Atlas of Battles

commander, 11 engagements

Battles of Kirill Meretskov

Battles of Kirill Meretskov

Soviet marshal (1897–1968)

Kirill Meretskov is recorded as a commander at 11 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 8 battles, 1 siege and 2 campaigns across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (6), Soviet Union (3), China (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,193 km apart end to end, 1,019 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War II (6), Soviet–Japanese War (2), Winter War (1).

Battle of PetsamoTikhvin offensiveBattle of LyubanSinyavino OffensivePetsamo–Kirkenes OffensiveBattle of MutanchiangSiege of LeningradOperation SparkVyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveSoviet invasion of ManchuriaSoviet–Japanese WarOperation SparkVyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveSoviet invasion of ManchuriaŌsakaSeoulTehranBaghdadChengduÜrümqiKabulAthensKyivTashkent2000 km57.007N, 86.660E
11 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 2 engagements1942: 2 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements1945: 3 engagements3 in 194519391945
11 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Petsamo, 1939Siege of Leningrad, 1941Tikhvin offensive, 1941Battle of Lyuban, 1942Sinyavino Offensive, 1942Operation Spark, 1943Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, 1944Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive, 1944Soviet invasion of Manchuria, 1945Soviet–Japanese War, 1945Battle of Mutanchiang, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 5

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1939Battle of PetsamoPechenga, RussiaSoviet victory
8 September 1941Siege of LeningradSaint Petersburg, Soviet Union1,036 km SSoviet victory
10 November 1941Tikhvin offensiveTikhvin, Soviet Union181 km ESoviet victory
1942Battle of LyubanLyuban, Russia132 km WGerman victory
19 August 1942Sinyavino OffensiveRussia63 km NSoviet offensive defeated, German offensive cancelled.
12 January 1943Operation SparkSaint Petersburg, Russia1 km SWSoviet victory
1944Vyborg–Petrozavodsk OffensiveKarelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic, Russia275 km NEMoscow Armistice
1944Petsamo–Kirkenes OffensiveArctic, Soviet Union862 km NSoviet victory
1945Soviet invasion of ManchuriaInner Manchuria, China5,144 km NESoviet victory
1945Soviet–Japanese WarManchukuo, Russia1,301 km ESoviet victory
1945Battle of MutanchiangMudanjiang, Japan1,199 km SWSoviet victory; Japanese defensive success; Japanese...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.