Zhizdra (Russian: Жи́здра) is a town and the administrative center of Zhizdrinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River 180...
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Zhizdra is a town in Zhizdrinsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. Zhizdra may also refer to: Zhizdra (river), a river in Kaluga Oblast, Russia This disambiguation...
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The Zhizdra (Russian: Жиздра) is a river in Kaluga Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka. The length of the river is 223 kilometres (139 mi)....
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Battle of Rzhev, summer 1942 (redirect from Zhizdra-Bolkhov Offensive)
The Battle of Rzhev in the summer of 1942 was part of a series of battles that lasted 15 months in the center of the Eastern Front. It is known in Soviet...
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247th Rifle Division (section Zhizdra Offensive)
transferred to 16th Army and took part in an abortive offensive toward Zhizdra, after which it was rebuilt for the summer offensive against Army Group...
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11 March 1943, Khrushchev's plane, a YaK-7B fighter, was shot down near Zhizdra and he was presumably killed. The pilots of his squadron saw his plane...
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formed in the spring of 1942. The corps received its baptism of fire in the Zhizdra-Bolkhov Offensive during the summer and spent the fall in reserve. In early...
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border of Oryol and Kaluga Oblasts Orlovskoye Polesye National Park Bryansk-Zhizdra Polesie (Брянско-Жиздринское Полесье) is a forest area with about 1% swamps...
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(right) on a Soviet postage stamp Born (1934-07-13) 13 July 1934 (age 90) Zhizdra, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Status Retired Nationality Soviet Occupation...
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tributaries of the Oka are, from source to mouth: Zusha (right) Upa (right) Zhizdra (left) Ugra (left) Protva (left) Nara (left) Lopasnya (left) Besputa (right)...
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Spas-Demensk ridge. To the south is an outwash plain that is part of the Bryansk-Zhizdra woodlands, with average elevation up to 200 m. From north to south, Kaluga...
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troupe at the front and the song was composed under artillery fire at Zhizdra. Among those who have recorded the song are Muslim Magomayev, Ivan Rebroff...
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the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zhizdra. At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Zhizdrinsky Uyezd had...
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Nikolaevich Chekrygin (Russian: Василий Никoлаeвич Чeкpыгин; January 19, 1897, Zhizdra, Kaluga Oblast - June 3, 1922, the station Mamontovka, Moscow region) was...
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through the demarcation line between the 211th and 293rd divisions on the Zhizdra River and steamed towards Karachev, right behind them and behind Orel....
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administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka), 72 kilometers (45 mi) southwest of Kaluga...
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Bryansk and Karachev, at the end of March 1238 went to the Kozelsk on the Zhizdra River. At that time the city was the capital of the Principality at the...
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Zhigulyovsk Жигулёвск Samara Oblast Zhirnovsk Жирновск Volgograd Oblast Zhizdra Жиздра Kaluga Oblast Zhukov Жуков Kaluga Oblast Zhukovka Жуковка Bryansk...
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of Zhizdra. Population: 10,089 (2021 Census); 10,593 (2010 Census); 11,725 (2002 Census); 13,737 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Zhizdra accounts...
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southern parts of Pskov and Tver) Transitional group A (Mosalsk, Kozelsk, Zhizdra, Karachev, Sevsk, Rylsk) Central (Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol) Transitional...
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of Zhizdra 38♠ 20 August 1943 05:40 Il-2 m.H. southeast of Achtyrka 5 24 February 1943 09:48 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 44252 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Zhizdra 39♠...
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16th Army of the Western Front fought sustained defensive battles on the Zhizdra river southwest of Sukhinichi. Exhausting the German troops and inflicting...
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Oryol, and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia. The river is a right tributary of the Zhizdra, and its total length is 133 kilometers (83 mi) with a drainage basin of...
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region (southwest of Moscow) and includes the valleys of the rivers Ugra, Zhizdra, Vyssa and Oka. The park's highlights include the Optina Monastery and...
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Юхновский район town of Yukhnov 12696 Zhizdrinsky District Жиздринский район town of Zhizdra 10593 Zhukovsky District Жуковский район town of Zhukov 48999...
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jurisdiction. Zhizdrinsky (Жиздринский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Zhizdra (Жиздра) with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Zhukovsky...
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Larin led the brigade in defensive battles in the region of Vyazma and Zhizdra. In May 1943 the brigade was shifted to the 68th Army and withdrawn to...
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Sukhinichi, and was involved in heavy fighting around Zhizdra, where the unit was pushed back across the Zhizdra River. From 9 September the division was pulled...
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and Yukhnovsky Districts; The southern part includes the valley of the Zhizdra River down to its mouth; it belongs to Kozelsky and Peremyshlsky Districts;...
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had linked up with elements of German 2nd Army in an area southeast of Zhizdra. 18th Panzer also seized Bryansk with an attack from the east. Bryansk...
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