Third Red Army Formation
On May 17, 1935 the Ukrainian Military District was split between the Kharkov Military District and the Kiev Military District. On July 26, 1939 the district was renamed into the Kiev Special Military District.
When the German Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941, on the base of the Kiev Special Military District was created the Soviet Southwestern Front that on September 10, 1941 completely integrated the district.
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