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Krylov, Nikolai Ivanovich

Date of birth:
April 29th, 1903 (Galyayevka/Saratov Governorate, Russia)
Date of death:
February 9th, 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:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba Primorskoi armiei (Chief of Staff Coastal Army)
Awarded on:
February 10th, 1942
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 62 armiei (Chief of Staff 62nd Army)
Awarded on:
October 8th, 1942
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 62 armiei (Chief of Staff 62nd Army)
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 62 armiei (Chief of Staff 62nd Army)
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 62 armiei (Chief of Staff 62nd Army)
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Nachalnik shtaba 62 armiei (Chief of Staff 62nd Army)
Awarded on:
February 4th, 1943
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 21 armiei (Commander 21st Army)
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1943
Orden Kutuzova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
July 4th, 1944
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
February 21st, 1945
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
April 19th, 1945

Serial number 7111.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
April 19th, 1945

Goes with Gold Star nr. 7111.
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
September 8th, 1945

Second Gold Star nr. 4309.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 5 armiei (Commander 5th Army)
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1965
Yubileinaya medal

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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