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Bolkhov (Russian: Бо́лхов) is a town and the
administrative center of
Bolkhovsky District in
Oryol Oblast, Russia,
located on the Nugr
River (Oka's tributary)...
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Demyansk Offensive Operation (7
January 1942 – 20 May 1942), the Orel–
Bolkhov Offensive Operation (8
January 1942 – 28
April 1942), and the Rzhev-Vyazma...
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during the
Great Purge.
Yevgeni Alekseyevich Preobrazhensky was born in
Bolkhov,
Oryol Governorate,
Russia Empire on 15
February 1886 (Old Style). His...
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Vitebsk (57 km
through Naryshkino) R 92
Kaluga —
Oryol (67 km
through Bolkhov) E391 / A 142
Trosna —
Kalinovka (12 km) 54А-1
Oryol —
Yefremov (158 km...
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Battle of
Rzhev in the
summer of 1942 was part of a
series of
battles that
lasted 15
months in the
center of the
Eastern Front. It is
known in Soviet...
- In the
Battle of
Bolkhov on May 10–11, 1608, the
troops of
False Dmitry II
managed to
defeat the army of Tsar
Vasily S****sky. From the Tsar's side at...
- 1608
advanced upon Moscow,
routing the army of Tsar
Vasili S****sky at
Bolkhov.
Promises of
wholesale confiscation of the
estates of the
boyars drew many...
- Army and the
Bryansk Front was a
thrust by the 20th Tank
Corps aimed at
Bolkhov,
along with a push by the
Central Front on the
south face. To increase...
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spring of 1942. The
corps received its
baptism of fire in the Zhizdra-
Bolkhov Offensive during the
summer and
spent the fall in reserve. In
early 1943...
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Devlet sent 15,000
soldiers on a raid
through Mtsensk, Odoev, Novosil,
Bolkhov, Cherny, and Belyov. In the
spring of 1563, Devlet's sons
Mehmed and Adil...
