Soviet military leaders during the Second World War. Great commanders of the Patriotic War

Marshal of the Soviet Union, four times Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded two Orders of Victory. A participant in the civil war, he participated in the defeat of the kulak-SR rebellion in the Tambov province as commander of a cavalry squadron. Participant in battles in the Mongolian People's Republic on the river. Khalkhin Gol in 1939 as commander of a Soviet army group of forces that defeated Japanese troops invading the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic. He was the commander of the Kyiv Special Military District. He began the Great Patriotic War with the rank of army general as chief of the General Staff. He was a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command.

From August 1941, he commanded the troops of the Reserve, Leningrad, and Western Fronts. In 1942, he was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief and 1st Deputy People's Commissar of Defense. In 1944-1945 he commanded the 1st Ukrainian and 1st Belorussian fronts. On behalf of the Supreme Commander, he signed the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Germany. Hosted the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, 1945. He made a huge contribution to the organization and conduct of a number of outstanding battles and operations of the Great Patriotic War.

After the war, Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov was the commander-in-chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Since March 1946 - Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces and Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR. From August 1946 until March 1953, he commanded the troops of the Odessa and Ural military districts. From March 1953 - 1st Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, and from February 1955 - Minister of Defense of the USSR until October 1957.

Awards: Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic, 6 Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of the Tuvan Republic, many medals of the Soviet Union, orders of foreign countries. Awarded the Arms of Honor. A monument to the great commander was erected in the city of Moscow.

Vasilevsky Alexander Mikhailovich (1895 - 1977)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded two Orders of Victory. Participant in the Civil War as an assistant regiment commander. He graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR in 1937. Since May 1940 - Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Red Army.

In June 1941 - major general. Since August 1941 - Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Head of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff. Since June 1942 - Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. At the same time, from October 1942 - Deputy People's Commissar of Defense.
He was directly involved in the planning and conduct of a number of outstanding battles and operations of the Great Patriotic War (Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Kursk, operations to liberate Donbass, Crimea, Belarus). Since February 1945 - commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front and member of the Supreme Command Headquarters. Since June 1945, he was appointed commander-in-chief of Soviet troops in the Far East. Under his leadership, the Manchurian strategic offensive operation to defeat the Kwantung Army was planned and successfully carried out (August 9 - September 2, 1945).

After the war - Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR. In 1949-1953 - Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Since March 1953 - 1st Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. Since 1959 - in the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense. He was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (Council of Nationalities) from 1946 to 1958 in the Voronezh electoral district, which included the city of Tambov and the region. Came to Tambov to meet with voters.

Awards: 8 Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 2 Orders of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of the Red Star, Order "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces", many medals of the Soviet Union, orders of foreign countries. Awarded the Arms of Honor.

Konev Ivan Stepanovich (1897 - 1973)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Mongolian People's Republic, awarded the Order of Victory. A participant in the Civil War, he was a commissar of a brigade, division, and headquarters of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic. Graduated from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze. Commanded a number of military districts.

He began the Great Patriotic War with the rank of lieutenant general as commander of the 19th Army. Commanded the troops of the Western, Kalinin, North-Western, Steppe, 2nd and 1st Ukrainian Fronts. Troops under the command of Konev successfully operated in the Battle of Smolensk, the Battle of Moscow and Kursk, in the crossing of the Dnieper, and distinguished themselves in the Kirovograd, Korsun-Shevchenko, Uman-Batashan, Lvov-Sandomierz, Vistula-Oder, Berlin and Prague operations. Participant in the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, 1945.

After the war - Commander-in-Chief of the Central Group of Forces, from 1946 to 1950 - Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces and Deputy Minister of the USSR Armed Forces. From 1950 to 1951 - chief inspector of the Soviet Army and deputy minister of defense. From 1951 to 1955 - commander of the troops of the Carpathian Military District. From 1955 to 1956 - 1st Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. From 1956 to 1960 - Deputy Minister of Defense and at the same time from 1955 - Commander-in-Chief of the United Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact states, from 1961 to 1962 - Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. Since April 1962 - in the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Awards: 7 Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of the Red Star, many medals of the Soviet Union, orders of foreign states.

Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (1896 - 1968)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Victory, commanded the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, 1945. Participant in the Civil War. He commanded a squadron, division and regiment. For courage and courage shown in battles, he was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner. After the war, he was the commander of the 5th Cavalry Brigade, which took part in battles with the White Chinese on the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1929. For these battles he was awarded the third Order of the Red Banner. Since 1930 he commanded cavalry divisions and corps.

K.K. Rokossovsky met the Great Patriotic War with the rank of major general as commander of the 9th mechanized corps on the Southwestern Front. From mid-July 1941 he commanded the 16th Army of the Western Front, from July 1942 - the troops of the Bryansk Front, and from September 1942 - the troops of the Don Front. From February 1943 he commanded the troops of the Central Front, and from October - the Belorussian Front. From February 1944 - by the troops of the 1st, and from November - by the 2nd Belorussian Fronts.

Troops under the command of K.K. Rokossovsky distinguished himself in the Battle of Smolensk, in the Battle of Moscow, in the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk, in the Belarusian, East Prussian, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations. In all these battles, K.K. Rokossovsky showed a bright, original talent as a commander. His operation during the liberation of Belarus (code name “Bagration”) was especially original.

After the Great Patriotic War, Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky commanded the Northern Group of Soviet Forces. In October 1949, at the request of the Polish People's Government, he was appointed Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of Poland. He was awarded the title of Marshal of Poland. In 1956, after returning to the USSR, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR. Since 1957 - Chief Inspector, Deputy Minister of Defense. Since October 1957, Rokossovsky has been the commander of the troops of the Transcaucasian Military District. From 1958 to 1962 - Deputy Minister and Chief Inspector of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Since April 1962 - Inspector General of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Awards: 7 Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 6 Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov 1st degree, many medals of the Soviet Union, orders of foreign states. Awarded the Arms of Honor.

