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