17th Army (Soviet Union)

17th Army
Active1940–1946
Country Soviet Union
BranchRed Army
TypeCombined arms
SizeField army
Garrison/HQUlaan Bataar
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner (Mongolia)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Pavel Kurochkin

The 17th Army of the Red Army was a Soviet field army. Formed in 1940, the army served in the Soviet Far East during World War II and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945. It was disbanded postwar in mid-1946.