The 13th Army was created again at the end of December 1939 as a separate 13th Army in the course of the Soviet advance into the Karelian Isthmus when the 7th Army was split into two, and also renamed separate, after being substantially reinforced.[1] As part of the 1940 February Vyborg offensive they were coordinated by the North Western Front in Leningrad, both armies were able to breach either first or second defensive positions in the Mannerheim Line, but were unable to breach the main position. The separate 13th Army was allocated three of the eight rifle corps assigned to the operation.[2]
Lieutenant General Gleb Baklanov (6.04.1954 – 23.02.1959)
Soviet Army
The Army was located for the entire postwar period in the Lviv and Carpathian Military Districts, initially comprising three Rifle Corps with a total of nine rifle divisions. From 1947 to 1949 it was commanded by General Issa Pliyev who was a renowned commander of several Cavalry mechanized groups during the war. It was for much of this period headquartered at Rovno. Almost all its divisions were Guards formations: the 17th, 51st, 97th (the former 40th, 15th, and 97th Rifle Divisions). Only the 24th (subsequently resubordinated to Military District control) and the 161st Rifle Division were not Guards, but both were renowned combat formations.
In 1960 the 24th Motor Rifle Division was transferred to district control. In January 1965 the 99th Motor Rifle Division was redesignated the 161st Motor Rifle Division.
51st Guards Motor Rifle Division (Vladimir-Volynskiy, Volynskaya Oblast)
97th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Slavuta, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
161st Motor Rifle Division (Izyaslav, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
In 1970 the 275th Motor Rifle Division (mobilisation) was activated, and the 62nd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade was transferred from the 8th Tank Army.[7]
In 1980 the following divisions were assigned:
51st Guards Motor Rifle Division (Vladimir-Volynskiy, Volynskaya Oblast)
97th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Slavuta, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
Also part of the army in the late 1980s were the 119th Independent Helicopter Regiment at Brody (Mi-8, Mi-24), the 442nd Independent Helicopter Regiment at Zhovtnevoye (Mi-24s), 62nd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Lyuboml), 49th Independent Engineer Regiment, and 38th Rocket Brigade (Kremenets). In January 1992, the army, its facilities and most of the equipment was transferred to the newly-sovereign Ukraine.[8]
Ukrainian Army
On 18 March 1992, in accordance with Decree No. 161 of the President of Ukraine, Major General Petro Shulyak was assigned as the army commander.[9]
^Voroshilov K.E., Lessons of war with Finland, Unpublished report of Narkom for Defence of USSR K.E. VOroshilov at the plenum of ZK VKP(b), 28 March 1940, (Russian) [1]
^p.97, Vasilevsky A.M., A lifelong cause, 2nd ed., Politizdat, Moscow, 1973. (Russian), English translation by Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1981
^p.177, Lensky, A.G., Land forces of RKKA in the pre-war years, A reference, B&K Pub., St.Petersburg, 2000
^"70 років мужності і звитяги" [70 Years of Courage and Victory] (PDF). Viisko Ukrainy (in Ukrainian). May 2011. p. 30. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
References
Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN9785895035306.
V.I. Feskov et al. 2004
A. M. Vasilevsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union: A Lifelong Cause, Progress Publishers, 1981
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