The Army was commanded by the following officers. • Komandarm 2nd Rank
Vsevolod Yakovlev (September – December 1939) • Army General
Kirill Meretskov (December 1939 – June 1941) • Lieutenant-General
Filipp D. Gorelenko (June – September 1941 and November 1941 – June 1942); • Army General
Kirill Meretskov (September – November 1941) • Lieutenant-General
Sergey Trofimenko (July 1942 – January 1943) • Major-General
Alexey Krutikov (January 1943 – August 1944), (promoted to lieutenant-general in April 1943); • Lieutenant-General
Vladimir Gluzdovsky (August – November 1944) ==References==