) , near Borki station in the former Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire ( present-day Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine ) , 295 kilometers south of Kursk , when the imperial train carrying Sending Tsar Alexander III of Russia and his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg derailed Motion at high speed .

Despite these victories , the Soviets themselves became Becoming over extended , setting up the stages for the German offensives of the Third Battle of Kharkov and the Battle of Kursk .

With the battles in the south near Kharkov and , later , Kursk using Using reinforcements for both sides , the frontline near Leningrad stabilised Cause_change_of_strength until July 1943 .