Vasily Sokolovsky Military person

Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (Russian: Васи́лий Дани́лович Соколо́вский; July 21, 1897 – May 10, 1968) was a Soviet military commander.Sokolovsky was born into a peasant family in Kozliki, a small town in the province of Grodno (now in Białystok County in Poland, then part of the Russian Empire). He worked as a teacher in a rural school, where he took part in a number of protests and demonstrations against the Tsar.

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Vasily Sokolovsky
Birth dateJuly 21, 1897
Birth place
Russian Empire , Koźliki Białystok County
Date of deathMay 10, 1968
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union
Resting place
Kremlin Wall Necropolis

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Military person

award
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Kutuzov
Order of the October Revolution
Order of Suvorov
military operations
Russian Civil War
Eastern Front (World War II)
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Battle of Moscow
Orsha offensives (1943)
military branch
Red Army
military command
Chief of the General Staff
Western Front
43rd Rifle Division
service start1918
service end1960

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