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Alexander Gorbatov

Soviet general (1891-1973) · Russia · On the map · Died at 82

Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov was a Russian and Soviet officer who served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and as a colonel-general in the Red Army during the Second World War, and was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

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1973Died7 December 19731971Order of the October RevolutionAward1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"Award1968Honorary citizen of HomielAward1945Commander of the Legion of MeritAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAward1944Order of Kutuzov, 1st classAwardOrder of LeninAward1943Order of Kutuzov, 2nd classAwardOrder of Suvorov, 1st classAwardOrder of Suvorov, 2nd classAward1938Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"Award1936Order of the Red StarAward1921Order of the Red BannerAward1891Born21 March 1891

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Order of the October Revolution1971
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"1970
Honorary citizen of Homiel1968
Hero of the Soviet Union1945
Commander of the Legion of Merit1945
Order of Lenin1944
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1944
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1943
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class1943
Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class1943
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"1938
Order of the Red Star1936
Order of the Red Banner1921
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Cross of St. George 3rd class
Cross of St. George 4th class
George Medal
Jubilee Medal "Twenty 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"
Honorary weapon with a golden image of the State Emblem of the USSR
Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945
Commander of the Order of Military Virtue

About this person

Following the war, Gorbatov served as a Soviet commandant in Soviet-occupied Germany and East Germany and ultimately retired as a four-star general at the rank of General of the Army. His acclaimed autobiography, entitled "Years off My Life" was published in 1964.

Country
Russia
Type
Other
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1973 · aged 82

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