Background
- Born in
- Yaransky Uyezd
- Educated at
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of RussiaM.V. Frunze Military Academy
- Awards
- 🏆 Legion of Honour🏆 Hero of the Soviet Union🏆 Order of Lenin🏆 Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"🏆 Order of the Red Banner
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1897
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Birth1955
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