Meretskov Kirill Afanasvich (1897 - 1968)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded the Order of Victory. Civil War participant, assistant division chief of staff. Graduated from the Academy of the Red Army in 1921. In May 1937 - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army. Since September 1938 - Commander of the Volga Military District. Since 1939 - Commander of the Leningrad Military District. He was a Soviet internationalist volunteer in Spain. Participant in the fighting on the Karelian Isthmus during the military conflict with the White Finns. Since August 1940 - Chief of the General Staff. From January to September 1941 - Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, with the rank of army general, he was a representative of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on the North-Western and Karelian fronts. From September 1941 he commanded the troops of the 7th and from November 1941 - the 4th armies. From December 1941 he commanded the troops of the Volkhov Front. From May 1942 he commanded the troops of the 33rd Army, from June 1942 - again the troops of the Volkhov Front, and from February 1944 - the Karelian Front.

From the spring of 1945 - commander of the Primorsky Group of Forces in the Far East, in August-September 1945 - troops of the 1st Far Eastern Front. Troops under the command of K.A. Meretskov successfully acted, defending Leningrad, liberating Karelia and the Arctic, and successfully carried out an offensive operation in the Far East, Eastern Manchuria and North Korea. After the war, he commanded the troops of the Primorsky, Moscow, White Sea and Northern military districts. From 1955 to 1964 - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Higher Military Educational Institutions. Since 1964, he was a member of the Group of Inspectors General of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

Awards: 7 Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 4 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of Kutuzov 1st degree, many medals of the Soviet Union.

Govorov Leonid Alexandrovich (1897 - 1955)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded the Order of Victory. Participant in the Civil War. Graduated from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze, and in 1938 - the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Participated in battles with the White Finns from 1939 to 1940 as chief of staff of the artillery of the 7th Army. In 1940 he was appointed Deputy Inspector General of Artillery of the Red Army. In May 1941, he was appointed head of the Military Artillery Academy.

In 1941, he was appointed chief of artillery of the Western direction, then chief of artillery of the Reserve Front, chief of artillery of the Western Front. From October 18, 1941, he commanded the troops of the 5th Army, which held the defense on the near approaches to Moscow in the Mozhaisk direction. Skillfully controlled army troops during the period of defense and counter-offensive. He established himself as a strong-willed commander with a deep understanding of combined arms combat tactics.

In April 1942, he was appointed commander of a group of troops of the Leningrad Front, and in June - commander of the troops of the Leningrad Front. Troops under the command of L.A. Govorova successfully participated in defensive battles and in breaking the siege of Leningrad. After the blockade of Leningrad was lifted, front troops carried out a number of successful offensive operations: Vyborg, Tallinn, Moonsund landing and others. Remaining the commander of the troops of his front, he successfully coordinated the combat operations of the troops of the 2nd and 3rd Baltic fronts.

After the war, Marshal of the Soviet Union L.A. Govorov commanded the troops of the Leningrad Military District, was the chief inspector of the ground forces, and the chief inspector of the Armed Forces of the USSR. From 1948 to 1952 he commanded the country's air defense forces, and since 1950 he was simultaneously the deputy minister of defense. Awards: 5 Orders of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of Kutuzov 1st degree, Order of the Red Star and many medals of the Soviet Union.

Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich (1898 - 1967)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded the Order of Victory, People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Participant of the 1st World War. He was in France as part of the Russian expeditionary force. Participant in the Civil War. He was a machine gunner in the 27th Infantry Division. After graduating from the junior military school, he commanded a machine gun crew of a regiment and was a battalion commander. Since 1930 - chief of staff of a cavalry regiment, then served in the headquarters of the North Caucasus and Belarusian military districts. From 1937 to 1938, a Soviet internationalist volunteer participated in the Spanish Civil War. For his distinction in these battles he was awarded the Orders of Lenin and the Red Banner. Since 1939 - teacher at the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze. Since March 1941 - commander of the 48th Rifle Corps in the south of the country (Moldavian SSR).

He began the Great Patriotic War on the border along the Prut River, where his corps held back attempts by Romanian and German units to cross to our side. In August 1941 - commander of the 6th Army. From December 1941 he commanded the troops of the Southern Front. From August to October 1942 - by troops of the 66th Army, which fought north of Stalingrad. In October-November - Deputy Commander of the Voronezh Front. From November 1942, he commanded the 2nd Guards Army, which was formed in the Tambov region. In December 1942, this army stopped and defeated the fascist strike force that was going to release the Stalingrad group of Field Marshal Paulus (Army Group DON of Field Marshal Manstein).

Since February 1943, R.Ya. Malinovsky commanded the troops of the Southern, and from March of the same year - the Southwestern Front. Front troops under his command liberated Donbass and Right Bank Ukraine. In the spring of 1944, troops under the command of R.Ya. Malinovsky was liberated by the cities of Nikolaev and Odessa. Since May 1944 RL. Malinovsky commanded the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. At the end of August, the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, together with the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, carried out an important strategic operation - Iasi-Kishinev. This is one of the outstanding operations of the Great Patriotic War. In the autumn of 1944 - spring of 1945, troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front carried out the Debrecen, Budapest and Vienna operations, defeating fascist troops in Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia. Since July 1945, R.Ya. Malinovsky commanded the troops of the Transbaikal District and participated in the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army. After the Great Patriotic War from 1945 to 1947, Marshal of the Soviet Union R.Ya. Malinovsky commanded the troops of the Transbaikal-Amur Military District. From 1947 to 1953 - commander of the Far East troops, from 1953 to 1956 - commander of the Far Eastern Military District.

In March 1956, he was appointed 1st Deputy Minister of Defense and Commander of the USSR Ground Forces. From 1957 to 1967 R.Ya. Malinovsky served as Minister of Defense of the USSR. Awards: 5 Orders of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of Kutuzov 1st degree and many medals of the Soviet Union.

