Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Kirill Meretskov

Battles of Kirill Meretskov

Soviet marshal (1897–1968)

Kirill Meretskov is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1945: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Soviet Union (2), Japan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,678 km apart end to end, 1,280 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (3), Winter War (1).

Tikhvin offensiveBattle of MutanchiangBattle of PetsamoSiege of LeningradBattle of LyubanSinyavino OffensiveOperation SparkBattle of PetsamoBattle of LyubanOperation SparkŌsakaSeoulTehranBaghdadÜrümqiKabulAthensKyivTashkent2000 km56.918N, 79.959E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 2 engagements2 in 19411942: 2 engagements2 in 19421943: 1 engagements1945: 1 engagements19391945
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Petsamo, 1939Siege of Leningrad, 1941Tikhvin offensive, 1941Battle of Lyuban, 1942Sinyavino Offensive, 1942Operation Spark, 1943Battle of Mutanchiang, 194519391945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1939Battle of PetsamoPechenga, RussiaSoviet victory
8 September 1941Siege of LeningradSaint Petersburg, Soviet Union1,036 km SSoviet victory
10 November 1941Tikhvin offensiveTikhvin, Soviet Union181 km ESoviet victory
1942Battle of LyubanRussia132 km WGerman victory
19 August 1942Sinyavino OffensiveRussia63 km NSoviet offensive defeated, German offensive cancelled.
12 January 1943Operation SparkSaint Petersburg, Russia1 km SWSoviet victory
1945Battle of MutanchiangJapan6,264 km NESoviet victory; Japanese defensive success; Japanese...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.