Aleksey Zhadov

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Soviet general (1901-1977)

PoliticiansLived 1901 to 1977 · aged 76

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Languages13

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Awards 30

Hero of the Soviet Union

Order of Lenin

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

Order of the Red Star

Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"

Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Commander of the Legion of Merit

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

Legion of Merit

Virtuti Militari

Order of the White Lion

Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945

Commander of the Order of Military Virtue

In their orbit 1

ChildLarisa Zhadova

Connected to Aleksey 6

Oleksiy FedorovAlso won Order of the White Lion

Adolph MalanAlso won Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945

Semyon KrivosheinAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"

Vladimir KolpakchiAlso won Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

Stanislav PoplavskyAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

John Tovey, 1st Baron ToveyAlso won Order of Suvorov, 1st class

About this person

Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov, born with the surname "Zhidov", was a Soviet military officer in the Red Army, who during World War II commanded the 66th Army, later renamed the 5th Guards Army, from the Battle of Stalingrad up till the end of the war. For his leadership of the army, Zhadov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Postwar, Zhadov commanded the Central Group of Forces and was deputy commander of the Soviet Ground Forces.