Designation of Russian/Soviet army units doesn't seem quite right: at least during World War 2, the Russian equivalent to an army group was the "front." Organizations higher than the front were often called "direction" (more or less equivalent to "theater"), as translated into English translation—the actual Russian terminology escapes me, not that I'd know what they really mean anyways. Of course, this is a bit complicated by the fact that Russian military organizations were often smaller (at least organizationally) than their German counterparts on the Eastern Front (for example, USSR got rid of army corps after massive losses of 1941 and divisions were subordinated directly to "armies"—with newly built mechanized and tank "corps" actually being division-sized formations. USSR started reconstituting corps from mid-1944 onward, as far as I know, but I don't think the new organization was actually in place by the time World War 2 ended. Someone should look into this more closely (in the original language).
Designation of Russian/Soviet army units doesn't seem quite right: at least during World War 2, the Russian equivalent to an army group was the "front." Organizations higher than the front were often called "direction" (more or less equivalent to "theater"), as translated into English translation—the actual Russian terminology escapes me, not that I'd know what they really mean anyways. Of course, this is a bit complicated by the fact that Russian military organizations were often smaller (at least organizationally) than their German counterparts on the Eastern Front (for example, USSR got rid of army corps after massive losses of 1941 and divisions were subordinated directly to "armies"—with newly built mechanized and tank "corps" actually being division-sized formations. USSR started reconstituting corps from mid-1944 onward, as far as I know, but I don't think the new organization was actually in place by the time World War 2 ended. Someone should look into this more closely (in the original language).
Edited by kimh27