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РусскийThe article deals with the history of the Battle of Kursk in 1943 in the Great Patriotic War, reflected in the memoirs of German, British, American and Soviet participants of the war, politicians and historians. Military operations after the collapse of the armies of the Wehrmacht and its European allies on the Volga at the beginning of 1943 in the summer of this year acquired a new character for both belligerents. The German generals developed the tactics of military revenge for the defeats at Moscow and Stalingrad, the Soviet command – the tactics of defence and counterattack on the Kursk Bulge, which would allow them to seize the initiative in offensive operations and to consolidate a radical change in the war. The command of the Wehrmacht, in order to achieve its goals, developed the operation "Citadel", an integral part of which was the operation "Panther". The Soviet command developed military operations, giving them the names of the domestic commanders "Kutuzov" and "Commander Rumyantsev." The events of July 1943 showed the increased power of the Red Army and the talent of Soviet military leaders. It made it possible not only to liberate this particular section of the theatre of operations, but also to launch an offensive along the entire front. It provided liberation of the Right-Bank Ukraine.
Key words: Operation "Citadel", Kursk Bulge, Operations "Kutuzov" and "Commander Rumyantsev", defence and counterattacks of the Red Army, Prokhorovskoe field, liberation of Orel and Belgorod, military salute at Moscow