title: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Lublin–Brest Offensive
Georgy Zhukov
Battle of Studzianki
339th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
Battle of the Seelow Heights
348th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy
1st Belorussian Front
Shirin Shukurov
sentences: The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, also known in Soviet historical sources as the liberation of right-bank Ukraine, fought from 24 December 1943 – 14 April 1944, was a strategic offensive executed by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ukrainian Fronts, along with the 1st Belorussian Front, against the German Army Group South, intended to retake all of the Ukrainian and Moldovian territories occupied by Axis forces.
 The operation brought the Red Army forces into Poland and Romania, completely destroyed 18 "Wehrmacht" and Romanian divisions, and reduced another 68 to below half of their establishment strength.
The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Russian: Люблин‐Брестская наступательная операция , 18 July – 2 August 1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the central‐eastern Poland.
 The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944; it was opposed by the German Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre.
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974), was a Soviet Red Army officer who became Chief of General Staff, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defence and a member of the Politburo.
 During World War II he participated in multiple battles, ultimately commanding the 1st Belorussian Front in the Battle of Berlin, which resulted in the defeat of Nazi Germany, and the end of the War in Europe
The Battle of Studzianki was a tactical engagement between elements of the Soviet Red Army's 2nd Guards Tank Army employed as a cavalry mechanized group of the 1st Belorussian Front, and elements of the German 9th Army of the Army Group North Ukraine defending the area south of Warsaw.
 The battle was part of the Soviet Lublin–Brest Offensive.
The 339th Rifle Division was first formed in late August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Rostov-on-Don.
 As it was formed in part from reservists and cadre that included members of the Communist Party from that city, it carried the honorific title "Rostov" for the duration.
 In late November it was part of the force that counterattacked the German 1st Panzer Army in the Battle of Rostov and forced its retreat from the city, one of the first major setbacks for the invaders.
 During 1942 the division was forced to retreat into the Caucasus, where it fought to defend the passes leading to the Black Sea ports.
 In 1943 it fought to liberate the Taman Peninsula, and then in early 1944 to also liberate Crimea.
 In the following months the division was reassigned to the 1st Belorussian Front, with which it took part in the Battle of Berlin in 1945.
 Following a distinguished career, the division was disbanded in the summer of that year.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights (German: "Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen" ) was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945).
 A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War.
 It was fought over three days, from 16–19 April 1945.
 Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army), commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin".
 They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula.
The 348th Rifle Division was first formed in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Kuibyshev.
 It was assigned to 60th Reserve Army shortly after forming and took part in the winter counteroffensive in front of Moscow.
 Until the end of 1942 it was involved in the dismal and costly battles around the Rzhev Salient, until it was shifted to take part in the equally difficult fighting around the Demyansk Salient.
 Both of these German positions were evacuated in March, 1943, and, after rebuilding, the division returned to the front to take part in the summer offensive along the Smolensk axis.
 During Operation Bagration the 348th distinguished itself in the liberation of Bobruisk, and received the name of that city as an honorific.
 Not long after it was also decorated for its role in the liberation of Bialystok.
 In 1945 it helped to liberate northern Poland during the Vistula-Oder Offensive, before being reassigned to 3rd Belorussian Front in East Prussia.
 In the last weeks of the war it formed part of the reserves of 1st Belorussian Front during the Berlin Operation.
The Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy is a Russian military academy located on the banks of the Volga River in Kalinin (now Tver).
 The academy, formed in 1956, is named after Soviet Marshal G.K. Zhukov.
 It is one of the main education centers of the Aerospace Defense Force.
The 1st Belorussian Front (Belarusian: Першы Беларускі фронт , alternative spellings are 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Belarusian Front) was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.
Shirin Agabala oglu Shukurov (Azerbaijani: Şirin Ağabala oğlu Şükürov; 21 March 1910 – 21 September 1987) was an Azerbaijani Red Army soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union.
 Shukurov fought in the Caucasus, the Crimea, the capture of Rostov and Voronezh, and the capture of Belarus.
 In January 1945, Shukurov was a rifleman in the 1138th Rifle Regiment of the 339th Rifle Division, part of the 1st Belorussian Front's 33rd Army.
 He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 27 February 1945 for his actions during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, in which he reportedly killed several German soldiers despite being wounded twice.
 Shukurov was demobilized postwar.
 He became chairman of the village council and worked at an oil depot.

