The 61st Army was a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Ground Forces. It was created in 1941 and disbanded in 1945. It took part in Operation Bagration and the Riga Offensive of 1944.
Structure during the Battle of Kursk
During the Battle of Kursk the army was part of the Bryansk Front.
9th Guards Rifle Corps
12th Guards Rifle Division
76th Guards Rifle Division
77th Guards Rifle Division
97th Rifle Division
110th Rifle Division
336th Rifle Division
356th Rifle Division
415th Rifle Division
12th Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade
68th Tank Brigade
36th Tank Regiment
1539th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
31st Railroad Armoured Regiment
45th Railroad Armoured Regiment
310th Engineer Battalion
344th Engineer Battalion
60th Guards Artillery Regiment
67th Guards Artillery Regiment
554th Artillery Regiment
547th Mortar Artillery Regiment
533rd Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment
1282nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
13th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
1065th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
1173rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
1175th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
1218th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Commanders
The following officers commanded the army:
Colonel General Fyodor Kuznetsov (10 November–18 December 1941) Lieutenant General Markian Popov (18 December 1941–28 June 1942) Lieutenant General Pavel Belov (promoted to Colonel General 26 July 1944; 28 June 1942–after May 1945)