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3 unusual facts about Moscow Military District


Moscow District

Moscow Military District (1864–2010), a former military district of Russia

Moscow Military District

It was relocated to Smolensk, and consisted of the 4th Guards Tank Division and 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division (at Yelnya).

Semyon Aralov

Aralov was a founding member of the Cheka and in January 1918 he was appointed head of the Moscow Military District.


Vasily Pronin

As a member of the Military Council of the Moscow Military District and Moscow Zone of Defense, Vasily Pronin together with the first secretary of the Moscow City Council and Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party Alexander Shcherbakov rendered great assistance to the State Defense Committee and Western Front command in organizing the defense of the capital in the fall and winter of 1941.


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