The 54th Army began with Mikhail Khozin in command; but he exchanged places with Fediuninsky on October 26. Ivan Fediuninsky was then in command of the Leningrad Front since the departure of Georgy Zhukov to Moscow on October 5.(Salisbury, Harrison E. (1969). "The 900 Days: The Siege Of Leningrad". 20 - The Enemy at the Gates. En Da Capo Press. ISBN978-0060137328.)