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The Fourth Army was created in August 1939 in the Special Belorussian Military District as part of Bobruisk Army Group . In September 1939 , the Fourth Army took part in the campaign in western Belarus and Poland . After the start of the Great Patriotic War , it comprised a part of the Western Front and took part in the defenses of the area around Brest, Belarus and subsquently Propoisk ( Slavgorod ). At the end of July 1941 , the Fourth Army began to dissolve. The Fourth Army's staff members were absorbed into the general staff of the Central Front , and the troops were absorbed into other armies. At the end of September 1941 , the Fourth Army was formed as an independent army for the second time. The Fourth Army participated in the defense and attack of Tikhvin from October to December 1941 . On December 17 , 1941 , the Fourth Army was allocated to the Volkhov Front . From January 1942 to November 1943 , the Fourth Army fought on the front in Volkhov and Leningrad while also doing many rear-area duties. Unlike in other parts of the Eastern Front , the Red Army was not making significant gains in the north by 1943 . The Fourth Army was disbanded in November 1943 and set up again in January 1944 as part of the Transcaucasus Front . The staff of the Fourth Army was composed of the staff of the 34th Army . The Fourth Army was stationed in Iran until August 1945 in accordance with the Soviet-Iranian Treaty Of 1921 . COMMANDERS
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