Order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, March 2, 1942

Source: Tom 18

Order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR on the Appointment of Front Commanders

1. Comrade Lieutenant General Purkayev M.A. is appointed Commander of the Kalinin Front, relieving Comrade Colonel General Konev I.S.

2. Comrade Colonel General Konev I.S. is appointed Commander of the Western Front Group of Forces.

People's Commissar of Defense

I. Stalin

Note

On February 1, 1942, Stalin issued an order severely criticizing the Kalinin Front command for the botched operation to encircle and destroy the enemy grouping in the Rzhev area, due to poor coordination between formations and failure to cut the enemy's supply routes.