KOVO

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KOVO was the Russian abbreviation for the Kiev Special Military District, a major pre–World War II military-administrative region of the Soviet Union centered around Kiev.

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KOVO canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military district ⓘ
military-administrative region ⓘ
abbreviationLanguage Russian ⓘ
abbreviationOf Kievskiy Osobyy Voyennyy Okrug ⓘ
bordered Hungary ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
centeredIn Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv
commandStructure district headquarters in Kiev ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolutionReason reorganization at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War ⓘ
fullName Kiev Special Military District ⓘ
garrisonCity Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv
geopoliticalSignificance key western border district of the USSR ⓘ
hadFunction defense of western borders of the USSR ⓘ
mobilization of Red Army units ⓘ
operational planning ⓘ
training of troops ⓘ
hadResponsibility border security ⓘ
logistical support for field armies ⓘ
rear-area administration ⓘ
historicalEra early World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
includedUnitType air force units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
cavalry divisions ⓘ
mechanized corps ⓘ
rifle divisions ⓘ
languageOfAcronym Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
militaryBranch Ground Forces of the Red Army ⓘ
notableEventContext Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 ⓘ
Soviet preparations for possible war with Germany ⓘ
partOf Red Army ⓘ
predecessor Ukrainian Military District ⓘ
role operational-strategic command ⓘ
territorial-administrative command ⓘ
subordinateTo General Staff of the Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Soviet High Command

People's Commissariat of Defence of the USSR ⓘ
successor Southwestern Front ⓘ
timePeriod pre–World War II ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction military ⓘ
usedBy Red Army High Command ⓘ

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