Arkhangelsk Military District

The Arkhangelsk Military District (Russian: Архангельский Военный Округ, romanized: Arkhangel'skiy Voyennyy Okrug) was a regional military district of the Red Army which oversaw the North-Western part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

[23] The district was also due to form a Front however this order was cancelled at an unknown date.

[1][2][3] In October 1941, in accordance with a directive issued by the STAVKA, a new Headquarters, 39th Army was set up in Arkhangelsk from personnel of the district.

Throughout the war the district had been in charge with training reserves, guarding the White Sea coast, and ensuring the safety of the Arctic convoys travelling to Arkhangelsk, in addition to dispatching those supplies.

So, eventually, the White Sea District also absorbed the Murmansk Oblast and Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic into its area of control.

Area of oversight of the Arkhangelsk Military District after 1st Formation in 1940.
Area of oversight of the Arkhangelsk Military District after 2nd formation in 1946.