Tolbukhin Fedor Ivanovich (1894 - 1949)

Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Order of Victory, Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Participant in the Civil War. He was the chief of staff of the division and the chief of the operations department of the army headquarters. After the Civil War - chief of staff of a rifle division and corps. In 1934 he graduated from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze. Since 1937 - commander of a rifle division. From July 1938 to August 1941 - chief of staff of the Transcaucasian Military District.

During the Great Patriotic War - chief of staff of the Transcaucasian, Caucasian and Crimean fronts. In May - July 1942 - Deputy Commander of the Stalingrad Military District. Since July 1942 - commander of the 57th Army of the Stalingrad Front. Since February 1943 - commander of the 68th Army on the North-Western Front. Since March 1943, F.I. Tolbukhin was appointed commander of the troops of the Southern Front, renamed on October 20, 1943 into the 4th Ukrainian Front. From May 1944 until the end of the war, he commanded the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. Commanding the troops, he showed brilliant leadership talent and organizational skills. The troops under his command successfully operated in the operations to liberate Donbass and Crimea. In August 1944, the troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, together with the troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, brilliantly carried out the Iasi-Kishinev operation.

Front troops under the command of F.I. Tolbukhin participated in the Belgrade, Budapest, Balaton and Vienna operations. F.I. Tolbukhin skillfully organized the interaction of Soviet troops with the troops of the Bulgarian and Yugoslav armies. Since September 1944, Marshal F.I. Tolbukhin was the chairman of the Allied Control Commission in Bulgaria.

After the Great Patriotic War, from July 1945 to January 1947, F.I. Tolbukhin - Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Group of Soviet Forces. Since 1947 - Commander of the Transcaucasian Military District. Awards: 2 Orders of Lenin, 3 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of Kutuzov 1st degree, Order of the Red Star, many foreign orders and medals of the Soviet Union. Marshal of the Soviet Union F.I. A monument to Tolbukhin was erected in Moscow. The city of Dobrich in Bulgaria was renamed the city of Tolbukhin.

Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich (1895 - 1970)

Participant in the Civil War. He commanded a platoon, squadron, regiment, separate cavalry brigade, 6th cavalry and 4th cavalry divisions. For courage and valor in the battles of the Civil War, he was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner. After the Civil War, he commanded a cavalry corps, and from August 1933 he was deputy commander of the Belarusian Military District. From July 1937 - commander of the troops of the North Caucasus, from September - of the Kharkov, and from February 1938 - of the Kyiv special military district.

In September 1939, troops of the Ukrainian district made a liberation campaign in Western Ukraine. During the Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940, he commanded the troops of the North-Western Front. He led the breakthrough of the Finnish defensive line of Mannerheim. Awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In May 1940, he was appointed People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was the People's Commissar of Defense and a representative of the Headquarters of the High Command. Since July 1941 - Commander-in-Chief of the Western Direction. Member of the SVG, Deputy People's Commissar of Defense. From September 1941 to June 1942 - Commander-in-Chief of the South-Western direction. At the same time, in July - September 1941, he was commander of the Western Front. In September-December 1941 and in April-July 1942, he commanded the troops of the Southwestern Front. In July 1942 - by the troops of the Stalingrad Front, and from October 1942 to March 1943 - by the troops of the North-Western Front. Since March 1943, as a representative of the SVG, he coordinated military actions on a number of fronts. After the Great Patriotic War, Marshal of the Soviet Union S.K. Timoshenko commanded the troops of the Baranovichi, South Ural and Belarusian military districts.

Since April 1960 - Inspector General of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Since 1961 - Chairman of the Soviet War Veterans Committee. Awards: 5 Orders of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, 5 Orders of the Red Banner, 3 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, foreign orders and many medals of the Soviet Union. Awarded the Arms of Honor.

Antonov Alexey Innokentievich (1896 - 1962)

Army General, awarded the Order of Victory. Participant in the Civil War. He took part in the defeat of the Kornilov rebellion and in battles on the Southern Front as assistant chief of staff of the 1st Moscow Workers' Division. Then he was the chief of staff of the rifle brigade, crossed the Sivash, and participated in the defeat of the Wrangel troops in the Crimea. Graduated from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze in 1931 and the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1937. He worked his way up from the head of the operational department of the division headquarters to the chief of staff of the Moscow Military District. He proved himself to be a major operational staff worker with a broad political and military outlook. In 1938-1940 he worked as head of the department of general tactics of the Military Academy named after. M.V. Frunze.

The Great Patriotic War found A.I. Antonov as deputy chief of staff of the Kyiv Special Military District. Soon A.I. Antonov headed the group for forming the control of the Southern Front. In August 1941, A.I. Antonov was appointed chief of staff of the Southern Front. In July - November 1942 A.I. Antonov is the chief of staff of the North Caucasus Front, and then of the Black Sea Group of Forces and the Transcaucasian Front. In these posts he showed deep military knowledge and demonstrated outstanding organizational skills.

In December 1942, the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command appointed A.I. Antonov as first deputy chief of the General Staff and head of the operational department. In May 1943, he was focused on fulfilling his duties as 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Army General A.I. Antonov participated in the development of many operations of the Great Patriotic War. Since February 1945, A.I. Antonov - Chief of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces. He was part of the SVGK. In 1945 A.I. Antonov was part of the Soviet delegation at the Crimean and Potsdam conferences. After the Great Patriotic War, Army General A.I. Antonov was the first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1948.

From 1948 - deputy, and from 1950 to 1954 - commander of the Transcaucasian Military District. In April 1954, he returned to work at the General Staff as First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. Elected a member of the board of the Ministry of Defense. In 1955, he was appointed chief of staff of the armies of the Warsaw Pact member states. He worked in this position until the end of his life. Awards: 3 Orders of Lenin, 4 Orders of the Red Banner, 2 Orders of Suvorov 1st degree, Order of Kutuzov 1st degree, Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree, many medals of the Soviet Union, 14 foreign orders.

