Pavel Kurochkin
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Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin | |
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Kuban Military District | |
| Battles/wars | Russian Civil War, World War II:
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| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Other work | Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of the Warsaw Pact Deputy to the Supreme Soviet |
Pavel Alekseyevich Kurochkin (Russian: Па́вел Алексе́евич Ку́рочкин; 19 November 1900 [O.S. 6 November] – 28 December 1989) was a Soviet army commander.
Military career
Pavel Kurochkin was born in the village of
Russian Civil War
During the Civil War, Kurochkin saw action against General
Inter-war period
In 1935 he was promoted to chief commander of a cavalry division. After the
World War II
In July 1941 he was given command of the 20th Army which participated in the unsuccessful defense of Smolensk.
He briefly held the command of the
From December 1943 until February 1944, he was the first deputy commander-in-chief of the
From February to April 1944, he commanded the units of the Second Belorussian Front. His last assignment of the war would be commanding the 60th Army from April 1944 through May 1945 which took part in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation and fought in Central Europe. For all his merits and achievements, Kurochkin was awarded with the highest Soviet honor, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Post-war career
Immediately after the war, Kurochkin briefly headed the
From 1951 to 1968, Kurochkin served in military academies, first at the Military Academy of the General Staff and later as the Commandant of the
Honours and awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Five Orders of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Four Orders of the Red Banner
- Order of Suvorov 1st class
- Two Orders of Kutuzov 1st class
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st class
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR3rd class
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
- Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
- Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- 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"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
References
- (in Russian) Bio at people.ru (This article includes translated materials)
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