User:Kges1901/Resources

Resources for Russian, Soviet & CIS Military History. This list is an attempt at including books and websites useful as reference material for articles.

Websites

 * http://militera.org/periodic/1/mag/view.html?node=45481&category=3630&sort=category&card=27291 the VIZh


 * bdsa.ru - histories for army level formations and up; orders of battle for divisions and other WWII related documents
 * samsv.narod.ru - army, division and corps histories
 * rkka.ru - division histories
 * tankfront.ru - information about some Soviet tank units
 * warheroes.ru - biographies of most Heroes of the Soviet Union & Russian Federation; as well as full cavaliers of the Order of Glory
 * pamyat-naroda.ru - Soviet award citations for WWII, incomplete
 * generals.dk - assignments of some Soviet generals during WWII
 * ww2.dk - Michael Holm's site with information about post 1945 Soviet formations

Books
Search online, and online copies of many of these publications will come up.

Russian dictionaries and encyclopedias

 * - covers purged commanders, transcripts available here
 * - index to the collections of the Central State Army of the Soviet Army, has useful brief unit summaries for military districts and armies, plus organizational information, covers the Civil War and interwar (pre-1941) periods.
 * - same as above except it covers divisions and fortified regions/smaller units
 * - Soviet era-list of people, places, events, organizations, and military units of the Russian Civil War. However, please keep in mind the ideological bias since this is a Soviet-era encyclopedia.
 * - covers division commanders who commanded motor rifle, motorized, cavalry, airborne, mortar, tank, and People's Militia divisions
 * - covers division commanders who commanded all aviation divisions, all anti-aircraft artillery divisions, aerial observation, warning, and communications troops (VNOS) divisions, aerostatic (barrage balloon) divisions, searchlight divisions
 * - covers division commanders of rifle, mountain rifle, Crimean, Polar, Rebolsky direction, destroyer (anti-tank) divisions, alphabetical order for Abakumov to Zyuvanov
 * - covers division commanders of rifle, mountain rifle, Crimean, Polar, Rebolsky direction, destroyer (anti-tank) divisions, alphabetical order for Pivovarov to Yatsun
 * - covers division commanders of rifle, mountain rifle, Crimean, Polar, Rebolsky direction, destroyer (anti-tank) divisions, alphabetical order for Ibyansky to Pechenenko
 * - covers army commanders between 1941 and 1945
 * - covers corps commanders who were not also army commanders
 * - covers corps commanders who were not also army commanders

Russian language Histories
Освобождение городов [Liberation of the City] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. 1985. - Soviet Ministry of Defense official guide to which units captured which cities in WWII, available online

Feskov, Vitaly (2003). Красная Армия в победах и поражениях 1941-1945 г.г. [The Red Army in the victories and defeats 1941-1945] (Online pdf) Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. - Red Army organization in WWII, some information inaccurate, make sure to back it up with other sources

Feskov, Vitaly (2004). The Red Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945-1991. (Online PDF; Russian) Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. - book with information on organization and divisions of the Soviet Army during the Cold War, Feskov's 2013 book is more accurate, 2004 book should not be used as a source

Feskov, Vitaly (2013). Вооруженные Силы СССР после Второй мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the Soviet Union after World War II, from the Red Army to the Soviet] Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. - accurate information on Cold War Soviet Army organization

Lensky, Andrei (2001). Советские Сухопутные войска в последний год Союза ССР [The Soviet Army in the Last year of the USSR]. St. Petersburg: B&K - 1990 Soviet Army Order of Battle

Lensky, Andrei (2005 & 2007). Армия отечества: начало XXI века [Army of the Fatherland: Beginning of 21st century]. St. Petersburg: ?? - 2000 Russian Army Order of Battle, two parts

Russian language Memoirs
Abdullin, Mansour (1985). 160 страниц из солдатского дневника [160 pages from the diary of a soldier]. Moscow: Molodaya Guardiya - Abdullin was a mortarman in the 293rd Rifle Division

Abdullin, Mansour (2010). От Сталинграда до Днепра [From Stalingrad to the Dnieper]. Moscow: Yauza.

Abramov, Vasily (1962). На ратных дорогах [On Martial Roads ]. Moscow: Voenizdat. - Abarmov commanded the 184th & 75th Rifle Divisions and 21st Rifle Corps

Babadzhanian, Hamazasp (1975). Дороги победы [Road of victory]. Moscow: Molodaya Guardiya. - Babadzhanian's memoir, published during his lifetime

Babadzhanian, Hamazasp (2009). ''[http://militera.lib.ru/memo/0/pdf/russian/babadzanyan_ah02.pdf Танковые рейды 1941-1945. Записки очевидца] [Tank Raids 1941-1945: Notes of an eyewitness].'' Moscow: Yauza. - previously unpublished writings of Babadzhanian

Babikov, Makar (2009). ''[http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/babikov_ma01/index.html Отряд особого назначения. Диверсанты морской пехоты] [Special Forces Team: Marine Saboteurs]''. Moscow: Yauza. Babikov was a naval infantryman with the Northern Fleet, then was transferred to the Pacific Fleet and was awarded HSU for actions in Korea

- Bessarab led the 420th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion

Chuikov, Vasily (1985). От Сталинграда до Берлина [From Stalingrad to Berlin] (in Russian). Moscow: Sovetskaya Russiya. - Chuikov's memoirs; available online

- Derevyanko was commander of various Black Sea Fleet Bases during WWII

Martirosyan was commander of the 239th Rifle Division during the Battle of Moscow. This is a Russian translation of the original Armenian memoir here.

