Biography Batova Pavel Ivanovich
Batov Pavel Ivanovich (20.05 (01.06) .1897), Army General (1955), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (30 October 1943 and June 2, 1945). Member of the CPSU from 1929.
Born to a poor peasant. Since 1915 the army, party 1-st World War, junior non-commissioned officer.
In August 1918 voluntarily joined the Red Army, participated in the Civil War. He graduated from the course "The Shot" (1927) and higher academic courses at the Academy of General Staff (1950). In 1936-1937 participated in the Spanish Civil War and was seriously wounded.
In 1937 commanded a rifle corps, and participated in the Russo-Finnish war of 1939-1940. From 1940 to June 1941 the Deputy Commander of the Transcaucasus Military District. During World War II commander of the Infantry Corps, Deputy Commander of the Army (June 1941 – January 1942), the army commander and assistant commander of the Bryansk Front (942) From October 1942 the commander of the 65 th Army, which participated in the Stalingrad and Kursk battles, the battle for Dnipro, the release of Belarus, Poland, the Vistula-Oder and Berlin operations. After the war, at various command positions: in 1962-1965, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States Warsaw Pact.
From 1965 to the responsible work in the Ministry of Defence. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1-2-and 4-6-th convocations. Author of memoirs "In the marches and battles" (1962), "Operation" Oder "(1965)," Safe Shield (1965).
He was awarded five Orders of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov March 1 st degree, Order of Kutuzov 1 st degree, Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1 st degree, "Honour", 3 foreign orders and medals.