Leningrad People's Militia Army

Leningrad People's Militia Army
Active1941
Country Soviet Union
BranchPeople's Militia
Typerifle troops
Sizeten divisions, 17 machine-gun-artillery battalions, two tank battalions and other units
Part ofNorthern Front
Garrison/HQLeningrad and environs
Anniversaries27 June
EngagementsSiege of Leningrad
Commanders
Current
commander
General Major A.I. Subbotin

The Leningrad People's Militia Army (Russian: Армия Ленинградского Народного Ополчения) (commander General Major A.I. Subbotin) was initially an all-volunteer formation of the Soviet Union raised during the Second World War for defense of Leningrad.