Title: Red Army man. Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except marine aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD, Border Guard. 2 The Ukrainian Front, whose combat path is very interesting. In late 1943, the territory of Soviet Russia was almost liberated from the invaders. That's why many of the troops that took part in the liberation of the Russian regions continued to fight the enemy and moved to the territory of modern Ukraine. That made it advisable to create a new front. The Commander-in-Chief's decree of October 16, 1943, established 2 Ukrainian Front, the combat path of which lasted until 1945. From October 20 of the same year the order came into force. It was not difficult to form an effective combat unit, because the backbone of the group consisted of parts of the former Steppe Front that already had experience of interaction between each other. Immediately after its creation, the front was tasked to liberate the central region of Ukraine as soon as possible. At the end of September, troops on the then Steppe Front forced the Dnieper River near Kremenchug. Despite the fact that the front did not have enough strength to fight seriously, the commander decided to continue the offensive. The main task at that time was to prevent the enemy army from attacking Dnipropetrovsk, so the front's military council decided to advance along the Pyatikhatka-Apostolovo line. This operation would later be called Pyatikhatskaya. The offensive after the concentration of forces began on October 15, 1943 and gradually brought its results. After the battles became long, the command changed its strategy. The offensive on Znamenka and Kirovograd. When the army got stuck in battles in Dnepropetrovsk region, it was necessary to change the direction and emphasis of the fighting. A reconnaissance mission was carried out for that. According to the information available to the army, it became clear that little enemy forces were concentrated in the Znamenka area. To effectively resist the enemy, they would have to move their forces, which would take some time. From the side of Znamenka, our army, namely the 2nd Ukrainian Front, which had a long combat path in Ukraine, dealt the first blow on November 14, 1943. Until November 25, there was no special dynamics in the actions of the troops. But the success in these battles was ensured by the strong 2nd Ukrainian Front! The chronicle of the fighting was as follows: - From December 3 to 5, the battles for the liberation of the city of Alexandria. It was an important point for the Nazis, because even now there are large deposits of brown coal, which was used as fuel. - On December 6, the battles for liberation of a large railway junction - Znamenka city - began. The city was liberated in a few days.