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</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Ivan Mikhailovich Chistyakov</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Chistyakov in 1943</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">27 September [<a href="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 14 September] 1900<br>Otrubnevo, Slavkovskoy <a href="Volost" title="Volost">volost</a>, Kashinsky <a href="Uyezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyezd">Uyezd</a>, <a href="Tver_Governorate" title="Tver Governorate">Tver Governorate</a>, <a href="Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">7 March 1979<span style="display:none">(1979-03-07)</span> (aged 78)<br><a href="Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="Russian_SFSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian SFSR">Russian SFSR</a>, <a href="Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1918–1968</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">Colonel general</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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<ul><li><a href="8th_Guards_Rifle_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Guards Rifle Division">8th Guards Rifle Division</a></li>
<li><a href="1st_Guards_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)">1st Guards Army</a></li>
<li><a href="21st_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="21st Army (Soviet Union)">21st Army</a></li>
<li><a href="6th_Guards_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Guards Army (Soviet Union)">6th Guards Army</a></li>
<li><a href="25th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="25th Army (Soviet Union)">25th Army</a></li>
<li><a href="28th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="28th Army (Soviet Union)">28th Army</a></li>
<li><a href="8th_Guards_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Guards Army">8th Guards Army</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a></li>
<li><a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Ivan Mikhailovich Chistyakov</b> (<a href="Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Иван Михайлович Чистяков</span>; 27 September [<a href="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">O.S.</a> 14 September] 1900 – 7 March 1979) was a <a href="Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a> <a href="Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">colonel general</a> and a <a href="Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a>.
</p><p>Chistyakov joined the <a href="Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> during the <a href="Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a> and rose from ordinary soldier to junior commander. He served in <a href="Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a> during the 1920s and early 1930s before being transferred to the <a href="Soviet_Far_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Far East">Soviet Far East</a>, where he commanded a corps by the outbreak of <a href="Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a>. Chistyakov was transferred to the <a href="Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a> in late 1941 and attained division and corps command during the <a href="Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a>. He commanded the <a href="21st_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="21st Army (Soviet Union)">21st Army</a> during the <a href="Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a> and continued to command it for the rest of the war as the <a href="6th_Guards_Army" title="6th Guards Army">6th Guards Army</a>. Chistyakov led the army in the <a href="Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a> and was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the army during <a href="Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a>. After the end of the war in Europe, he was transferred to the Far East again to serve as the commander of the <a href="25th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="25th Army (Soviet Union)">25th Army</a>, which occupied North Korea during the <a href="Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria" title="Soviet invasion of Manchuria">Soviet invasion of Manchuria</a> in August 1945. Postwar, Chistyakov held several army commands before finishing his career with the Ground Forces inspectorate in the 1960s.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_Russian_Civil_War">Early life and Russian Civil War</h2></div>
<p>Chistyakov was born to a working-class family on 27 September 1900 in the village of Otrubnevo, Slavkovskoy <a href="Volost" title="Volost">volost</a>, Kashinsky <a href="Uyezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Uyezd">Uyezd</a>, <a href="Tver_Governorate" title="Tver Governorate">Tver Governorate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShkadov1988737–738_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShkadov1988737–738-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, he joined the <a href="Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> on 1 May 1918, serving as a <a href="Red_Army_man" title="Red Army man">Red Army man</a> and junior commander in the 1st Tula Volunteer Regiment. With the regiment, Chistyakov fought in the suppression of an uprising in Yazkovskoy volost, <a href="Tula_Governorate" title="Tula Governorate">Tula Governorate</a>, and from November fought against the <a href="White_movement" title="White movement">White</a> forces of <a href="Anton_Denikin" title="Anton Denikin">Anton Denikin</a> and <a href="Pyotr_Krasnov" title="Pyotr Krasnov">Pyotr Krasnov</a> in <a href="Voronezh_Governorate" title="Voronezh Governorate">Voronezh Governorate</a>. Between April and July 1919 he was on leave due to illness before being appointed a Red Army man in the 11th Reserve Battalion at <a href="Saratov" title="Saratov">Saratov</a>. Chistyakov studied at the Commanders' Machine Gun School at Saratov from December 1919; the school was transferred to <a href="Novocherkassk" title="Novocherkassk">Novocherkassk</a> in March 1920. Upon graduation in June, Chistyakov was sent to the 1st Reserve Regiment of the Reserve Brigade in <a href="Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Transferred to the 124th Rifle Regiment of the 14th Rifle Division in August, he successively served with the latter as an assistant platoon commander, platoon <i><a href="Starshina" title="Starshina">starshina</a></i>, and platoon commander. With the regiment, he fought as part of the <a href="9th_Army_(RSFSR)" title="9th Army (RSFSR)">9th Army</a> in the <a href="North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a>. From November, the regiment fought in the suppression of the uprising of <a href="Najmuddin_of_Gotzo" title="Najmuddin of Gotzo">Najmuddin of Gotzo</a> in <a href="Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, participating in heavy fighting near the <a href="Aul" title="Aul">aul</a> of Aymaki and on the <a href="Botlikh_(rural_locality)" title="Botlikh (rural locality)">Botlikh</a> direction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interwar_period">Interwar period</h2></div>
