Pavel Rybalko

Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko
Rybalko in 1938
Born4 November [O.S. 23 October] 1894
Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
(present-day Ukraine)
Died28 August 1948(1948-08-28) (aged 53)
Moscow, USSR
AllegianceSoviet Union
Years of service1914–1948
RankMarshal of the armored troops
Commands3rd Tank Army
57th Army
3rd Guards Tank Army
Battles/wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union (2)
Other workCommander of Armoured Forces of the Red Army

Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko (‹See Tfd›Russian: Па́вел Семёнович Рыба́лко, Ukrainian: Павло́ Семе́нович Риба́лко; 23 October 1894 – 28 August 1948) was a commander of armoured troops in the Red Army during and following World War II.