47th Army The 47th Army ( ) of the Soviet Union ' s Red Army was an army - level command active from 1941 to 1946 . The 47th Army was formed in late July 1941 in the Transcaucasian Military District as part of the Soviet Union ' s border defenses with Iran . On 1 August 1941 the army ' s composition was reported as including the 236th Rifle Division , 63rd and 76th Mountain Rifle Division s , the 116th Howitzer Artillery Regiment ( an RVGK asset ) , the 456th Corps Artillery Regiment , the 6th and 54th Tank Divisions , and engineering forces which included the 61st motorized engineer battalion , 75th independent engineer battaion , and the 6th and 54th pontoon bridge battalions . Soviet units began their part of the Anglo - Soviet invasion of Iran on 25 August 1941 . The 47th Army broke through the border and moved from the Azerbaijan SSR into Iranian Azerbaijan . They moved towards Tabriz and Lake Urmia . They captured the Iranian city of Jolfa . An Iranian reconnaissance aircraft discovered the forces south of Jolfa moving towards Marand . It was possible for the Iranian 3rd Division under General Matboodi to move motorized infantry towards Shibli in order to halt the breakthrough , but due to being taken by surprise , he failed to make the proper counterattack . He also failed to destroy the bridges and highways with explosives , allowing the Soviets to rapidly move through the region . Five Iranian bombers were intercepted trying to attack the Soviet positions around Jolfa . By January 1942 , the army was assigned to the Crimean Front , and fought in the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea , the Taman Peninsula and Caucasus region of southern Russia , in the Belgorod - Kharkov Offensive , and to the east of the Dnieper River in Ukraine until early 1944 . On 1 June 1942 , the army ' s infantry comprised 32nd and 33rd Guards Rifle Division , 77th Mountain Rifle Division , and 103rd Rifle Brigade . Artillery assigned included 547 пап , 18 гв . мп , and additionally 40th Tank Brigade was part of the army . In March 1944 , the 47th Army was subordinated to the 2nd Belorussian Front , and then moved to the 1st Belorussian Front in mid - April 1944 and fought as part of this force until the end of World War II in Europe . As part of the 1st BRF , the 47th Army fought in the Vistula - Oder Offensive , East Pomeranian Offensive , and the Berlin Offensive . Key actions that the 47th Army took part in were the liberation of Kovel on July 6 , 1944 , forcing the Germans out of the Praga suburb of Warsaw on September 14 , 1944 , and achieving a junction with troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front on April 25 , 1945 that completed the encirclement of Berlin . The 47th Army in January 1945 had nine rifle divisions ( 77th Rifle Corps with 185th , 234th , 328th Rifle Division s ) , 125th Rifle Corps ( 60th , 76th , 175th Rifle Divisions ) , 129th Rifle Corps ( 132nd , 143rd , 260th Rifle Divisions ) , 30th Guards Gun - artillery Brigade , 31st Anti - Aircraft Artillery Division with four anti - aircraft artillery regiments ( 1376th , 1380th , 1386th , and 1392nd ) plus a separate anti - aircraft artillery regiment ( 1488th ) , 163rd Anti - Tank Artillery Regiment , 460th Mortar Regiment , 75th rocket launcher regiment , 70th Guards Independent Tank Regiment , four regiments of self - propelled guns , an armoured train unit , a DUKW truck battalion , an engineer - sapper brigade , and two flamethrower units . The 47th Army was inactivated on February 5 , 1946 in Halle , Germany , after taking part in the occupation of eastern Germany .