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Tolbukhin, Fyodor Ivanovich

Date of birth:
June 16th, 1894 (Yaroslavl/Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
October 17th, 1949 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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Rank:
Komandir brigady (Brigade Commander)
Awarded on:
February 22nd, 1938
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy 57 Armiei (Commander 57th Army)
Awarded on:
January 28th, 1943
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami Yuzhnogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief Southern Front)
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1943
Orden Kutuzova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Armii (Army General)
Awarded on:
October 18th, 1943
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Armii (Army General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami Yuzhnogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 4th Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
March 19th, 1944
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General army (Army-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami 3 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
May 16th, 1944
Orden Suvorova 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami 3 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
September 12th, 1944
Marshalskaya Zvezda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami 3 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami 3 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
February 21st, 1945
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy voiskami 3 Ukrainskogo fronta (Commander-in-Chief 3rd Ukrainian Front)
Awarded on:
April 26th, 1945
Orden Pobeda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Awarded on:
May 31st, 1945
Orden narodnog heroja
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1965

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Awarded on:
1979

Posthumously awarded
Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 3
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshall of the Soviet Union)
Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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