Mikhail Malinin
Mikhail Sergeevich Malinin | |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Mikhail Sergeevich Malinin (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Мали́нин; December 28 [O.S. December 16, 1899] 1899 in Polutino, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire – 24 January 1960 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet general.
Biography
Early years
Mikhail Malinin was born in 1899 in the
World War II
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Malinin was rushed to the front and posted as Rokossovsky's chief of staff in what remained of the 9th Mechanized Corps. Their unit took part in the Battle of Smolensk.[3] As the 16th Army was reconstructed and Rokossovsky appointed its commander, Malinin followed him, becoming the Army's chief of staff at 19 August 1941.[4]
He continued in that capacity, under Rokossovsky (and from November 1944,
Post-war career
On 29 May 1945, Malinin was awarded the title
Malinin was also a deputy in the 3rd and 4th convocations of the
Honours and awards
- "Gold Star" Hero of the Soviet Union (29 May 1945)
- Four Orders of Lenin(2 January 1942, 21 February 1945, 29 May 1945, 26 December 1959)
- Order of the Red Banner, four times (17 August 1943, 3 November 1944, 15 November 1950)
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class, twice (29 July 1944, 6 April 1945) and 2nd class (2 October 1943)
- Order of Kutuzov, 1st class, twice (28 January 1943, 18 December 1956 - for action during the intervention in Hungary)
- Order of the Red Star (21 May 1940- for the Finnish campaign)
- Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
- Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
- Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
- Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
- Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari (Poland)
- Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (Poland)
- Distinguished Service Order (UK, 1945)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire(UK, 1945)
- Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
- Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
- Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
References
- ^ Герои Страны
- ^ An article by Vladimir Dainess.
- ^ K. Rokossovsky, A Soldier's Duty, chapter 3: On the Yartzevo Height.
- ^ An overview Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine of the 16th Army.
- ^ Mikhail Malinin on the Heroes of the Soviet Union list.
- ^ An article at the Russian Army and Navy magazine.
- ^ Date of rank here.
- ^ Mikhail Malinin Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine at the site of the Novodevichye graveyard.
- ISBN 1585442984, page 247.
- ^ Mikhail Malinin on Otvoyna.ru.
- ^ Mikhail Malinin on Hrono.ru.
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