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Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich (1896-1974)

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was born on November 1, 1896 in the Kaluga region, into a peasant family. During the First World War, he was drafted into the army and enrolled in a regiment stationed in the Kharkov province. In the spring of 1916, he was enrolled in a group sent to officer courses. After studying, Zhukov became a non-commissioned officer and joined a dragoon regiment, with which he participated in the battles of the Great War. Soon he received a concussion from a mine explosion and was sent to the hospital. He managed to prove himself, and for capturing a German officer he was awarded the Cross of St. George.

After the civil war, he completed the courses for Red commanders. He commanded a cavalry regiment, then a brigade. He was an assistant inspector of the Red Army cavalry.

In January 1941, shortly before the German invasion of the USSR, Zhukov was appointed chief of the General Staff and deputy people's commissar of defense.

Commanded the troops of the Reserve, Leningrad, Western, 1st Belorussian fronts, coordinated the actions of a number of fronts, made a great contribution to achieving victory in the battle of Moscow, in the Battles of Stalingrad, Kursk, in the Belarusian, Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations. Four times Hero of the Soviet Union , holder of two Orders of Victory, many other Soviet and foreign orders and medals.

Vasilevsky Alexander Mikhailovich (1895-1977)- Marshal of the Soviet Union.

During the Great Patriotic War, as Chief of the General Staff (1942-1945), he took an active part in the development and implementation of almost all major operations on the Soviet-German front. From February 1945, he commanded the 3rd Belorussian Front and led the assault on Königsberg. In 1945, commander-in-chief of Soviet troops in the Far East in the war with Japan.

Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (1896-1968)- Marshal of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Poland.

Born on December 21, 1896 in the small Russian town of Velikie Luki (formerly Pskov province), in the family of a Pole railway driver, Xavier-Józef Rokossovsky and his Russian wife Antonina. After the birth of Konstantin, the Rokossovsky family moved to Warsaw. At less than 6 years old, Kostya was orphaned: his father was in a train accident and died in 1902 after a long illness. In 1911, his mother also died. With the outbreak of World War I, Rokossovsky asked to join one of the Russian regiments heading west through Warsaw.

With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he commanded the 9th Mechanized Corps. In the summer of 1941 he was appointed commander of the 4th Army. He managed to somewhat hold back the advance of the German armies on the western front. In the summer of 1942, he became commander of the Bryansk Front. The Germans managed to approach the Don and, from advantageous positions, create threats to capture Stalingrad and break through to the North Caucasus. With a blow from his army, he prevented the Germans from trying to break through to the north, towards the city of Yelets. Rokossovsky took part in the counter-offensive of Soviet troops near Stalingrad. His ability to conduct combat operations played a big role in the success of the operation. In 1943, he led the central front, which, under his command, began defensive battles on the Kursk Bulge. A little later, he organized an offensive and liberated significant territories from the Germans. He also led the liberation of Belarus, implementing the Headquarters plan - “Bagration”.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Konev Ivan Stepanovich (1897-1973)- Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Born in December 1897 in one of the villages of the Vologda province. His family was peasant. In 1916, the future commander was drafted into the tsarist army. He participates in the First World War as a non-commissioned officer.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Konev commanded the 19th Army, which took part in battles with the Germans and closed the capital from the enemy. For successful leadership of the army's actions, he receives the rank of colonel general.

During the Great Patriotic War, Ivan Stepanovich managed to be the commander of several fronts: Kalinin, Western, Northwestern, Steppe, Second Ukrainian and First Ukrainian. In January 1945, the First Ukrainian Front, together with the First Belorussian Front, launched the offensive Vistula-Oder operation. The troops managed to occupy several cities of strategic importance, and even liberate Krakow from the Germans. At the end of January, the Auschwitz camp was liberated from the Nazis. In April, two fronts launched an offensive in the Berlin direction. Soon Berlin was taken, and Konev took direct part in the assault on the city.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Vatutin Nikolai Fedorovich (1901-1944)- army general.

Born on December 16, 1901 in the village of Chepukhino, Kursk province, into a large peasant family. He graduated from four classes of the zemstvo school, where he was considered the first student.

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, Vatutin visited the most critical sectors of the front. The staff worker turned into a brilliant combat commander.

On February 21, Headquarters instructed Vatutin to prepare an attack on Dubno and further on Chernivtsi. On February 29, the general was heading to the headquarters of the 60th Army. On the way, his car was fired upon by a detachment of Ukrainian Bandera partisans. The wounded Vatutin died on the night of April 15 in a Kiev military hospital.

In 1965, Vatutin was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Katukov Mikhail Efimovich (1900-1976)- Marshal of the Armored Forces. One of the founders of the Tank Guard.

Born on September 4 (17), 1900 in the village of Bolshoye Uvarovo, then Kolomna district, Moscow province, into a large peasant family (his father had seven children from two marriages). He graduated with a diploma of commendation from an elementary rural school, during which he was the first student in the class and schools.

In the Soviet Army - since 1919.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he took part in defensive operations in the area of the cities of Lutsk, Dubno, Korosten, showing himself to be a skillful, proactive organizer of a tank battle with superior enemy forces. These qualities were brilliantly demonstrated in the Battle of Moscow, when he commanded the 4th Tank Brigade. In the first half of October 1941, near Mtsensk, on a number of defensive lines, the brigade steadfastly held back the advance of enemy tanks and infantry and inflicted enormous damage on them. Having completed a 360-km march to the Istra orientation, the M.E. brigade. Katukova, as part of the 16th Army of the Western Front, heroically fought in the Volokolamsk direction and participated in the counter-offensive near Moscow. On November 11, 1941, for brave and skillful military actions, the brigade was the first in the tank forces to receive the rank of guards. In 1942, M.E. Katukov commanded the 1st Tank Corps, which repelled the onslaught of enemy troops in the Kursk-Voronezh direction, from September 1942 - the 3rd Mechanized Corps. In January 1943, he was appointed commander of the 1st Tank Army, which was part of the Voronezh, and later the 1st The Ukrainian Front distinguished itself in the Battle of Kursk and during the liberation of Ukraine. In April 1944, the armed forces were transformed into the 1st Guards Tank Army, which, under the command of M.E. Katukova participated in the Lviv-Sandomierz, Vistula-Oder, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations, crossed the Vistula and Oder rivers.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Rotmistrov Pavel Alekseevich (1901-1982)- Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces.

