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    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 (Russian: Ти́хвин; Veps: Tihvin) is a town and the administrative center of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on both banks...
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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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    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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    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 (Russian: Тихвинское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Tikhvin Cemetery (Russian: Тихвинское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra and...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Grenadier (category Military units and formations of the Early Modern period)
    assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles. The distinct combat function of the grenadier was established in the mid-17th century...
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    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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  • 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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    Arkhip Kuindzhi (category Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery)
    the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kuindzhi Art Museum was destroyed in a Russian airstrike during the siege of Mariupol. None of Kuindzhi's original...
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  • President of the Russian Federation. Ukaz #1334 of November 4, 2010 On the assignment to Tikhvin of the Honorary title of the Russian Federation "City of Military...
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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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  • 967th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (category Surface-to-air missile regiments of the Soviet Air Defence Forces)
    missiles. It relocated to Tikhvin in 1968, equipped with the S-200V. It was disbanded in 1993 as a result of the introduction of the more modern S-300PS...
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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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    Sinyavino offensive (category Military operations of World War II involving Germany)
    Both attacks were unsuccessful, but significantly complicated the German Tikhvin offensive, which occurred at the same time. The third Sinyavino offensive...
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