Konstantin Provalov

Soviet general (1906-1981) · Russia · On the map · Died at 75

Konstantin Ivanovich Provalov was a Soviet Army Colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Provalov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his leadership of a regiment in the Battle of Lake Khasan.

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Awards

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Order of the Red Star

Hero of the Soviet Union

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

Order of Suvorov, 1st class

Order of Suvorov, 2nd class

Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class

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

Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"

Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"

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

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"

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"

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Badge "For Participant of the Khasan battles"

Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary

Virtuti Militari

About this person

After Operation Barbarossa, Provalov became the commander of the 383rd Rifle Division. He led the division during the Battle of the Caucasus. In 1943, he became commander of the 16th Rifle Corps and fought in the Kerch-Eltigen Operation and Crimean Offensive. In May 1944, Provalov transferred to command the 113th Rifle Corps and led it during the Vitebsk-Orsha Offensive. In July he became commander of 36th Rifle Corps, which fought in the Minsk Offensive, the Gumbinnen Operation, the Battle of Königsberg and the Prague Offensive. Postwar, Probalov led the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps, 9th Guards Rifle Corps, 13th Rifle Corps and 31st Special Rifle Corps. In 1958, he became commander of the 4th Army. From 1962 to 1968 he led the Southern Group of Forces.

Country

Russia

Type

Other

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1906 to 1981 · aged 75