Vladimir Shcherbakov (general)

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Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service/branchRed Army
Years of service1919-1957
RankLieutenant general
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of Lenin
Prince Olav of Norway
.

Vladimir Ivanovich Shcherbakov (Russian: Щербаков, Владимир Иванович; 14 July 1901 – 4 November 1981) was a Soviet general of the Red Army during World War II.

Biography

Born in a village in the

Simon Petlyura with the south-western front of General Yegorov
, reaching the rank of company commander.

In 1939-1940, as commander of the

Liinahamari and the locality of Luostari
on the border with Norway. For the skill shown in the conduct of the 104th division, Shcherbakov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

In January 1941 he was appointed commander of the

battles to block the German advance towards Leningrad. On 24 September he was removed from office, on the orders of Generals Georgy Zhukov and Andrei Zhdanov, because he was deemed "unsuitable for the role" and passed to command of the 11th Rifle Division
in the same 8th Army.

As commander of the 11th Division, Shcherbakov fought bravely, so in February 1942 he was again awarded the Order of the Red Banner and on 6 March of the same year he was promoted to command the

Petsamo-Kirkenes Offensive, driving the German troops out of Soviet territory, capturing the Finnish port city of Petsamo, and liberating the far north of Norway including the town of Kirkenes
.

After the end of the war, he was first appointed deputy commander of the Baltic Military District and then commander of Arkhangelsk Military District. In 1949 he passed to the command of the Gorky Military District and in 1953 became deputy commander of the Voronezh Military District. In 1957 he retired from service and was elected deputy at the III convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He died in Leningrad on November 4, 1981.

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