Mikhail Vorobyev (engineer)

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyev (1896–1957) 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.

Mikhail Vorobyev
Birth nameMikhail Petrovich Vorobyev
Born(1896-12-17)December 17, 1896
Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedJune 12, 1957(1957-06-12) (aged 60)
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Allegiance Russian Empire (1916–1917)
 Soviet Union (1918–1957)
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Red Army
Rank
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"

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

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