The Kiev Fortified Region (Russian abbreviation КиУР, УР-1, 1-й укреплённый район, 1-й укрепрайон) is a fortified district in the Kyiv area, a complex...

in Pereiaslav Central square of Irpin Pillbox 554, a part of the Kiev Fortified Region Serpent's Wall Rzhyshchiv nature reserve Hotel Polissia in Pripyat...

at the time of the German invasion, and it was soon moved to the Kiev Fortified Region as part of Southwestern Front. It would remain defending the Ukrainian...

Maxim gun mount type PS-31 from pillbox No. 186 of the Kiev Fortified Region. The mount includes elements of the machine gun cooling system....

War II, the Fortified Region usually corresponded to an Army frontage formation. See Karelian Fortified Region and Kiev Fortified Region. Corps: Rifle...

A fortified district or fortified region (Russian: Укреплённый район, Укрепрайон, ukreplyonny raion, ukrepraion) in the military terminology of the Soviet...

Bolesław II the Bold's expedition to Kiev in 1069 aimed to assert Polish influence in the region, mirroring the conquests of his predecessor, Bolesław...

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population...

the Kiev principality was recognized after the death of Sviatoslav I in 972 and the ensuing struggle between Vladimir and Yaropolk. The region of Kiev dominated...

village and around there are pillboxes of Kiev Fortified Region. Pillbox № 301 and the communication node of the Kiev Special Military District are historical...

First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the major battle that resulted in an encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War...

was transferred to the Kiev area. German forces composed of Army Group South quickly advanced into the Kiev Fortified Region. German troops captured...

for several days. On July 24 the 171st, along with units of the Kiev Fortified Region, foiled a German attack by elements of XXIX Army Corps of German...

from the Kiev Fortified Region and other reserves in front reserves. Upon formation, the army took up defensive positions to the west of Kiev and on the...

across the Dniepr and the 175th falling back by August 11 into the Kiev Fortified Region, defending the city's southwestern sector. As of the beginning of...

Cherkassy region. The army received orders from the People's Commissar for Defence, Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, to defend the Kiev Fortified Region. From 25...

Corps appears to have begun the Second World War in transit to the Kiev Fortified Region[citation needed] as part of the 19th Army, formed just before the...

could not liquidate the enemy here. The army needed troops from the Kiev Fortified Region and a withdrawal to the border of the Psyol River. A reinforcement...

The 1920 Kiev offensive (or Kiev expedition, Polish: wyprawa kijowska) was a major part of the Polish–Soviet War. It was an attempt by the armed forces...

platoon in an attack. The brigade was temporarily detached to the Kiev Fortified Region for the defense, and on 21 August, when the troops defending the...

logistics positions in the interwar Red Army and commanded the 76th Fortified Region in the Battle of Stalingrad. He was killed in January 1944 while commanding...

in the Rostov region mentioned in the Primary Chronicle sub anno 988 was Yaroslav the Wise, appointed by his father Volodimer I of Kiev. In 1024, there...

Kievan Rus'. For a time the principality was the second most powerful after Kiev. The principality was formed in the 10th century and maintained some of its...

numerous cities including the largest: Kiev (50,000 inhabitants) and Chernigov (30,000 inhabitants). The siege of Kiev in 1240 by the Mongols is generally...

fallita: Kiev si arrocca in difesa e blinda i suoi confini". 3 December 2023. "Controffensiva ucraina congelata, cosa sta succedendo? Kiev cambia i piani...

launched the Kiev offensive with the goal of securing favorable borders for Poland. On 7 May, Polish and allied Ukrainian forces captured Kiev, though Soviet...

previously formed on base of the Odessa Army Group of the Kiev Special Military District (reformed Kiev Military District). By directives OV/583 and OV/584...

and Kiev was an important transshipment point, allowing control over trade along the Dnieper, Pripyat, and Desna rivers. The Middle Dnieper region began...

withdraw. Skirmishes continued but the front line did not change. Both sides fortified their position by building networks of trenches, bunkers and tunnels,...

the campaign was a Rus' victory. Sviatoslav I became the Grand Prince of Kiev in 945. Under his rule, Kievan Rus' saw numerous military expeditions. In...