Transcaucasian Front or Transcaucasus Front (Russian: Закавказский Фронт) was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime, although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries. A Front was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American miltary terminology. ... This article is about the armed forces of the Soviet Union. ... This article is becoming very long. ... A military front or battlefront is a contested armed frontier between opposing forces. ...

The Transcaucasus Front describes two distinct organizations during the war. The first version was created on August 23, 1941 from the Transcaucasus Military District, which was apparently originally formed in 1922. The boundary of the Front extended along the border with Turkey and along the Black Sea coast from Batumi to Tuapse. It was commanded by Lieutenant-General Dmitri T. Kozlov (Козлов Дмитрий Тимофеевич) from August 1941 to December 1941. August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Military districts are territorial entities used for the purposes of military planning and strategizing. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... A general view of Batumi Batumi (Georgian: , formerly Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. ... Tuapse (Russian: ) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the northeast shores of the Black Sea. ...

The initial Front organization incorporated the four Soviet armies stationed in the district in June 1941: the 45th and 46th on the border with Turkey and the 44th and 47th on the border with Iran. On August 25, 1941 troops from the Front entered Iran according to the Soviet-Iran Treaty of February 21, 1921, which eliminated the direct threat to the Baku oil fields. This article or section should be merged with the Military unit section of Army The term Army, besides its general-purpose meaning (see army) specifically denotes a major military unit in militaries various countries, including the Soviet Union. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Combatants Allies (UK, India and USSR) Persia/ Iran The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia was the invasion of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, codenamed Operation Countenance, from August 25 to September 17 of 1941. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: AZ1000 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ...

Order of Battle, Invasion of Iran, 1941

Here is the Soviet OOB for the 25th of August 1941:^[1]

44th Army( Major General A.A. Khaldejev)

• 20th Mountain Rifle Division
• 77th Mountain Rifle Division
• 17th Cavalry Division
• 24th Tank Regiment

47th Army(Major General V.V. Novikov)

• 63rd Mountain Rifle Division
• 76th Mountain Rifle Division
• 236th Rifle Division
• 6th Tank Division
• 54th Tank Division
• 13th Motorcycle Regiment

53rd Army (invaded Iran from Turkmenistan on the 27th of August)

• 58th Rifle Corps
• 83rd Mountain Rifle Division
• 4th Cavalry Corps

The Transcaucasus Front was briefly renamed the Caucasus Front on December 30, 1941. The second version of this front was again created from the Transcaucasus Military District on May 15, 1942 and continued in existence until its reorganization as the Tbilisi Military District on August 25, 1945 after the end of the war. It was commanded by General Ivan V. Tyulenev, and included the Soviet Fourth Army. The Caucasian Front or Caucasus Front was a military subdivision (Front) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev (1892-1978) was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted Soviet General of the Army in 1940. ... The Soviet Fourth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front. ...

Postwar Transcaucasus Military District

After World War II the Transcaucasus Front reverted to being a part of the Headquarters Transcaucasus Military District (ZakVO), in Tbilisi. The District became part of the Southern Direction, headquartered in Baku and including the North Caucasus and Turkestan Military Districts, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.^[2] Colonel General Igor Rodionov commanded the District in 1988-89 before being removed after the April 1989 massacre in Tbilisi. In the late 1980s dispositions within the District were as follows:^[3] This article is becoming very long. ... Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი ) is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Mtkvari) river, at . ... Municipality: Baku Area: 1000 km² Altitude: -28 m Population: 2,074,300 census 2003 Population density: 1280 persons/km² Postal Code: AZ1000 Area code: 012 Municipality code: BA Latitude: 41° 01 52 N Longitude: 21° 20 25 E Mayor: Hajibala Abutalybov The Baku region. ... Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ... Igor Nilolaevich Rodionov (born 1936) is a Russian general andDuma deputy. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The April 9 tragedy refers to the events in Tbilisi, Georgia on April 9, 1989, when an anti-Soviet demonstration was dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. ...

