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Key facts
- Native name
- Никола́й Никола́евич Во́ронов
- Nickname
- Artillery
- Born
- ( 1899-05-05 ) 5 May 1899, St. Petersburg , Russian Empire
- Died
- 28 February 1968 (1968-02-28) (aged 68), Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Buried
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Branch
- Artillery
- Service years
- 1918–1968
- Rank
- Chief marshal of the artillery
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (6) Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner (4) Order of Suvorov , 1st class (3) Order of the Red Star
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikolay
- Family name
- Voronov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- M.V. Frunze Military Academy
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Conflict
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol
- Military branch
- artillery branch
- Military rank
- Komandarm 2nd rank
- Image
- Nikolay Voronov 2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1899-04-23
- date of death
- 1968-02-28
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Commons category
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Voronov
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
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Encyclopedic overview
Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Во́ронов; 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1899 - 28 February 1968) was a Soviet general, Chief Marshal of Artillery (1944), and Hero of the Soviet Union (7 May 1965). He was commander of artillery forces of the Red Army from 1941 until 1950. Voronov commanded the Soviet artillery during the Battle of Stalingrad and was the Stavka representative to various fronts during the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Kursk. He also fought in the Russian Civil War, the Polish-Soviet War and the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, as well as serving as an advisor to the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War.
Early life
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