Born in the village of Skovorovo, now Selizharovsky district, Tver region, into a large peasant family (he had 8 brothers and sisters). In 1916 he graduated from higher elementary school.

In the Soviet Army from April 1919 (he was enlisted in the Samara Workers' Regiment), a participant in the Civil War.

During the Great Patriotic War P.A. Rotmistrov fought on the Western, Northwestern, Kalinin, Stalingrad, Voronezh, Steppe, South-Western, 2nd Ukrainian and 3rd Belorussian fronts. He commanded the 5th Guards Tank Army, which distinguished itself in the Battle of Kursk. In the summer of 1944, P.A. Rotmistrov and his army took part in the Belarusian offensive operation, the liberation of the cities of Borisov, Minsk, and Vilnius. Since August 1944, he was appointed deputy commander of the armored and mechanized forces of the Soviet Army.

Hero of the Soviet Union.

Kravchenko Andrey Grigorievich (1899-1963)- Colonel General of Tank Forces.

Born on November 30, 1899 on the Sulimin farm, now the village of Sulimovka, Yagotinsky district, Kyiv region of Ukraine, in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1925. Participant in the Civil War. He graduated from the Poltava Military Infantry School in 1923, the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze in 1928.

From June 1940 to the end of February 1941 A.G. Kravchenko - chief of staff of the 16th tank division, and from March to September 1941 - chief of staff of the 18th mechanized corps.

On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since September 1941. Commander of the 31st Tank Brigade (09/09/1941 - 01/10/1942). Since February 1942, deputy commander of the 61st Army for tank forces. Chief of Staff of the 1st Tank Corps (03/31/1942 - 07/30/1942). Commanded the 2nd (07/2/1942 - 09/13/1942) and 4th (from 02/7/43 - 5th Guards; from 09/18/1942 to 01/24/1944) tank corps.

In November 1942, the 4th Corps took part in the encirclement of the 6th German Army at Stalingrad, in July 1943 - in the tank battle near Prokhorovka, in October of the same year - in the Battle of the Dnieper.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Novikov Alexander Alexandrovich (1900-1976)- Air Chief Marshal.

Born on November 19, 1900 in the village of Kryukovo, Nerekhta district, Kostroma region. He received his education at the teachers' seminary in 1918.

In the Soviet Army since 1919

In aviation since 1933. Participant of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. He was the commander of the Northern Air Force, then the Leningrad Front. From April 1942 until the end of the war, he was the commander of the Red Army Air Force. In March 1946, he was illegally repressed (together with A.I. Shakhurin), rehabilitated in 1953.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Kuznetsov Nikolay Gerasimovich (1902-1974)- Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. People's Commissar of the Navy.

Born on July 11 (24), 1904 in the family of Gerasim Fedorovich Kuznetsov (1861-1915), a peasant in the village of Medvedki, Veliko-Ustyug district, Vologda province (now in the Kotlas district of the Arkhangelsk region).

In 1919, at the age of 15, he joined the Severodvinsk flotilla, giving himself two years to be accepted (the erroneous birth year of 1902 is still found in some reference books). In 1921-1922 he was a combatant in the Arkhangelsk naval crew.
During the Great Patriotic War, N. G. Kuznetsov was the chairman of the Main Military Council of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Navy. He led the fleet promptly and energetically, coordinating its actions with the operations of other armed forces. The admiral was a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and constantly traveled to ships and fronts. The fleet prevented an invasion of the Caucasus from the sea. In 1944, N. G. Kuznetsov was awarded the military rank of fleet admiral. On May 25, 1945, this rank was equated to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union and marshal-type shoulder straps were introduced.

Hero of the Soviet Union.

Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich (1906-1945)- army general.

Born in the city of Uman. His father was a railway worker, so it is not surprising that in 1915 his son followed in his father’s footsteps and entered a railway school. In 1919, a real tragedy occurred in the family: his parents died due to typhus, so the boy was forced to leave school and take up farming. He worked as a shepherd, driving cattle into the field in the morning, and sat down to his textbooks every free minute. Immediately after dinner, I ran to the teacher for clarification of the material.

During the Second World War, he was one of those young military leaders who, by their example, motivated the soldiers, gave them confidence and gave them faith in a bright future.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

The fate of millions of people depended on their decisions! This is not the entire list of our great commanders of the Second World War!

Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich (1896-1974) Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was born on November 1, 1896 in the Kaluga region, into a peasant family. During the First World War, he was drafted into the army and enrolled in a regiment stationed in the Kharkov province. In the spring of 1916, he was enrolled in a group sent to officer courses. After studying, Zhukov became a non-commissioned officer and joined a dragoon regiment, with which he participated in the battles of the Great War. Soon he received a concussion from a mine explosion and was sent to the hospital. He managed to prove himself, and for capturing a German officer he was awarded the Cross of St. George.

After the civil war, he completed the courses for Red commanders. He commanded a cavalry regiment, then a brigade. He was an assistant inspector of the Red Army cavalry.

In January 1941, shortly before the German invasion of the USSR, Zhukov was appointed chief of the General Staff and deputy people's commissar of defense.

Vasilevsky Alexander Mikhailovich (1895-1977) - Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Born on September 16 (September 30), 1895 in the village. Novaya Golchikha, Kineshma district, Ivanovo region, in the family of a priest, Russian. In February 1915, after graduating from the Kostroma Theological Seminary, he entered the Alekseevsky Military School (Moscow) and graduated from it in 4 months (in June 1915).
During the Great Patriotic War, as Chief of the General Staff (1942-1945), he took an active part in the development and implementation of almost all major operations on the Soviet-German front. From February 1945, he commanded the 3rd Belorussian Front and led the assault on Königsberg. In 1945, commander-in-chief of Soviet troops in the Far East in the war with Japan.
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Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (1896-1968) - Marshal of the Soviet Union, Marshal of Poland.

