The Bryansk Front (Russian: Брянский фронт) was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.
General Andrei Yeremenko was designated commander of the Front when it first formed in mid-late August 1941, comprising, in Erickson's words, "on paper two armies, 50th and 13th, with eight rifle divisions each, three cavalry divisions, and one tank division but many of these formations were badly whittled down by battle losses.
After the failure of the Smolensk offensives, the seriously weakened front became trapped in an enormous encirclement in the lead-up to the Battle of Moscow.
[2] On its second formation in late 1941 under Yakov Cherevichenko, part of the troops and forces of the Bryansk Front defending the Voronezh region, being designated as Voronezh Front on 7 July 1942.
By the time of the Battle of Kursk the Front consisted of Colonel General Markian Popov led it to liberate its namesake town Bryansk in August and September 1943.