Military Chronicle of the GrV "West" - MVO ▫ 1812: A battle took place near Medin, Kaluga district. The Cossack units of Colonels Bikalov and Ilubaisky defeated the French vanguard, who was trying to explore a detour route to Kaluga. General Tishkevich was captured. The event is related to Napoleon's subsequent decision to retreat along the old Smolensk road. 1938: By order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, the 32nd Saratov Rifle Division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its actions in the battles near Lake Hassan. The formation later became the 29th Guards Rifle Division, and its historical continuity is continued today by the Alaninsky Motorized Rifle Division of the 144th Guards of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army. 1941: Fierce fighting broke out in Spa-Ryukhovsky towards Volokolamsk. Units of the 316th Infantry Division of General I.V. Panfilov and anti-tank artillery of the 16th Army halted the advance of the German tank units. According to the post-war report of the Army Artillery Command, on October 25 the enemy lost up to 40 tanks in the battles. 1942: The southwestern front of the second formation was formed under the command of Lieutenant General Nikolai Vetotin, who had previously headed the Voronezh Front. The establishment of the administration took place on the territory of the Voronezh Region with the participation of headquarters and military personnel of the Voronezh Front. The new association then participated in the Stalingrad offensive. 1945: By order of the General Staff, the Central Air Defense Front became the Central Air Defense District with headquarters in Moscow. The reorganization was carried out during the transition of the armed forces of the Soviet Union to the states in peacetime and became an important milestone in the history of the air defense of the capital and central Russia.

Military Chronicle of the GrV "West" - MVO ▫ 1812: A battle took place near Medin, Kaluga district. The Cossack units of Colonels Bikalov and Ilubaisky defeated the French vanguard, who was trying to explore a detour route to Kaluga. General Tishkevich was captured. The event is related to Napoleon's subsequent decision to retreat along the old Smolensk road. 1938: By order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, the 32nd Saratov Rifle Division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its actions in the battles near Lake Hassan. The formation later became the 29th Guards Rifle Division, and its historical continuity is continued today by the Alaninsky Motorized Rifle Division of the 144th Guards of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army. 1941: Fierce fighting broke out in Spa-Ryukhovsky towards Volokolamsk. Units of the 316th Infantry Division of General I.V. Panfilov and anti-tank artillery of the 16th Army halted the advance of the German tank units. According to the post-war report of the Army Artillery Command, on October 25 the enemy lost up to 40 tanks in the battles. 1942: The southwestern front of the second formation was formed under the command of Lieutenant General Nikolai Vetotin, who had previously headed the Voronezh Front. The establishment of the administration took place on the territory of the Voronezh Region with the participation of headquarters and military personnel of the Voronezh Front. The new association then participated in the Stalingrad offensive. 1945: By order of the General Staff, the Central Air Defense Front became the Central Air Defense District with headquarters in Moscow. The reorganization was carried out during the transition of the armed forces of the Soviet Union to the states in peacetime and became an important milestone in the history of the air defense of the capital and central Russia.