<p>Chistyakov was assigned to accompany the staff of the <a href="Caucasian_Front_(RSFSR)" title="Caucasian Front (RSFSR)">Caucasian Front</a> during the relocation of the latter from Rostov-on-Don to <a href="Tiflis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiflis">Tiflis</a> in May 1921, then transferred to become a platoon commander with the 1st Dagestan Brigade, stationed in <a href="Temir-Khan-Shura" class="mw-redirect" title="Temir-Khan-Shura">Temir-Khan-Shura</a>, in late June. The brigade was subsequently reorganized as a regiment and became the 37th Rifle Regiment of the <a href="13th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" title="13th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">13th Dagestan Rifle Division</a> in July 1922. Chistyakov served with the latter for roughly fifteen years, as a platoon commander, head of the regimental machine gun detachment, machine gun company commander, machine gun battalion commander, and assistant to the regimental commander for personnel. During this period, he was repeatedly sent to various Commanders' Improvement Courses: between June and July 1922 the 13th Rifle Division commanders' refresher courses, the midlevel commanders' refresher department at the Vladikavkaz Infantry School from September 1924 to August 1925, machine gun training at the <a href="Kuskovo" title="Kuskovo">Kuskovo</a> testing ground, and the <a href="Vystrel_course" title="Vystrel course">Vystrel course</a> between November 1929 and May 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Chistyakov was promoted to <a href="Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> in 1935,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being sent to the <a href="Soviet_Far_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Far East">Far East</a> in August 1936 to serve as head of the 1st staff department of the 92nd Rifle Division of the <a href="Special_Red_Banner_Far_Eastern_Army" title="Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army">Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army</a>. He took command of the division's 275th Rifle Regiment in December 1936, a position made permanent in January 1938. He was promoted to <a href="Polkovnik" title="Polkovnik">colonel</a> in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After commanding the <a href="105th_Rifle_Division" title="105th Rifle Division">105th Rifle Division</a> of the <a href="1st_Red_Banner_Army" title="1st Red Banner Army">1st Separate Red Banner Army</a> from June 1938, Chistyakov temporarily served as assistant commander of the army's 39th Rifle Corps from July 1939. He became head of the <a href="Vladivostok_Infantry_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Vladivostok Infantry School">Vladivostok Infantry School</a> in February 1940, then commanded the 39th Rifle Corps from March 1941. The latter transferred to the newly formed <a href="25th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="25th Army (Soviet Union)">25th Army</a> in June.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2></div>
<p>After <a href="Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a>, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began in late June, Chistyakov remained in the Far East with the corps, covering the Soviet-<a href="Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchurian</a> border in <a href="Primorye" class="mw-redirect" title="Primorye">Primorye</a>. Sent to the <a href="Western_Front_(Soviet_Union)" title="Western Front (Soviet Union)">Western Front</a> in November, he was appointed commander of the 64th Separate Rifle Brigade, transferring to command the <a href="8th_Guards_Rifle_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Guards Rifle Division">8th Guards Rifle Division</a> in January 1942. On 17 January 1942 he was promoted to <a href="Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chistyakov led both units during the <a href="Battle_of_Moscow" title="Battle of Moscow">Battle of Moscow</a> and in April 1942 took command of the <a href="2nd_Guards_Rifle_Corps" title="2nd Guards Rifle Corps">2nd Guards Rifle Corps</a>, part of the <a href="Northwestern_Front" title="Northwestern Front">Northwestern</a> and then <a href="Kalinin_Front" title="Kalinin Front">Kalinin Fronts</a>. During the <a href="Toropets%E2%80%93Kholm_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Toropets–Kholm Offensive">Toropets–Kholm Offensive</a>, the corps advanced up to 200 kilometers in harsh winter conditions as part of the <a href="3rd_Shock_Army" title="3rd Shock Army">3rd Shock Army</a>. He was appointed commander of the <a href="1st_Guards_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)">1st Guards Army</a> of the <a href="Don_Front" title="Don Front">Don Front</a> in September, but quickly transferred to command the <a href="21st_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="21st Army (Soviet Union)">21st Army</a> in October.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Chistyakov led the 21st Army in the <a href="Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a>, and was promoted to <a href="Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> on 18 January 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The army was converted into the <a href="6th_Guards_Army" title="6th Guards Army">6th Guards Army</a> for its actions in the battle; he commanded it for the rest of the war in Europe. In 1943 he led the army in the <a href="Battle_of_Kursk" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a>, the advance into <a href="Left-bank_Ukraine" title="Left-bank Ukraine">Left-bank Ukraine</a>, and the <a href="Battle_of_the_Dnieper" title="Battle of the Dnieper">Battle of the Dnieper</a>. On 28 June 1944 Chistyakov was promoted to <a href="Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">colonel general</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeloborodov1963527_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeloborodov1963527-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a> in June and early July, the army defeated the German forces near <a href="Nevel_(town)" title="Nevel (town)">Nevel</a>. For the "skillful command" of his army and showing "personal courage and heroism" in these operations, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on 22 July 1944. In the recapture of the Baltic states, Chistyakov led the army in the <a href="%C5%A0iauliai_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Šiauliai Offensive">Šiauliai</a>, <a href="Riga_Offensive_(1944)" class="mw-redirect" title="Riga Offensive (1944)">Riga</a>, and <a href="Memel_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Memel Offensive">Memel Offensives</a> during the rest of 1944, as well as the elimination of the <a href="Courland_Pocket" title="Courland Pocket">Courland Pocket</a> in early 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>After the surrender of Germany, Chistyakov was sent to the <a href="Soviet_Far_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Far East">Far East</a> in June to command the <a href="25th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="25th Army (Soviet Union)">25th Army</a> of the <a href="Maritime_Group_of_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Group of Forces">Maritime Group of Forces</a>. During the <a href="Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria" title="Soviet invasion of Manchuria">Soviet invasion of Manchuria</a> the army, as part of the <a href="1st_Far_East_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Far East Front">1st Far East Front</a>, fought in the Harbin–Kirin Offensive. The units of the army broke through the Japanese border fortifications and captured Laoheishan and <a href="Hunchun" title="Hunchun">Hunchun</a> on 11 August. On 12 August, in cooperation with <a href="Naval_Infantry_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Infantry (Russia)">naval infantry</a> from the <a href="Pacific_Fleet_(Russia)" title="Pacific Fleet (Russia)">Pacific Fleet</a>, the army captured <a href="Unggi" class="mw-redirect" title="Unggi">Yuki</a> and <a href="Rason" title="Rason">Rashin</a> on the east coast of Korea. The army continued to advance, defeating the Japanese <a href="Third_Army_(Japan)" title="Third Army (Japan)">3rd</a> and <a href="Thirty-Fourth_Army_(Japan)" title="Thirty-Fourth Army (Japan)">34th Armies</a> and capturing <a href="Wangqing_County" title="Wangqing County">Wangqing</a>, <a href="Chongjin" title="Chongjin">Seishin</a>, <a href="Nanam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanam">Ranan</a>, <a href="Yanji" title="Yanji">Yanji</a>, and other cities. In late August, the army relocated to the <a href="Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2></div>
<p>After the end of the war, Chistyakov continued to command the 25th Army. He transferred to command the <a href="5th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Army (Soviet Union)">5th Army</a> in the <a href="Primorsky_Military_District" title="Primorsky Military District">Primorsky Military District</a> during February 1947, and studied at Higher Academic Courses at the <a href="Military_Academy_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Russia" title="Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia">Voroshilov Higher Military Academy</a> from 20 April 1948 to 1 April 1949. After commanding the <a href="28th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="28th Army (Soviet Union)">28th Army</a> of the <a href="Belorussian_Military_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Belorussian Military District">Belorussian Military District</a> after his completion of the course, Chistyakov transferred to the <a href="Group_of_Soviet_Occupation_Forces_in_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany">Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany</a> to command the <a href="8th_Guards_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Guards Army">8th Guards Army</a> in December 1953. He became first deputy commander of the <a href="Transcaucasian_Military_District" title="Transcaucasian Military District">Transcaucasian Military District</a> in September 1954, and transferred to the Ground Forces Inspectorate of the Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense as a general-inspector in July 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVozhakin2005261–262_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVozhakin2005261–262-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chistyakov retired on 4 July 1968, and lived in Moscow until his death on 7 March 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried at the <a href="Novodevichy_Cemetery" title="Novodevichy Cemetery">Novodevichy Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2></div>
<p>Chistyakov received the following awards and decorations:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a></li>
<li>Two <a href="Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin">Orders of Lenin</a></li>
<li>Five <a href="Order_of_the_Red_Banner" title="Order of the Red Banner">Orders of the Red Banner</a></li>
<li>Three <a href="Order_of_Suvorov" title="Order of Suvorov">Orders of Suvorov</a> (Two 1st class, one 2nd class)</li>
<li>Two <a href="Order_of_Kutuzov" title="Order of Kutuzov">Orders of Kutuzov</a>, 1st class</li>
<li>Medals</li>
<li>Foreign orders and medals</li></ul>
<p>He was a delegate to the second and fourth convocations of the <a href="Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union">Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3></div>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShkadov1988737–738-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShkadov1988737–738_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShkadov1988">Shkadov 1988</a>, pp. 737–738.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETsapayevGoremykin2014947–949_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTsapayevGoremykin2014">Tsapayev & Goremykin 2014</a>, pp. 947–949.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKalashnikovDodonov2013296–297_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKalashnikovDodonov2013">Kalashnikov & Dodonov 2013</a>, pp. 296–297.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeloborodov1963527-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeloborodov1963527_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBeloborodov1963">Beloborodov 1963</a>, p. 527.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVozhakin2005261–262-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVozhakin2005261–262_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVozhakin2005">Vozhakin 2005</a>, pp. 261–262.</span>
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