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2 unusual facts about Kalinin


Ingria in World War II

55,773 Ingrians arrived and were scattered to the regions of Novgorod, Kalinin, Vologda, Sverdlovsk, and elsewhere.

Presidential National Guard

Within two years, four additional units were formed in the towns of Chkalovsk, Kalinin, and Obigarm.


Gribovski G-11

Most intensive use was from March to November 1943 in Belarus, in Polotsk-Begoml-Lepel area, on the Kalinin Front.

Kalinin Front

In May 1942, the Air Forces of the Kalinin Front were reorganised as the 3rd Air Army, comprising three fighter, two ground attack, and one bomber division.

3rd Shock Army, now allocated to Kalinin Front, started the operation on 24 November by attacking Third Panzer Army at Velikiye Luki, and the next day the Kalinin and Western Fronts assaulted the entire perimeter of the Rzhev salient.

Michelangelo Canale

Canale’s credits include Royal Winnipeg Ballet, André Eglevsky Ballet, Kalinin Dance Theatre, Fedicheva Ballet, The Juilliard Opera Center, Manitoba Opera Association and New Orleans Delta Festival Ballet.


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