Mikhail Vorobyov (engineer)

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Mikhail Vorobyov
Birth nameMikhail Petrovich Vorobyov
Born(1896-12-29)December 29, 1896
Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedJune 12, 1957(1957-06-12) (aged 60)
Moscow, Soviet Union[1]
Allegiance Russian Empire (1916–1917)
 Soviet Union (1918–1957)
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Red Army
RankMarshal of the branch
Commands heldEngineer Troops of Soviet army
Battles/warsRussian Civil War
Winter War
World War II
AwardsOrder of Lenin (2)
Order of the Red Banner (3)
Order of Suvorov, 1st Class
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov (December 29, 1896 – June 12, 1957)[1] was a Soviet Marshal of the engineer troops from the start of World War II (1941–1945) – inspector-general of engineer troops, then chief of engineer troops of the Western Front, and later commander of the 1st Field Engineer Army (1944[2]).

Early life[edit]

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov was born December 29, 1896, in Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast. He came from the family of a prominent railway engineer.[3]

Military service[edit]

In 1916, Vorobyov was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army.[4]

He joined the Red Army in 1918.[4]

In the Battle of Moscow, he was one of the leaders in building defenses on the approaches to Moscow and engineer support of the West Front offensive.[5]

In April 1942, he became commander of engineer troops of the Red Army.[1] He headed the building of defenses near Stalingrad,[5] coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts in lifting the Leningrad blockade;[citation needed] did a great amount of work in preparing defenses in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge[5] and made a tangible contribution to engineering support in crossing major water obstacles, especially the Dnieper. He left his position in 1952.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Сборник (2020, p. 130)
  2. ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении генерал-полковнику инженерных войск связи Воробьёву М. П. военного звания маршала инженерных войск» от 21 февраля 1944 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1944. — 29 февраля (№ 12 (272)). — С. 1
  3. ^ Соловьев (2019, p. 22)
  4. ^ a b Залесский (2020, p. 1948)
  5. ^ a b c Залесский (2020, p. 1949)

Bibliography[edit]

  • Сборник (4 April 2020). Сталинградская битва. Июль 1942 – февраль 1943 [Battle of Stalingrad. July 1942 - February 1943] (in Russian). ЛитРес. ISBN 9785042445477.
  • Соловьев, Денис (17 December 2019). Комбриги РККА 1935-1940. (in Russian). Vol. 6. SelfPub. ISBN 9785042218422.
  • Залесский, Константин (11 March 2020). Великая Отечественная война. Большая биографическая энциклопедия [The Great Patriotic War. Big biographical encyclopedia] (in Russian). АСТ. ISBN 9785457276970.
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