Konstantin Rokossovsky Military person

Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky (Polish: Konstanty Ksawerowicz Rokossowski, Russian: Константи́н Константи́нович (Ксаве́рьевич) Рокоссо́вский; December 21 [O.S. December 9] 1896 – August 3, 1968) was a Soviet officer of Polish and Belarusian origin who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland and served as Poland's Defence Minister. He was among the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II, especially renowned for his planning and executing of Operation Bagration, one of the most decisive Red Army successes of the Second World War.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 21, 1896
Birth place	Warsaw , Russian Empire
Date of death	August 03, 1968
Place of death	Moscow , Soviet Union
Resting place	Kremlin Wall Necropolis

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allegiance	(1914–1917) (1917–1949) (1949–1956) (1956–1968)
award	Order of the Bath Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Legion of Honour Virtuti Militari Cross of St. George Order of the Cross of Grunwald Order of Suvorov Order of Victory
military operations	Russian Civil War Eastern Front (World War II) World War I Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)
military command	4th Army 16th Army 15th Cavalry Division 1st Belorussian Front 2nd Belorussian Front Polish Armed Forces Group Yartsevo 5th Cavalry Corps 7th Samara Cavalry Division 9th Mechanized Corps Bryansk Front Central Front Don Front
service start	1914
service end	1914