Zhukov takes command of the Western Front
Georgy Zhukov was placed in command of the Western Front on 10 October as the Soviet command attempted to reconstruct a coherent defence after Vyazma. The immediate task was to man the Mozhaisk line and concentrate surviving and newly arriving formations on the roads leading toward Moscow. The front could not be restored as one continuous barrier at once. Soviet armies instead held the principal axes through Volokolamsk, Mozhaisk, Maloyaroslavets and Kaluga while reserves and civilian labour extended the defensive system nearer the capital.
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