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Dmitry Lelyushenko

Soviet general (1901-1987) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 85

Dmitry Danilovich Lelyushenko (Russian: Дмитрий Данилович Лелюшенко; was a Soviet military officer and a commander in the Red Army during World War II.

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1987Died20 July 19871985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1970Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist RepublicAwardOrder of Klement GottwaldAward1945Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of Suvorov, 1st classAward1944Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st classAwardOrder of Kutuzov, 1st classAward1943Order of Kutuzov, 1st classAwardOrder of Suvorov, 1st classAward1941Order of the Red BannerAward1940Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of LeninAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1901Born20 October 1901

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Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Order of Klement Gottwald1970
Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic1970
Hero of the Soviet Union1945
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class1944
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1944
Order of Suvorov, 1st class1943
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1943
Order of the Red Banner1941
Hero of the Soviet Union1940
Order of the Red Banner1940
Order of Lenin1940
Order of the October Revolution
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Virtuti Militari
Order of the White Lion
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Commander of the Order of Military Virtue
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class

About this person

He rose to prominence during the first months of the Eastern Front of the Second World War, where he became a strong influence during the defence of Moscow against the German invasion. His subsequent battlefield commands were largely successful and his final actions in 1945 involved directing forces during the Red Army's attacks on both Berlin and Prague.

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1901 to 1987 · aged 85

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