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Stavka, or a Front like the Western Front? Any advice on Soviet Leaders?

I think his value is in a Front command...the downside of this assignment, however, is that your fronts tend to be massively overloaded so this negatively impacts any benefit you get from the leader. If you have lots of STAVKA units at the front or in fighting range, STAVKA might be an equally good choice.

There are a lot of threads that address this I believe...if only there was a good search function!

When playing against me, I advise that Zhukov should be assigned to watch the Japanese...

I am too paranoid early in the game about getting good leaders losses. Stalin doesn't need many excuses to execute a leader. In my most current game, Zhukov and two of the better infantry commanders received Army leadership in the Leningrad area to stop the Germans from taking Leningrad (which they did). All had losing records, but it wasn't too bad. In October, Zhukov too over 1st Shock Army with 6 calvary corps as we pushed back towards Stalino (too far to go, but got all 6 to guard status very quick). He now is in charge of the Kalinin Front that was pushing the Germans back and now has become a rout, leading to a large pocket (roughly 6 divisions) and a promotion for Rokossovski. I would not not put him in STAVKA unless you have the number of units at or below maximum capacity.

He has been The Comrade President's fire man so far, and I think I will keep him in that role. I will probably put him in my reserve front command where I will assign the rest of the shock armies to him, and of course newly formed tank/infantry corps once we get that far.

Several people like to spend early APs to change out commanders then. I need more games under my belt, I let bad commanders eat losses, then in the 1st winter I replace commanders once I have a reserve of 400 AP in my pool. Find a philosophy you like and go with it.

Political ratings are a major factor in whether a leader keeps his job or not; Pavlov's 1 will often get him killed in the first or second turn.  Some of the leaders with about a 4 may get fired from a front or Stavka command within the first few months ( the losses really pile up ).

ORIGINAL: randallw

Political ratings are a major factor in whether a leader keeps his job or not; Pavlov's 1 will often get him killed in the first or second turn. 

Thats what you get for doing all that stuff to dogs

I sent Zhukov to the Japanese Front and he captured Tokyo. Now what do I do?[:D]

Btw, thanks for the ideas and replies, I appreciate the help.