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    Operation Iskra (Russian: операция Искра, lit. 'Operation Spark'), a Soviet military operation in January 1943 during World War II, aimed to break the...
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    offensive plans (Operation Nordlicht). January–December: Increased artillery bombardments of Leningrad. 12–30 January: Operation Iskra penetrates the siege...
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  • Battle of Krasny Bor (category Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War)
    for a pincer attack near Leningrad to build on the success of Operation Iskra and completely lift the siege of Leningrad, in the process encircling a...
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  • screenwriter Iskra Dimitrova (born 1965), Macedonian artist Iskra Lawrence (born 1990), English model Iskra Mihaylova (born 1957), Bulgarian politician Iskra Velinova...
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    Construction and operation were performed under German artillery and aerial bombardment. In January 1943 the Soviet's Operation Iskra broke the encirclement...
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  • Iskra³ is an album by trombonist Paul Rutherford. It was recorded on September 26, 2004, at Lawrence Electronic Operations in the Chilterns, England, and...
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    Iskra SOZD consisted of the following organizations: Iskra Banka Iskra Commerce Iskra Servis Iskra Telematika Iskra Delta Iskra Kibernetika Iskra električna...
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    plan was approved by the Stavka and received the codename Operation Iskra (Spark). Operation Iskra began on 13 January 1943, and on 18 January Soviet forces...
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  • part in the offensive which aimed to raise the siege of Leningrad, Operation Iskra. The Stavka then intervened in Leningrad Front offensive planning during...
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    actions of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts and the Baltic Fleet in Operation Iskra. On January 18, 1943, Zhukov was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet...
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