 After Soviet troops recaptured the region in the Battle of the Dnieper, the Kharkov Military District was reestablished in late September 1943.After the end of the war it was downgraded to a territorial military district in February 1946 and disbanded several months later, with its territory being transferred to the Kiev Military District.The Kharkov Military District was first established on 1864 as part of Dmitry Milyutin's reform of the military administrative system.