on 10 September. From 26 September, it fought in the Melitopol Offensive. At the end of October, the army was placed in reserve and regrouped northeast of Kakhovka. The army was soon placed in the line, relieving elements of the 5th Shock Army. It defended the line of Zavadovka, Kakhovka and Britsantsy. Lieutenant General Khomenko and army artillery commander Major General Bobkov mistakenly drove their vehicles into German lines on 9 November and were killed. Stalin feared that the generals had defected to the enemy and disbanded the army. Its units were transferred to other armies. Commanders Major General Alexander Khadeyev (July - December 1941), Major General Aleksei Pervushin (December 1941 - January 15, 1942) (wounded in action) Major-General Ivan Dashichev (January 16–21, 1942) (arrested due to heavy losses during the withdrawal of the 44th Army), Colonel Serafim Rozhdestvensky (January 21 - February 11, 1942), Lieutenant General Stepan Chernyak (February 8 - May 29, 1942), Major General Andrei Khryashchev (June - July 1942), Major General Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (August - October 1942), Major General Kondrat Melnik (October 1942), Major General Grigory Kotov (October–November 1942), Lieutenant-General Vasily Khomenko (November 21, 1942 - November 9, 1943); killed in action. References 044 Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 1943 1941 establishments in the Soviet Union 1943 disestablishments in the Soviet Union