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 | |
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| Birth name | Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyev |
| Born | December 17, 1896 Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 12, 1957 (aged 60) Moscow, Russian SFSR |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire (1916–1917) Soviet Union (1918–1957) |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Red Army |
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| Commands held | Engineer Troops of Soviet army |
| Battles/wars | Russian Civil War Winter War World War II |
| Awards | Order 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.