With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he commanded the 9th Mechanized Corps. In the summer of 1941 he was appointed commander of the 4th Army. He managed to somewhat hold back the advance of the German armies on the western front. In the summer of 1942 he became commander of the Bryansk Front. The Germans managed to approach the Don and, from advantageous positions, create threats to capture Stalingrad and break through to the North Caucasus. With a blow from his army, he prevented the Germans from trying to break through to the north, towards the city of Yelets. Rokossovsky took part in the counter-offensive of Soviet troops near Stalingrad. His ability to conduct combat operations played a big role in the success of the operation. In 1943, he led the central front, which, under his command, began the defensive battle on the Kursk Bulge. A little later, he organized an offensive and liberated significant territories from the Germans. He also led the liberation of Belarus, implementing the Stavka plan - “Bagration”
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Konev Ivan Stepanovich (1897-1973) - Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Vatutin Nikolai Fedorovich (1901-1944) - army general.

Born on December 16, 1901 in the village of Chepukhino, Kursk province, into a large peasant family. He graduated from four classes of the zemstvo school, where he was considered the first student.

In the first days of the Great Patriotic War, Vatutin visited the most critical sectors of the front. The staff worker turned into a brilliant combat commander.

Katukov Mikhail Efimovich (1900-1976) - Marshal of the armored forces. One of the founders of the Tank Guard.

Rotmistrov Pavel Alekseevich (1901-1982) - chief marshal of the armored forces.

Born in the village of Skovorovo, now Selizharovsky district, Tver region, into a large peasant family (he had 8 brothers and sisters)... In 1916 he graduated from higher primary school

In the Soviet Army from April 1919 (he was enlisted in the Samara Workers' Regiment), a participant in the Civil War.

During the Great Patriotic War P.A. Rotmistrov fought on the Western, Northwestern, Kalinin, Stalingrad, Voronezh, Steppe, Southwestern, 2nd Ukrainian and 3rd Belorussian fronts. He commanded the 5th Guards Tank Army, which distinguished itself in the Battle of Kursk. In the summer of 1944, P.A. Rotmistrov and his army took part in the Belarusian offensive operation, the liberation of the cities of Borisov, Minsk, and Vilnius. Since August 1944, he was appointed deputy commander of the armored and mechanized forces of the Soviet Army.

Kravchenko Andrey Grigorievich (1899-1963) - Colonel General of tank forces.
Born on November 30, 1899 on the Sulimin farm, now the village of Sulimovka, Yagotinsky district, Kyiv region of Ukraine, in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1925. Participant in the Civil War. He graduated from the Poltava Military Infantry School in 1923, the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze in 1928.
From June 1940 to the end of February 1941 A.G. Kravchenko - chief of staff of the 16th tank division, and from March to September 1941 - chief of staff of the 18th mechanized corps.
On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War since September 1941. Commander of the 31st Tank Brigade (09/09/1941 - 01/10/1942). Since February 1942, deputy commander of the 61st Army for tank forces. Chief of Staff of the 1st Tank Corps (03/31/1942 - 07/30/1942). Commanded the 2nd (07/2/1942 - 09/13/1942) and 4th (from 02/7/43 - 5th Guards; from 09/18/1942 to 01/24/1944) tank corps.
In November 1942, the 4th Corps took part in the encirclement of the 6th German Army at Stalingrad, in July 1943 - in the tank battle near Prokhorovka, in October of the same year - in the Battle of the Dnieper.

Novikov Alexander Alexandrovich (1900-1976) - chief marshal of aviation.
Born on November 19, 1900 in the village of Kryukovo, Nerekhta district, Kostroma region. He received his education at the teachers' seminary in 1918.
In the Soviet Army since 1919
In aviation since 1933. Participant of the Great Patriotic War from the first day. He was the commander of the Northern Air Force, then the Leningrad Front. From April 1942 until the end of the war, he was the commander of the Red Army Air Force. In March 1946, he was illegally repressed (together with A.I. Shakhurin), rehabilitated in 1953.

Kuznetsov Nikolai Gerasimovich (1902-1974) - Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union. People's Commissar of the Navy.
Born on July 11 (24), 1904 in the family of Gerasim Fedorovich Kuznetsov (1861-1915), a peasant in the village of Medvedki, Veliko-Ustyug district, Vologda province (now in the Kotlas district of the Arkhangelsk region).
In 1919, at the age of 15, he joined the Severodvinsk flotilla, giving himself two years to be accepted (the erroneous birth year of 1902 is still found in some reference books). In 1921-1922 he was a combatant in the Arkhangelsk naval crew.
During the Great Patriotic War, N. G. Kuznetsov was the chairman of the Main Military Council of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Navy. He led the fleet promptly and energetically, coordinating its actions with the operations of other armed forces. The admiral was a member of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command and constantly traveled to ships and fronts. The fleet prevented an invasion of the Caucasus from the sea. In 1944, N. G. Kuznetsov was awarded the military rank of fleet admiral. On May 25, 1945, this rank was equated to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union and marshal-type shoulder straps were introduced.

Hero of the Soviet Union,Chernyakhovsky Ivan Danilovich (1906-1945) - army general.
Born in the city of Uman. His father was a railway worker, so it is not surprising that in 1915 his son followed in his father’s footsteps and entered a railway school. In 1919, a real tragedy occurred in the family: his parents died due to typhus, so the boy was forced to leave school and take up farming. He worked as a shepherd, driving cattle into the field in the morning, and sat down to his textbooks every free minute. Immediately after dinner, I ran to the teacher for clarification of the material.
During the Second World War, he was one of those young military leaders who, by their example, motivated the soldiers, gave them confidence and gave them faith in a bright future.

