The 52nd Army was a field army of the Red Army of the Soviet Union in World War II. It was created on 25 August 1941 from the headquarters of the 25th Rifle Corps and defended north of Novgorod. On 26 September 1941, the 52nd Army headquarters was used to form the 4th Army (II Formation) and the 52nd Army headquarters itself was reestablished on 28 September 1941. In May 1943, the army was moved to control of the Stavka Reserve. Stavka released the 52nd Army to subordination of the Steppe Front in July 1943, and the 52nd Army thereafter fought in the Ukraine, southern Poland, southeastern Germany, and finally in northern Czechoslovakia.