrainian Front, formed in...

Ukrainian Front (Russian: 2-й Украинский фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War. On October 20, 1943, the Steppe Front was renamed...

Soviet Steppe Front launched a massive attack on 3 August 1943 spearheaded by the 1st Tank Army and the 5th Guards Tank Army. The German front west of...

migrated during the 9th to 8th centuries BC from Central Asia to the Pontic Steppe in modern-day Ukraine and Southern Russia, where they remained established...

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The steppe eagle's well-feathered...

of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. It was disbanded in March 1947. Steppe Front Voronezh Front 2nd Ukrainian Front 3rd Ukrainian Front Lieutenant General Grigory...

of that year it served on the Northwestern Front with the 27th Army, then was transferred to the Steppe Front with the army in May. The 23rd provided air...

The steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central...

In 1943, the army fought in the Battle of Kursk at Prokhorovka. The Steppe Front formed the strategic reserve for the battle. On 6 July, the army began...

Mammuthus trogontherii, sometimes called the steppe mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth that ranged over most of northern Eurasia during the Early...

reserve was the Steppe Front, commanded by Ivan Konev. In February 1943, the Central Front had been reconstructed from the Don Front, which had been part...

under STAVKA control. On 7 September 1943, the army was assigned to the Steppe Front. The army took part in the liberation of the Left-bank Ukraine east of...

large scale in the 1943 Battle of Kursk, especially on the Red Army's Steppe Front commanded by Ivan Konev. This was a deception for a defensive battle...

steppe but can occasionally migrate through it (despite its name, the steppe buzzard subspecies breeds primarily in the wooded fringes of the steppe)...

The 2nd Belorussian Front (Russian: Второй Белорусский фронт, Vtoroi Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), was a major formation of the Soviet...

Kursk in Steppe Front. After the spring offensive comes to a halt, he describes the preparations for the German summer offensive. Steppe Front is in deep...

Kalinin Front, a role he held for most of 1942. In 1943, he was made the Chief of Staff of the Steppe Front, which was renamed the 2nd Ukrainian Front around...

the Southwestern Front. These troops forced the Donets river and advancing along the right bank of the river, helped the Steppe Front with the liberation...