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Originally Posted by GrossBorn
Thanks...good info. As a follow-up: What is the geography like between Moscow and Kubyshev? Is it flat plains? Forests and hills? Marshy? Interested in how the Soviets would have defended the area.
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In terms of geography, not many obstacles really. Few forests ( nothing major ) and a few hills. The city ( now Samara ) however stood on both sides of the volga ( like Stalingrad ).
The reason it was chosen was due to its distance from Moscow ( far enough away and at the same time close enough to return ) and because it was a huge industrial city.
In terms of defending the area, this was simply not necessary. The Germans struggled with protecting their flanks and supply lines before reaching Moscow. Doing the same with now less men, 600 mile longer supply lines and more vulnerable flanks, was simply not possible.
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Originally Posted by Slipdigit
Lenin? or do you mean his cadaver?
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PPSH!!!
Actually this was the only time in Russian history when Lenin had been moved.