Govorov, Leonid Aleksandrovich
- Date of birth:
- February 22nd, 1897 (Butyrki/Kirov Oblast, Russia)
- Date of death:
- March 19th, 1955
- Buried on:
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Nationality:
- Soviet
Biography
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Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kombrig (Brigade Commander)
- Awarded on:
- January 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General-leitenant artillery (Lieutenant-General of Artillery)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy 5 Armiei (Commander 5th Army)
- Awarded on:
- November 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General-leitenant artillery (Lieutenant-General of Artillery)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy 5 Armiei (Commander 5th Army)
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1942
Orden Respubliki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General-leitenant artillery (Lieutenant-General of Artillery)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- March 3rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- January 28th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General army (Army-General)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- February 21st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- June 18th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- January 27th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- January 27th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- February 21st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy voiskami Leningradskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Leningrad Front)
- Awarded on:
- May 31st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Public Domain
- - Glantz G., Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War 1941-43, University Press of Kansas, 2005
- Marshals.narod.ru
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