23rd Army

a field army of the Soviet Union during World War II
Organization military_unit Q2499340
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Summary

23rd Army is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 23rd Army is in the country of Soviet Union[3].
  • 23rd Army's instance of is recorded as military unit[4].
  • 23rd Army's headquarters location is recorded as Leningrad Military District[5].
  • 23rd Army's military branch is recorded as Red Army[6].
  • 23rd Army's part of is recorded as Leningrad Front[7].
  • 23rd Army's part of is recorded as Northern Front[8].
  • +1941-06-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 23rd Army[9].
  • 23rd Army was dissolved in +1945-06-30T00:00:00Z[10].
  • 23rd Army's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[11].
  • 23rd Army's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043lcj0[12].
  • 23rd Army's location of formation is recorded as Leningrad Military District[13].
  • 23rd Army's allegiance is recorded as Soviet Union[14].
  • 23rd Army's described by source is recorded as book[15].
  • 23rd Army's participant in is recorded as Vyborg Offensive[16].
  • 23rd Army's participant in is recorded as Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive[17].
  • 23rd Army's participant in is recorded as Leningrad Strategic Defensive[18].
  • 23rd Army's commanded by is recorded as Pyotr Pshennikov[19].
  • 23rd Army's commanded by is recorded as Alexander Ivanovich Cherepanov[20].
  • 23rd Army's commanded by is recorded as Alexander Ivanovich Cherepanov[21].
  • 23rd Army's commanded by is recorded as Vasily Shvetsov[22].

Body

Founding

+1941-06-22T00:00:00Z marks the founding of 23rd Army[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as Leningrad Military District[13].

Identity

Part of include Leningrad Front[7], a front[23], in Soviet Union[24], founded in 1941[25] and Northern Front[8], a front[26], in Soviet Union[27], founded in 1941[28].

Operations

23rd Army's headquarters location is recorded as Leningrad Military District[5].

Dissolution

23rd Army was dissolved in +1945-06-30T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

23rd Army ranks in the top 5% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . pamyat-naroda.ru. pamyat-naroda.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . pamyat-naroda.ru. pamyat-naroda.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pamyat-naroda.ru. pamyat-naroda.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . pamyat-naroda.ru. pamyat-naroda.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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