Vasilevsky, Aleksandr Mikhailovich
- Date of birth:
- September 30th, 1895 (Novaya Golchikha/Kostroma Governorate, Russia)
- Date of death:
- December 5th, 1977 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Nationality:
- Soviet
Biography
Aleksander Vasilevsky reached the rank of Marshall of the Sovie Union and received the Hero of the Soviet Union title twice.
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Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kombrig (Brigade Commander)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- December 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General army (Army General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- January 28th, 1943
Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE, Military Division)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
Ceskoslovenský válecný krí 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- April 10th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- May 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1944
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik Generalnogo shtaba (Chief of the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy 3 Belorusskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 3rd Belorussian Front)
- Awarded on:
- February 21st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- May 9th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- June 9th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Glavnokomanduyushchy sovetskimi voiskami na Dalnem Vostoke (Commander-in-Chief Soviet Troops in the Far East)
- Awarded on:
- September 6th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Glavnokomanduyushchy sovetskimi voiskami na Dalnem Vostoke (Commander-in-Chief Soviet Troops Far East)
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Glavnokomanduyushchy sovetskimi voiskami na Dalnem Vostoke (Commander-in-Chief Soviet Troops Far East)
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Unit:
- Glavnokomanduyushchy sovetskimi voiskami na Dalnem Vostoke (Commander-in-Chief Soviet Troops in the Far East)
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1945
Tsergyn gavyany ulaan tugyn odon
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- May 7th, 1965
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1975
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Wielki z Gwiazda
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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