23rd Army (Soviet Union)

23rd Army
Active1941–1948
CountrySoviet Union
BranchRed Army
TypeField Army
SizeThree Corps and additional units
EngagementsInvasion of Karelian Isthmus
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant-General M. N. Gerasimov
Lieutenant-General A. I. Cherepanov
Lieutenant-General V. I. Shvetsov

The 23rd Army was a Field Army of the Soviet Union's Red Army.

Formed in May 1941 in Karelia, it fought in the Continuation War against Finland in the Karelian Isthmus and defended the northwestern approaches to Leningrad during World War II. After Finland withdrew from World War II in September 1944, the Army remained on the Finnish border and continued to garrison the Karelian Isthmus after the war until it was disbanded in 1948.