The Leningrad People's Militia Army (commander General Major A.I. Subbotin) was initially an all-volunteer formation of the Soviet Union raised during the Second World War for defence of Leningrad. The Army begun its creation on the 27 June 1941 mostly from the previously raised 168 destroyer battalions intended to deal with expected enemy saboteurs and parachutists, reporting directly to the commander of Northern Front (Soviet Union).

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  • --06-27
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  • ten divisions, 17 machinegun-artillery battalions, two tank battalions and other units
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  • 1941-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • --06-27
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  • The Leningrad People's Militia Army (commander General Major A.I. Subbotin) was initially an all-volunteer formation of the Soviet Union raised during the Second World War for defence of Leningrad. The Army begun its creation on the 27 June 1941 mostly from the previously raised 168 destroyer battalions intended to deal with expected enemy saboteurs and parachutists, reporting directly to the commander of Northern Front (Soviet Union). The personnel was drawn from the reserve officer cadres, retired officers, workers and students of Leningrad. The initial intention was to create an army with seven divisions but eventually 10 divisions were raised. The Army begun formation on the 29 June, and by 2nd of July 45,183 had been accepted as volunteers, with a proposal for a 200,000 strong Army being made by the city Communist Party Committee with a view of expansion to 15 divisions according to the number of rayons in the city. By the 4 July the number of volunteers had increased to 77,413б, and by the 6 July reached 96,776. Initially it consisted of four People's Militia divisions, but 10 were eventually raised.
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  • The Leningrad People's Militia Army (commander General Major A.I. Subbotin) was initially an all-volunteer formation of the Soviet Union raised during the Second World War for defence of Leningrad. The Army begun its creation on the 27 June 1941 mostly from the previously raised 168 destroyer battalions intended to deal with expected enemy saboteurs and parachutists, reporting directly to the commander of Northern Front (Soviet Union).
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