Lev Skvirsky
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Lev Solomonovich Skvirsky (
Biography
Lev Skvirsky was born to a
Trained in infantry command at courses in
Skvirsky received
The 14th Army fought against both the German and Finnish armies following Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Skvirsky was promoted to chief of staff for the recently formed Karelian Front in September 1941. Named commander of the 26th Army in May 1943, he directed the Soviet advance against the Finns in the fighting around Vyborg (Viipuri) and Petrozavodsk (Petroskoi).
Skvirsky worked as a chief of staff for the Belomorsky and Ural military districts and taught at military academies in the post-war period before retiring from the Soviet Armed Forces in 1960.
Skvirsky died in 1990 at eighty-six, and was buried at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery on Moscow's outskirts.
Honours and awards
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner, four times
- Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
- Order of the Red Star, twice