th army was formed in july in moskovsk military district on the basis of th shooting case nd th and th shooting divisions a number line of separate parts have been included in its her structure th entered into front of reserve armies and staraya russa ostashkov conducted defensive works on a boundary since july st 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 th of fronts kalininskogo participated in defensive and offensive operations from the end of august the army defended the borrowed occupied boundaries on the left coast of volga in the beginning of february of its her army are transferred transmitted in th and th armies and management is turned on formation of st tank army commanders i i maslennikov july on december th the general lieutenant century i shvetsov on december th september the general major item zhuravlyov september january the general major