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Zakharov, Matvei Vasilyevich

Date of birth:
August 17th, 1898 (Voilovo/Tver Governorate, Russia)
Date of death:
January 31st, 1972 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Komdiv (Division Commander)
Unit:
Pomoshchnik nachalnika Generalnogo shtaba (Assistent Chief of the General Staff)
Awarded on:
December 31st, 1939
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba Kalininskogo fronta (Chief of Staff Kalinin Front)
Awarded on:
December 31st, 1942
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba Stepnogo fronta (Chief of Staff Steppe Front)
Awarded on:
August 27th, 1943
Orden Kutuzova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 2 Ukrainskogo fronta (Chief of Staff 2nd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
February 2nd, 1944
Orden Kutuzova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 2 Ukrainskogo fronta (Chief of Staff 2nd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
May 17th, 1944
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 2 Ukrainskogo fronta (Chief of Staff 2nd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
September 13th, 1944
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 2 Ukrainskogo fronta (Chief of Staff 2nd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 2 Ukrainskogo fronta (Chief of Staff 2nd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
February 21st, 1945
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 2 Ukrainskogo fronta (Chief of Staff 2nd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
April 28th, 1945
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General armii (Army General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba Zabaikalskogo fronta (Chief of Staff Transbaikal Front)
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1945

Serial number 8675.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General armii (Army General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba Zabaikalskogo fronta (Chief of Staff Transbaikal Front)
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1945
Orden Lenina

Sources

  • Photo 1: Public Domain
  • - Geroļ Sovetskogo Soyuza [Heroes of the Soviet Union], Ministry of Defense, Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987 (two volumes)
    - Warheroes.ru
    - Marshals.narod.ru

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