successfully used on the kursk salient, when breaking through the enemy's defenses in the vitevsky and bagushevsky directions. after the victory in the battle of kursk for the artificial command of the armed forces of the eleventh guards army, demonstrated operational and strategic knowledge, bogramyan was awarded the rank of colonel general, at the same time by the decree of the presidium of the supreme soviet of the ussr, bogramyan was awarded the highest at that time, the military leader's order, the order. ivan khristoforovich bogramyan. the front command did everything to ensure that the offensive of our troops was a surprise for the fascists. and it was. the risks were such that it would not be possible to break through the german defenses in the first day. again, as in early forty-four, the troops bogged down in the foreground or on the first. in berlin and in minsk. on july 22, when it was just light, i arrived with a group of commanders at the observation post to direct the battle of the assigned units. the enemy's fire immediately weakened sharply, and just at that time a red flag rose a