9th Army (Soviet Union)
| 9th Army | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1939–1943 |
| Country |
 Soviet Union
|
| Branch | Soviet Army |
| Type | Field army |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Vasily Chuikov Ivan Boldin |
Vasily Chuikov Ivan Boldin
Yakov Cherevichenko
Anton Lopatin
Konstantin Koroteev
The 9th Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army was a Soviet field army, active from 1939 – 43.
It was active during the Winter War against Finland as part of the Leningrad Military District, beginning operations at the end of November 1939 under KomKor M.P. Duhanov with the 49th and Special Rifle Corps as well as assigned aviation units. 9th Army was initially tasked with the capture of Kajaani and Oulu. Two divisions attached to the army, the 44th and 163rd Rifle Divisions, were defeated by the Finns during the Battle of Suomussalmi. It appears to have been disbanded after the end of the war.
In 1940 the Army was created to take part in the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. It was disbanded on 10 July 1940.
By 1941 the Army was designated the 9th Separate Army (briefly) and included the 14th, 35th and 48th Rifle Corps (the last under then General Major Rodion Malinovsky), 2nd Cavalry Corps, 2nd and 18th Mechanised Corps, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 84th, 86th Fortified Regions and a number of other units - the biggest army on the Soviet border before the German Operation Barbarossa began. However, it was more an administrative than an operational formation on 22 June 1941. With General Major M.V. Zakharov as chief of staff, it was tasked to cover the Beltsa, Kishinev, and Odessa approaches as part of General Ivan Tyulenev’s Southern Front.
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