• 104th Guards Airborne Division VDV, Gyandzha
• 173rd Training Centre, Tbilisi
• Seventh Army, HQ Yerevan, Armenian SSR
  • 15th Motor Rifle Division, Kirovakan
  • 75th Motor Rifle Division, Nakhichevan
  • 127th Motor Rifle Division, Leninakan (now Russian 102nd Military Base)
  • 164th Motor Rifle Division, Yerevan

• Fourth Army, HQ Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
  • 23rd Motor Rifle Division, Gyandzha
  • 60th Motor Rifle Division, Lenkoran
  • 216th Motor Rifle Division
  • 295th Motor Rifle Division, Baku

• Ninth Army, HQ Kutaisi, Georgian SSR
  • 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Akhaltsikhe
  • 145th Motor Rifle Division, Batumi, Adjara
  • 147th Motor Rifle Division, Akhalkalaki
  • 152nd Motor Rifle Division, Kutaisi

VDV flag. ... Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი ) is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Mtkvari) river, at . ... State motto: ÕŠÖ€Õ¸Õ¬Õ¥Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€ Õ¢Õ¸Õ¬Õ¸Ö€ Õ¥Ö€Õ¯Ö€Õ¶Õ¥Ö€Õ«, միացեք! (Workers of the world, unite!) Official language None. ... The 102nd Military Base is a Russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia, part of the Transcaucasian Group of Forces. ... The Soviet Fourth Army was a Soviet field army of World War II that served on the Eastern Front. ... State motto: Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин! Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! Official language Georgian since 1978 Capital Tbilisi Chairman of the Supreme Council Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until February 25, 1921 December 30, 1922 April 9, 1991 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 10th in former Soviet Union 69,700 km² -- Population  - Total (1989)  - Density Ranked... Akhaltsikhe (old name - Lomsia and Ahıska) is a small city in southwestern Georgia, Mkhare (Province) of Samtskhe-Javakheti. ... A general view of Batumi Batumi (Georgian: , formerly Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. ... Official language Georgian Capital Batumi ISO code GE.AJ Head of the Government Levan Varshalomidze Area  - Total  - % water 2,900 km² n/a Population  - Total (1989)  - Density 392,432 135. ... Akhalkalaki (Georgian for New City) is a small Armenian (and old) city in the Georgias southern region of Javakheti. ... Kutaisi (Georgian: ; ancient names: Aea/Aia, Kutatisi, Kutaïssi ) is Georgias second largest city in the western province of Imereti. ...

Russian Transcaucasus Group of Forces

Following the fall of the USSR, the District became the Group of Russian Forces of the Transcaucasus (GRVZ). After many of the divisions listed above had dissolved or become part of the former republics' armed forces, in the mid 1990s the GRVZ's dispositions were:

• Headquarters, Tbilisi
• 12th Military Base, Batumi, Adjara AR, Georgia
• 50th Military Base, Gudauta, Abkhazia AR, Georgia
• 62nd Military Base, Akhalkalaki, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
• 102nd Military Base, Gyumri, Armenia
• 137th Military Base, Vaziani, Georgia
• Other smaller formations and units, including the 142nd Tank Repair Factory, Tbilisi, and an independent helicopter squadron

The Russian base at Vaziani was withdrawn in the late 1990s and an agreement over the withdrawal of the 12th and 62nd Bases by 2008-9 was made in 2005. Tbilisi (Georgian თბილისი ) is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura (Mtkvari) river, at . ... A general view of Batumi Batumi (Georgian: , formerly Batum or Batoum) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. ... Official language Georgian Capital Batumi ISO code GE.AJ Head of the Government Levan Varshalomidze Area  - Total  - % water 2,900 km² n/a Population  - Total (1989)  - Density 392,432 135. ... Gudauta is a town in Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia. ... Official languages Abkhaz¹ ², Russian¹ Georgian² ¹ Used by the de-facto separatist government ² According to the Constitution of Georgia Political status De Facto: Independent De Jure (internationally recognized): Autonomous Republic within Georgia Capital Sukhumi Capitals coordinates President¹ Sergei Bagapsh Prime Minister¹ Alexander Ankvab ¹ De-facto separatist government in Sukhumi Chairman... Akhalkalaki (Georgian for New City) is a small Armenian (and old) city in the Georgias southern region of Javakheti. ... Samtskhe-Javakheti (Georgian: ) is a region in southern Georgia, with Akhaltsikhe as its capital. ... The 102nd Military Base is a Russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia, part of the Transcaucasian Group of Forces. ... Gyumri (Armenian: Ô³ÕµÕ¸Ö‚Õ´Ö€Õ«) is the capital and largest city of the Shirak province in northwest Armenia. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.1jma.dk/post.asp?method=ReplyQuote&REPLY_ID=36299&TOPIC_ID=1956&FORUM_ID=10
2. ^ William E Odom, The Collapse of the Soviet Military, Yale University Press, 1998, p.29
3. ^ V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945-91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 1994