29th Army was formed in July 1941 in Moskovsk military district on the basis of 30 th shooting case 252 nd 254 th and 256 th shooting divisions a number line of separate parts have been included in its her structure 245 th Entered into Front of reserve armies and Staraya Russa Ostashkov conducted defensive works on a boundary Since July 21st 1941 it is included in the Western front in structure of which participated in Smolensk battle conducted defensive fights in area to the south of the city of Toropets and on left I protect Volga on a site Rzhev In structure of Western since October 17th of fronts Kalininskogo participated in defensive 1942 and offensive operations From the end of August 1942 the army defended the borrowed occupied boundaries on the left coast of Volga In the beginning of February 1943 of its her army are transferred transmitted in 5 th and 20 th armies and management is turned on formation of 1 st tank army Commanders I I Maslennikov July on December 11th 1941 the general lieutenant Century I Shvetsov on December 12th 1941 September 1942 the general major Item Zhuravlyov September 1942 January 1943 the general major