27th Army ( Soviet Union ) The 27th Army was a field army of the Soviet Union ' s Red Army , which fought in World War II . First formed in May 1941 . Initial commander was Nikolai Berzarin . Took part in Battles in the Baltic . On 22 June 1941 it consisted of the 22nd and 24th Rifle Corps , 16th and 67th Rifle Division s , 3rd Separate Rifle Brigade , two artillery regiments , and two anti - tank regiments . It became part of Northwestern Front on the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa . From June 30 , 1941 elements of the 22nd Territorial Rifle Corps were tasked to July 1 , 1941 to focus on the front of overseeding , Hills , except Porkhov . Part of the case to make for stubborn defense front in the south - west and south . On 1 July 1941 the corps concentrated in Porkhov , overseeding , Hills , completely took up defensive positions only by July 8 , 1941 at the turn of the Riverlands ( 45 kilometers south - east of Pskov a ) , Vertoguzovo ( 30 kilometers south - west of Porkhov a ) , Zhgilevo ( 40 kilometers north of Novorzhev a ) , is involved in exploration in the island a . Corps headquarters are located 3 kilometers west of the village Pazherevitsy . On 7 – 8 July 1941 battles took place with advanced German reconnaissance elements July 9 , 1941 in the evening clash with attack from the area in the direction of Shmoilova Porkhov and from the area in the direction of Bukhara Dedovichi . During the fighting , 9 – 10 July 1941 mass desertions of the 22nd Corps ' Estonian personnel took place to the enemy . Among the famous defector s was the Deputy Chief of Operations , Division Staff 180th Rifle Division , Ain - Ervin Mere . 11 . 10 in July 1941 is fighting for Porkhov . On July 10 , 1941 the 111th Motorized Division broke the defense of the 182nd Rifle Division at the station seeding and 11 July 1941 of the case finally left the city , and partly moved to the east bank of the river Shelon , where the defense took the 182nd Rifle Division - east Porkhov , 180th Rifle Division - to the south at the turn of the Red Porkhov Korchilovo , Logovino , Vyshegorod . July 12 , 1941 . The 182nd Rifle Division was fighting against troops of the enemy trying to break through to Dno . On August 15 , 1941 the 22nd Territorial Rifle Corps , participating in the counterattack , come from the area Parfino at Staraya Russa , to August 17 , 1941 corps troops liberated most of the city , but failed to take the city completely . 20 – 21 August 1941 part of the body left Staraya Russa . On August 22 , 1941 , after the re - crossing on the eastern shore of the Lovat corpus derived from the direct control of fights , with 31 August 1941 is not listed as part of the army . September 22 , 1941 the headquarters of the 22nd Territorial Rifle Corps was disbanded . From June to October 1941 the 27th Army fought on the Dvina River , during the Staraya Russa offensive , and at Kholm and Demyansk . By 1 November 1941 the army ' s forces had been reduced to the 23rd and 33rd Rifle Division s , the 613th Artillery Regiment of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command ( RVGK ) , the 28th Tank Division , and three Battalions of engineers . In December 1941 the first formation of the army was renamed the 4th Shock Army . The army was formed for a second time in May 1942 , within the Northwestern Front , consisting of five rifle divisions . In April 1943 it was moved into Stavka reserve . From July 1943 , it participated in many famous battles , assigned to the Steppe Front , then the Voronezh Front , in the Belgorod - Kharkov operation and the Bukrina bridgehead . From October 1943 , it fought in the Kiev offensive ( with 1st Ukrainian Front ) . Thereafter , assigned to the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Front , it was part of the Zhitomir – Berdichev Offensive , the Korsun – Shevchenkovsky Offensive , Uman - Botoshany , Iassy - Kishinev Offensive , the Battle of Debrecen , and the Vienna Offensive . Indications suggest the army was disbanded in 1946 .