Ivan Nikitich Khabarov was a Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 Army Commander during the World War II

World War II

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In the beginning of the Winter War

Winter War

The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet offensive on 30 November 1939 – three months after the start of World War II and the Soviet invasion of Poland – and ended on 13 March 1940 with the Moscow Peace Treaty...

, Khabarov was the Commander of the 8th Army

8th Army (Soviet Union)

The 8th Army was a field army of the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War.The 8th Army was formed in October 1939 from the Novgorod Army Operational Group of the Leningrad Military District with the task of providing security of the Northwestern borders of the USSR. The 8th Army was a field...

. He was removed from the post 13 December 1939 due to failures, and Khabarov served in the Military logistics for the rest of the war. Khabarov was replaced by Grigori Shtern

Grigori Shtern

Grigori Mihailovich Shtern 1900, Smila, Kiev Governorate – 28 October 1941) was a Soviet officer in the Red Army and military advisor during the Spanish Civil War. He also served with distinction during the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars and the Winter War....

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During the German-Soviet War, Khabarov was the leader of the Military School in the Ural Military District. In December 1943, he was appointed as a Vice Commander of the 2nd Shock Army

2nd Shock Army

The 2nd Shock Army was a field army of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. This type of formation was created in accordance with prewar doctrine that called for Shock Armies to overcome difficult defensive dispositions in order to create a tactical penetration of sufficient breadth and...

. Khabarov resigned for health reasons on 26 May 1950.