Orel Military District

The Orel Military District (Russian: Орловский военный округ (ОрВО), romanized: Orlovskiy voyennyy okrug (OrVO)) was a military district of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union.

It was tasked with forming new units and formations for the Red Army and organizing the vsevobuch, a system of universal military training.

[1] In the summer and fall of 1919, the district's troops were involved in battles against White commander Konstantin Mamontov's raid into the Soviet rear.

Between January and July 1921, troops of the district participated in the suppression of the Tambov Rebellion, an anti-Soviet peasant revolt.

[3] On 28 July 1938, the district was reformed from the headquarters of the 10th Rifle Corps, as part of a pre-World War II buildup of the Soviet Armed Forces.

[1] On 2 October, German troops began Operation Typhoon, an offensive which aimed to capture Moscow.

The 4th Panzer Division reached Orel on 3 October, surprising the military district's headquarters, which hastily left the city.

In October, the district temporarily oversaw recently recaptured Gomel and Polesia Voblasts in eastern Belarus.