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Katukov, Mikhail Yefimovich

Date of birth:
August 17th, 1900 (Bolshoye Uvarovo/Moscow Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
June 8th, 1976 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Novodevitsji Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant tankovykh voisk (Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Tank Army)
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1943
Orden Kutuzova 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant tankovykh voisk (Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Tank Army)
Awarded on:
May 1943
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant tankovykh voisk (Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Tank Army)
Awarded on:
August 27th, 1943
Orden Kutuzova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant tankovykh voisk (Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Tank Army)
Awarded on:
December 4th, 1943
Tsergyn gavyany ulaan tugyn odon
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant tankovykh voisk (Lieutenant-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Tank Army)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1944
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
May 29th, 1944
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
September 23rd, 1944

Serial number 4585.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
September 23rd, 1944
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
February 2nd, 1945
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
April 6th, 1945

Serial number 5239.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
May 29th, 1945
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik tankovykh voisk (Colonel-General of Tank Troops)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 1 gvardeiskoi tankovoi armiei (Commander 1st Guards Tank Army)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Medal Za Odre, Nyse i Baltyk
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal bronetankovykh voisk (Marshal of Armored Forces)
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1965
Yubileinaya medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal bronetankovykh voisk (Marshal of Armored Forces)
Awarded on:
April 25th, 1975
Yubileinaya medal

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