Georgy Zakharov (army general)

Georgiy Fedorovich Zakharov
Georgiy Fedorovich Zakharov
	4th Guards Army; South Ural Military District
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; World War II Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Stalingrad; Operation Bagration; Siege of Budapest; ;

Georgiy Fedorovich Zakharov (Russian: Гео́ргий Фёдорович Заха́ров; 23 April 1897 – 26 January 1957) was a Soviet general who served in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II.^[1]

Early life

Zakharov was born on April 23, 1897, in the village of Shilov,

Russia (now in the Saratov

region), and began military service in 1915.

Early career

Zakharov participated in the

First World War with the rank of second lieutenant, having completed training at a school for ensigns in 1916. In October 1917, he was elected a regimental commander. During the Russian Civil War, from August 1919 he became a company commander in the Red Army

, and was in combat on the Eastern Front.

Zakharov continued his training throughout the 1920s, including the officer training courses known as Vystrel (1923). He also took a teaching assignment at the Frunze Military Academy from 1933, and underwent further training at the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1939.

From 1939–1941 Zakharov served as Chief of Staff of the Ural Military District.

World War II service

During the first days of

L'vov - Kursk

axes.

From December 1941, Zakharov was deputy Commander of the Western Front, which participated in the counterattack on the approaches to

51st Army

.

From July 1943, Zakharov commanded the

Perekop Isthmus during April 1944 and participated in the liberation of Sevastopol

.

During 1944, Zakharov was given the responsibility of commanding the

Battle of Budapest. In April 1945, Zakharov was appointed Deputy Commander of the 4th Ukrainian Front

.

Cold War service

After the war, Zakharov commanded the troops of the Southern-Ural (1945–46) and Eastern Siberian (1947–50) military districts, and was the commander of

Vystrel courses

(1950–53). From September 1954, he was the Deputy Department Chief of combat training of ground forces.

Decorations

Zakharov was awarded the Order of Lenin, with four Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of Suvorov 1st Class, the Order of Kutuzov 1st Class, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st Class, Order of Suvorov 2nd Class, and numerous medals.

References

^ Vronskaya, Jeanne; Chuguev, Vladimir (1989). A biographical dictionary of the Soviet Union 1917-1988. K. G. Saur. p. 481. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[1] Vronskaya, Jeanne; Chuguev, Vladimir (1989). A biographical dictionary of the Soviet Union 1917-1988. K. G. Saur. p. 481. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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