Back جبهة لينينغراد Arabic Ленінградскі фронт Byelorussian Ленинградски фронт Bulgarian Ленинград фрончĕ CV Leningrader Front German Frente de Leningrado Spanish جبهه لنینگراد Persian Leningradin rintama Finnish Front de Léningrad French חזית לנינגרד HE
| Leningrad Front | |
|---|---|
.jpg) CIA map 1943 | |
| Active | 1941–1945 |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Branch | .svg){kind=small} Red Army |
| Type | Army Group Command |
| Size | Several Armies |
| Engagements | World War II Leningrad Strategic Defensive Siege of Leningrad Baltic Offensive Battle of Courland |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Georgy Zhukov Leonid Govorov |
The Leningrad Front (Russian: Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front on August 27, 1941.[1]
- ^ "Ленинградский фронт". Russian ministry of defense. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2008-02-02.