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Vasily Sokolovsky

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Soviet marshal (1897-1968)

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Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky was a Soviet general, military theorist, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and a commander of Red Army forces during World War II. As Georgy Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky helped plan and execute the Battle of Berlin.

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Sokolovsky as a cadet of the Military Academy of Moscow, 1920Sokolovsky as a cadet of the Military Academy of Moscow, 1920Sokolovsky on a 2022 stamp of RussiaSokolovsky on a 2022 stamp of Russia

Awards 40

1968Order of the October Revolution
1967Order of Lenin
1967Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
1965Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1957Order of Lenin
1957Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
1956Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
1949Order of the Red Banner
1948Order of Lenin
1948Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
1947Order of Lenin
1945Hero of the Soviet Union
1945Order of Lenin
1945Order of Suvorov, 1st class
1945Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1944Order of the Red Banner
1944Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
1944Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
1943Order of Suvorov, 1st class
1943Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
1942Order of Lenin
1942Order of the Republic
1941Order of Lenin
1938Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
1928Order of the Red Banner
Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)
Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class
Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Order of the Partisan Star
Order of the White Lion
Commander of the Legion of Merit
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the Slovak National Uprising
Medal "In Commemoration of the Battle of Dukla Pass"

Connected to Vasily 6

Aleksei AntonovAlso won Medal "In Commemoration of the Battle of Dukla Pass"Harri HolkeriAlso won Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British EmpirePiotr JaroszewiczAlso won Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945Manfred GerlachAlso won Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)Tadeusz Bór-KomorowskiAlso won Knight's Cross of the Virtuti MilitariMordechai AnielewiczAlso won Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class

About this person

Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky was a Soviet general, military theorist, Marshal of the Soviet Union, and a commander of Red Army forces during World War II. As Georgy Zhukov's chief of staff, Sokolovsky helped plan and execute the Battle of Berlin. He also served as head of the Soviet Forces in East Germany and the Soviet Chief of the General Staff.

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1968 · aged 70
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