17th Army (Soviet Union)

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17th Army
Active	1940–1946
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Type	Combined arms
Size	Field army
Garrison/HQ	Ulaan Bataar
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Manchuria
Decorations	Order 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.