[2] The 13th Army (1st formation) headquarters was formed in May 1941 in the Western Special Military District, starting on 5 May in Mogilev in accordance with the decision of Central Committee of the Communist Party and Sovnarkom of the USSR No.1113-460cc.
[4] In the beginning of June Lieutenant General Pyotr Filatov arrived to take command.
From the end of June 1941 the Army conducted defensive operations in the Minsk Fortified Region, on the Borisov direction and on the Dnieper river.
During September and October 1941 the Army was operating as part of the Bryansk Front and included the 6th Rifle Division.
The Army fought as part of the Central Front in the Battle of Kursk in July 1943 under General N.P.
Only the 24th (subsequently resubordinated to Military District control) and the 161st Rifle Division were not Guards, but both were renowned combat formations.
161 of the President of Ukraine, Major General Petro Shulyak was assigned as the army commander.