Mikhail Katukov

Soviet marshal (1900-1976) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 75

Marshal of Armoured Troops Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II. He is viewed as one of the most talented Soviet armor commanders.

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1976Died8 June 19761945Gold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of Suvorov, 1st classAward1944Distinguished Service OrderAwardGold Star medalAwardHero of the Soviet UnionAwardOrder of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st classAwardOrder of LeninAwardOrder of Suvorov, 1st classAwardOrder of the Red BannerAward1943Order of Kutuzov, 1st classAwardOrder of Kutuzov, 2nd classAward1941Order of LeninAward1900Born4 September 1900

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Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union1945

Gold Star medal1945

Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945

Hero of the Soviet Union1944

Gold Star medal1944

Order of Suvorov, 1st class1944

Order of the Red Banner1944

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class1944

Order of Lenin1944

Distinguished Service Order1944

Order of Kutuzov, 1st class1943

Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class1943

Order of Lenin1941

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

Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"

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

Order of the Red Star

Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

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

Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"

Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms"

Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class

Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

About this person

Mikhail Katukov holds the honor of the first major victory of the Soviet armored forces, the victory from October 4 to October 11, 1941, at Mtsensk over the 3rd and 4th tank divisions, which were part of the Guderian's Panzergruppe 2 in the Battle of Moscow. His other notable command during the German-Soviet War was that of the 1st Guards Tank Army, which he commanded during the Battle of Kursk (1943), the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation (1944), the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation (1944), the Vistula-Oder Operation (1945), and the Battle of Berlin (1945). He commanded 1st Guards Tank Brigade during the Battle of Moscow (1941), and the 3rd Mechanised Corps during Operation Mars (1942).

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Russia

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