Question: Question: The Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy was named for a Soviet Red Army officer who commanded the 1st Belorussian Front in the Battle of Berlin, during what war? 

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 The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, also known in Soviet historical sources as the liberation of right-bank Ukraine, fought from 24 December 1943 – 14 April 1944, was a strategic offensive executed by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ukrainian Fronts, along with the 1st Belorussian Front, against the German Army Group South, intended to retake all of the Ukrainian and Moldovian territories occupied by Axis forces.
 The operation brought the Red Army forces into Poland and Romania, completely destroyed 18 "Wehrmacht" and Romanian divisions, and reduced another 68 to below half of their establishment strength. 

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 The Lublin–Brest Offensive (Russian: Люблин‐Брестская наступательная операция , 18 July – 2 August 1944) was a part of the Operation Bagration strategic offensive by the Soviet Red Army to clear the Nazi German forces from the central‐eastern Poland.
 The offensive was executed by the left (southern) wing of the 1st Belorussian Front and took place during July 1944; it was opposed by the German Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre. 

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 Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov 1 December 1896 – 18 June 1974), was a Soviet Red Army officer who became Chief of General Staff, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Minister of Defence and a member of the Politburo.
 During World War II he participated in multiple battles, ultimately commanding the 1st Belorussian Front in the Battle of Berlin, which resulted in the defeat of Nazi Germany, and the end of the War in Europe 

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 The Battle of Studzianki was a tactical engagement between elements of the Soviet Red Army's 2nd Guards Tank Army employed as a cavalry mechanized group of the 1st Belorussian Front, and elements of the German 9th Army of the Army Group North Ukraine defending the area south of Warsaw.
 The battle was part of the Soviet Lublin–Brest Offensive. 

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 The 339th Rifle Division was first formed in late August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Rostov-on-Don.
 As it was formed in part from reservists and cadre that included members of the Communist Party from that city, it carried the honorific title "Rostov" for the duration.
 In late November it was part of the force that counterattacked the German 1st Panzer Army in the Battle of Rostov and forced its retreat from the city, one of the first major setbacks for the invaders.
 During 1942 the division was forced to retreat into the Caucasus, where it fought to defend the passes leading to the Black Sea ports.
 In 1943 it fought to liberate the Taman Peninsula, and then in early 1944 to also liberate Crimea.
 In the following months the division was reassigned to the 1st Belorussian Front, with which it took part in the Battle of Berlin in 1945.
 Following a distinguished career, the division was disbanded in the summer of that year. 

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 The 348th Rifle Division was first formed in August, 1941, as a standard Red Army rifle division, at Kuibyshev.
 It was assigned to 60th Reserve Army shortly after forming and took part in the winter counteroffensive in front of Moscow.
 Until the end of 1942 it was involved in the dismal and costly battles around the Rzhev Salient, until it was shifted to take part in the equally difficult fighting around the Demyansk Salient.
 Both of these German positions were evacuated in March, 1943, and, after rebuilding, the division returned to the front to take part in the summer offensive along the Smolensk axis.
 During Operation Bagration the 348th distinguished itself in the liberation of Bobruisk, and received the name of that city as an honorific.
 Not long after it was also decorated for its role in the liberation of Bialystok.
 In 1945 it helped to liberate northern Poland during the Vistula-Oder Offensive, before being reassigned to 3rd Belorussian Front in East Prussia.
 In the last weeks of the war it formed part of the reserves of 1st Belorussian Front during the Berlin Operation. 

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 The Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy is a Russian military academy located on the banks of the Volga River in Kalinin (now Tver).
 The academy, formed in 1956, is named after Soviet Marshal G.K. Zhukov.
 It is one of the main education centers of the Aerospace Defense Force. 

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 Shirin Agabala oglu Shukurov (Azerbaijani: Şirin Ağabala oğlu Şükürov; 21 March 1910 – 21 September 1987) was an Azerbaijani Red Army soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union.
 Shukurov fought in the Caucasus, the Crimea, the capture of Rostov and Voronezh, and the capture of Belarus.
 In January 1945, Shukurov was a rifleman in the 1138th Rifle Regiment of the 339th Rifle Division, part of the 1st Belorussian Front's 33rd Army.
 He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 27 February 1945 for his actions during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, in which he reportedly killed several German soldiers despite being wounded twice.
 Shukurov was demobilized postwar.
 He became chairman of the village council and worked at an oil depot. 

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Answer: World War II