Soviet propaganda did its job, and every schoolchild knew the names of these military leaders. And the phrase of Mikhail Ulyanov in the role of Zhukov: “To fight to the death... made me shiver.” However, recently there have been a lot of alternative points of view that cast doubt on the abilities of the commanders of that war, pointing to obvious tactical miscalculations and unjustified sacrifices. Whether this is true or not, I don’t know, but I’m sure that, sitting at a computer with a cup of coffee, it’s very easy to evaluate people’s actions, find mistakes and move entire armies, everything is different in life and understand the motives for actions without having all the data very not easy.
Let's remember the names of these people.

1. Zhukov (1896-1974)

Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov is a three-time hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, who has the Order of Suvorov, 1st degree, and two Orders of Victory. Participated in the Leningrad and Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk battles. In 1944 he was appointed commander of the First Belorussian Front.

2 Voroshilov (1881-1969)

Voroshilov Kliment Efremovich - twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor, since 1935 - Marshal of the Soviet Union. In 1942-43 he was the commander-in-chief of the partisan movement, and in 1943 he was the coordinator of troops in breaking the siege of Leningrad.

3 Rokossovsky (1896-1968)

Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky is one of the most titled military leaders of the Great Patriotic War. It was he who was entrusted with commanding the Victory Parade in 1945. Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland, Rokossovsky was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Victory, the Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov, 1st degree. Known for his participation in many military operations, including Operation Bagration for the liberation of Belarus. He commanded troops in the Battles of Stalingrad and Leningrad, participated in the Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations.

4 Tolbukhin (1894-1949)

Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin is a man who went through the war from chief of staff (1941) to Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944). His troops took part in the Crimean, Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna and other operations. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Tolbukhin posthumously in 1965.

5 Chernyakhovsky (1906-1945)

Ivan Danilovich Chernyakhovsky is the commander of dozens of successful military operations. At the age of 35, he became the commander of a tank division, and from 1944, the commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, awarded many orders and medals. He died in 1945 from a fatal wound.

6 Govorov (1897-1955)

Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov - Hero and Marshal of the Soviet Union, commander at different times of the Leningrad and Baltic fronts. He led the defense of Leningrad for 670 of the 900 days of the siege. Participated in the liberation of Borodino. He led the encirclement of the Kurland group of Germans, who capitulated on May 8, 1945.

7 Malinovsky (1898-1967)

Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky - twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, holder of the highest Soviet Order of Victory. Participated in the liberation of Rostov and Donbass, led the Zaporozhye and Odessa operations.

8 Konev (1897-1973)

Ivan Stepanovich Konev - commander of the army and fronts, and since 1950 - deputy. Minister of Defense During the Great Patriotic War, he participated in the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of Moscow, in the Berlin, Vistula-Oder and Paris operations.

9 Vasilevsky (1885-1977)

Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky - Hero and Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff, Commander of the 3rd Belorussian and 1st Baltic Fronts. Participated in operations to liberate Donbass, Crimea, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. He led troops in the Far East in the Russo-Japanese War.

10 Tymoshenko (1895-1970)

Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko is a holder of the Order of Victory, awarded a personalized saber with the coat of arms of the USSR. He took part in the Leningrad and Moscow battles; in the Iasi-Kishinev and Budapest operations, and also took part in the liberation of Vienna.

During the Great Patriotic War, the combined arms and tank armies of the Red Army were large military formations designed to solve complex operational problems.
In order to effectively manage this army structure, the army commander had to have high organizational skills, be well aware of the features of the use of all types of troops included in his army, but also, of course, have a strong character.
During the fighting, various military leaders were appointed to the post of army commander, but only the most trained and talented of them remained there until the end of the war. Most of those who commanded armies at the end of the Great Patriotic War occupied lower positions before it began.
Thus, it is known that during the war years, a total of 325 military leaders served as commanders of a combined arms army. And the tank armies were commanded by 20 people.
At the beginning, there was a frequent change of tank commanders, for example, the commanders of the 5th Tank Army were Lieutenant General M.M. Popov (25 days), I.T. Shlemin (3 months), A.I. Lizyukov (33 days, until his death in battle on July 17, 1942), 1st commanded (16 days) artilleryman K.S. Moskalenko, 4th (for two months) - cavalryman V.D. Kryuchenkin and the shortest TA commander (9 days) was the combined arms commander (P.I. Batov).
Subsequently, the commanders of tank armies during the war were the most stable group of military leaders. Almost all of them, having begun to fight as colonels, successfully commanded tank brigades, divisions, tank and mechanized corps, and in 1942-1943. led the tank armies and commanded them until the end of the war. http://www.mywebs.su/blog/history/10032.html

Of the combined arms military commanders who ended the war as army commanders, 14 people before the war commanded corps, 14 - divisions, 2 - brigades, one - a regiment, 6 were in teaching and command work in educational institutions, 16 officers were staff commanders at various levels, 3 were deputy division commanders and 1 deputy corps commander.

Only 5 generals who commanded armies at the start of the war ended it in the same position: three (N.E. Berzarin, F.D. Gorelenko and V.I. Kuznetsov) on the Soviet-German front and two more (M. F. Terekhin and L.G. Cheremisov) - on the Far Eastern Front.

In total, 30 military leaders from among the army commanders died during the war, of them:

22 people were killed or died from wounds received in battle,

2 (K. M. Kachanov and A. A. Korobkov) were repressed,

2 (M. G. Efremov and A. K. Smirnov) committed suicide to avoid capture,

2 people died in plane (S. D. Akimov) and car accidents (I. G. Zakharkin),

1 (P.F. Alferyev) went missing and 1 (F.A. Ershakov) died in a concentration camp.

