OK, I think I have settled on the Soviet army formations that will take part. Five armies are represented by historical regiments, brigades, battalions and a company, as below:
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1GA, 47GRC, 280 Rifle Div., 840 Artillery Regt
1GA, 52RC, 183 Rifle Div., 227 Infantry Regt
1GA, 52RC, 183 Rifle Div., 623 Artillery Regt
1GA, 74RC, 147 Rifle Div., 15 Infantry Regt
1GA, 74RC, 147 Rifle Div., 538 Artillery Regt
1GA, 107RC, 167 Rifle Div., 156 Infantry Regt
1GA, 107RC, 167 Rifle Div., 224 Artillery Regt
1GA, 4TD, 1 Tank Bde
18A, 11RC, 24 Rifle Div., 7 Infantry Regt
18A, 11RC, 24 Rifle Div., 160 Artillery Regt
18A, 17GRC, 6 Guards Rifle Div., 4 Guards Infantry Regt
18A, 17GRC, 6 Guards Rifle Div., 34 Guards Artillery Regt
18A, 95RC, 66 Rifle Div., 33 Infantry Regt
18A, 95RC, 66 Rifle Div., 161 Artillery Regt
38A, 47RC, 121 Rifle Div., 393 Infantry Regt
38A, 47RC, 121 Rifle Div., 297 Artillery Regt
38A, 67RC, 211 Rifle Div., 887 Infantry Regt
38A, 67RC, 211 Rifle Div., 829 Artillery Regt
1TA, 3MC, 1 Mech Bde
1TA, 3MC, 1 Guards Tank Bde
1TA, 3MC, 756 AntiTank Btn
1TA, 6TC, 112 Tank Bde
1TA, 6TC, 1461 SU Regt
1TA, 6TC, 129 Guards Mortar Btn
1TA, 31TC, 100 Tank Bde
1TA, 31TC, 237 Tank Bde
1TA, 31TC, 1244 AntiTank Regt
3GTA, 9MC, 69 Mech Bde
3GTA, 9MC, 91 Tank Bde
3GTA, 9MC, 441 Heavy Guard Mortar Regt
3GTA, 6GTC, 30 Tank Bde
3GTA, 6GTC, 97 Tank Bde
3GTA, 6GTC, 1172 AntiTank Regt
3GTA, 15TC, 88 Tank Bde
3GTA, 15TC, 113 Tank Bde
3GTA, 15TC, 56 Miner-Pioneer Co.
The five armies (1st Guards Army, 18th Army, 38th Army, 1st Tank Army, 3rd Guards Tank Army) are added to the existing armies left over after Korosten fell.
I am attempting to portray the actual combat forces at about 10% strength. To do this I will make up TOEs for each of the lowest formations above, e.g. Rifle Regt, a Tank Bde so that the total Soviet force is about 10% of what front-line strength was actually combat-ready and on the ground at the time around Zhitomir.
Red commanders will be allocated an army above, or one of the Korosten remnants, about 50 units each, very roughly.
More soon...