Novikov, Alexander (1970)[http://militera.lib.ru/memo/russian/novikov1/index.html. В небе Ленинграда] [In the Skies of Leningrad]. Moscow: Nauka. - Novikov's memoirs, available online

Vladimirov, Boris (2010). ''[http://militera.lib.ru/memo/0/pdf/russian/vladimirov_ba01.pdf Комдив. От Синявинских высот до Эльбы] [Komdiv. From Sinyavino Heights to the Elbe'']. Mosocw: Yauza. - Vladimirov was commander of the 311th RD and HSU

English language Histories
Glantz, David M. (1989). Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

Glantz, David M. (1990). Soviet Military Intelligence in War. London: Frank Cass.

Glantz, David M. (1991). Soviet Military Operational Art: In Pursuit of Deep Battle. London: Frank Cass.

Glantz, David M. (1991). From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942-August 1943. London: Frank Cass.

Glantz, David M. (1994). The History of the Soviet Airborne Forces. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis. - good history of the Soviet Airborne Forces

Glantz, David M. (1995). When Titans clashed: how the Red Army stopped Hitler. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas

Glantz, David M. (1998). Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster through Soviet eyes. New York: Sarpedon.

Glantz, David M. (1999). The Battle for Kursk, 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

Glantz, David M. (1999). Zhukov's Greatest Defeat: The Red Army's Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700609444.

Glantz, David M. (2001). The Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror. Staplehurst: Spellmount.

Glantz, David M. (2001). Barbarossa 1941. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 9780752419794.

Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for Leningrad: 1941-1944. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.

Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for L'vov, July 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study. London: Frank Cass.

Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700612086.

Glantz, David M. (2003). Soviet Operational and Tactical Combat in Manchuria, 1945: 'August Storm'. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415408639.

Glantz, David M. (2003). The Battle for the Ukraine: The Korsun-Shevchenkovskii Operation. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

Glantz, David M. (2004). Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

Glantz, David M. (2005). Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War, 1941-1943. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700613533.

Glantz, David M. (2005). Companion To Colossus Reborn: Key Documents And Statistics. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700613595.

Glantz, David M. (2006). Red Storm Over the Balkans: The Failed Soviet Invasion of Romania, Spring 1944. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700614653.

Glantz, David M. (2008). After Stalingrad: The Red Army's Winter Offensive, 1942-43. Solihull: Helion. ISBN 9781906033262.

Glantz, David M. (2009). To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas

Glantz, David M. (2009). Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700616640.

Glantz, David M. (2010). Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941, Volume 1: The German Advance to Smolensk, the Encirclement Battle, and the First and Second Soviet Counteroffensives, 10 July-24 August 1941. Solihull: Helion. ISBN 9781906033729.

Glantz, David M. (2012). Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941, Volume 2: The German Offensives on the Flanks and the Third Soviet Counteroffensive, 25 August-10 September 1941. Solihull: Helion. ISBN 9781906033903.

Glantz, David M. (2014). Endgame at Stalingrad: Book One: November 1942 the Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700619542.

Glantz, David M. (2014). Endgame at Stalingrad: Book Two: December 1942 February 1943 the Stalingrad Trilogy, Volume 3. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700619559.

Glantz, David M. (2014). Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700619566.

Glantz, David M. (2014). ''Barbarossa Derailed. the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941 Volume 3: The Documentary Companion. Tables, Orders and Reports Prepared by Participating Red Army Forces''. Solihull: Helion. ISBN 9781909982116.

Glantz, David M. (2014). Barbarossa Derailed, Volume 4: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941 Atlas. Solihull: Helion. ISBN 9781909982833.

Translated memoirs
Abdulin, Mansur (2004). Red Road from Stalingrad: Reflections of a Soviet Infantryman. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. - Abdullin was an enlisted soldier with the 294th Rifle Division at Stalingrad and later battles

Bessonov, Evgeni (2005). Tank Rider: Into the Reich with the Red Army. Philadelphia: Casemate - ???

Emelianenko, Vasilii (2005). Red Star Against the Swastika: The Story of a Soviet Pilot over the Eastern Front. London: Greenhill. - Emelianenko was an Il-2 pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union

Gorbachevsky, Boris (2008). Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army soldier's war on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. - Gorbachevsky served with both the 30th and 31st Armies

Korzh, Victor (2005). Red Star Under the Baltic: A Firsthand Account of Life on Board a Soviet Submarine in World War Two. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. - Korzh was a submarine commander with Baltic Fleet

Litvin, Nikolai (2007). 800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. - memoirs of a Soviet enlisted soldier, unpublished so not politically biased

Loza, Dmitry (1996). Commanding the Red Army's Sherman Tanks: The World War II Memoirs of Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Loza. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. - memoirs of a Soviet tank commander on M4 Shermans and Hero of the Soviet Union

Pylcyn, Alexander (2009). Penalty Strike: The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander, 1943-45. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole. - Pylcyn was commander of a penal company