For success in planning and carrying out combat operations during the war and immediately after its end, 72 military commanders from among the army commanders were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, 9 of them twice. After the collapse of the USSR, two generals were posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

During the war years, the Red Army consisted of about 93 combined arms, guards, shock and tank armies, of which there were:

1 seaside;

70 combined arms;

11 Guards (from 1 to 11);

5 drums (from 1 to 5);

6 tank guards;

In addition, the Red Army had:

18 air armies (from 1 to 18);

7 air defense armies;

10 sapper armies (from 1 to 10);

In the Independent Military Review dated April 30, 2004. a rating of commanders of the Second World War was published, below is an extract from this rating, an assessment of the combat activity of the commanders of the main combined arms and tank Soviet armies:

3. Commanders of combined arms armies.

Chuikov Vasily Ivanovich (1900-1982) - Marshal of the Soviet Union. Since September 1942 - commander of the 62nd (8th Guards) Army. He particularly distinguished himself in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Batov Pavel Ivanovich (1897-1985) - army general. Commander of the 51st, 3rd armies, assistant commander of the Bryansk Front, commander of the 65th army.

Beloborodov Afanasy Pavlantievich (1903-1990) - army general. Since the beginning of the war - commander of a division, rifle corps. Since 1944 - commander of the 43rd, in August-September 1945 - 1st Red Banner Army.

Grechko Andrey Antonovich (1903-1976) - Marshal of the Soviet Union. Since April 1942 - commander of the 12th, 47th, 18th, 56th armies, deputy commander of the Voronezh (1st Ukrainian) Front, commander of the 1st Guards Army.

Krylov Nikolai Ivanovich (1903-1972) - Marshal of the Soviet Union. From July 1943 he commanded the 21st and 5th armies. He had unique experience in the defense of besieged large cities, being the chief of staff of the defense of Odessa, Sevastopol and Stalingrad.

Moskalenko Kirill Semenovich (1902-1985) - Marshal of the Soviet Union. Since 1942, he commanded the 38th, 1st Tank, 1st Guards and 40th armies.

Pukhov Nikolai Pavlovich (1895-1958) - Colonel General. In 1942-1945. commanded the 13th Army.

Chistyakov Ivan Mikhailovich (1900-1979) - Colonel General. In 1942-1945. commanded the 21st (6th Guards) and 25th armies.

Gorbatov Alexander Vasilievich (1891-1973) - army general. Since June 1943 - commander of the 3rd Army.

Kuznetsov Vasily Ivanovich (1894-1964) - Colonel General. During the war years he commanded the troops of the 3rd, 21st, 58th, 1st Guards Armies; since 1945 - commander of the 3rd Shock Army.

Luchinsky Alexander Alexandrovich (1900-1990) - army general. Since 1944 - commander of the 28th and 36th armies. He especially distinguished himself in the Belarusian and Manchurian operations.

Lyudnikov Ivan Ivanovich (1902-1976) - Colonel General. During the war he commanded a rifle division and corps, and in 1942 he was one of the heroic defenders of Stalingrad. Since May 1944 - commander of the 39th Army, which participated in the Belarusian and Manchurian operations.

Galitsky Kuzma Nikitovich (1897-1973) - army general. Since 1942 - commander of the 3rd shock and 11th guards armies.

Zhadov Alexey Semenovich (1901-1977) - army general. Since 1942 he commanded the 66th (5th Guards) Army.

Glagolev Vasily Vasilievich (1896-1947) - Colonel General. Commanded the 9th, 46th, 31st, and in 1945 the 9th Guards armies. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Kursk, the battle for the Caucasus, during the crossing of the Dnieper, and the liberation of Austria and Czechoslovakia.

Kolpakchi Vladimir Yakovlevich (1899-1961) - army general. Commanded the 18th, 62nd, 30th, 63rd, 69th armies. He acted most successfully in the Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations.

Pliev Issa Alexandrovich (1903-1979) - army general. During the war years - commander of guards cavalry divisions, corps, commander of cavalry-mechanized groups. He particularly distinguished himself by his bold and daring actions in the Manchurian strategic operation.

Fedyuninsky Ivan Ivanovich (1900-1977) - army general. During the war years, he was commander of the 32nd and 42nd armies, the Leningrad Front, 54th and 5th armies, deputy commander of the Volkhov and Bryansk fronts, commander of the 11th and 2nd shock armies.

Belov Pavel Alekseevich (1897-1962) - Colonel General. Commanded the 61st Army. He was distinguished by decisive maneuvering actions during the Belarusian, Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations.

Shumilov Mikhail Stepanovich (1895-1975) - Colonel General. From August 1942 until the end of the war, he commanded the 64th Army (from 1943 - the 7th Guards), which, together with the 62nd Army, heroically defended Stalingrad.

Berzarin Nikolai Erastovich (1904-1945) - Colonel General. Commander of the 27th and 34th armies, deputy commander of the 61st and 20th armies, commander of the 39th and 5th shock armies. He particularly distinguished himself by his skillful and decisive actions in the Berlin operation.

4. Commanders of tank armies.

Katukov Mikhail Efimovich (1900-1976) - Marshal of the Armored Forces. One of the founders of the Tank Guard is the commander of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, 1st Guards Tank Corps. Since 1943 - commander of the 1st Tank Army (since 1944 - Guards Army).

Bogdanov Semyon Ilyich (1894-1960) - Marshal of the Armored Forces. Since 1943, he commanded the 2nd (since 1944 - Guards) Tank Army.

Rybalko Pavel Semenovich (1894-1948) - Marshal of the Armored Forces. From July 1942 he commanded the 5th, 3rd and 3rd Guards Tank Armies.

Lelyushenko Dmitry Danilovich (1901-1987) - army general. From October 1941 he commanded the 5th, 30th, 1st, 3rd Guards, 4th Tank (from 1945 - Guards) armies.

Rotmistrov Pavel Alekseevich (1901-1982) - Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces. He commanded a tank brigade and a corps and distinguished himself in the Stalingrad operation. Since 1943 he commanded the 5th Guards Tank Army. Since 1944 - Deputy Commander of the armored and mechanized forces of the Soviet Army.

Kravchenko Andrey Grigorievich (1899-1963) - Colonel General of Tank Forces. Since 1944 - commander of the 6th Guards Tank Army. He showed an example of highly maneuverable, rapid actions during the Manchurian strategic operation.

It is known that army commanders who were in their positions for a relatively long time and showed fairly high leadership abilities were selected for this list.

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