Konstantin Koroteyev

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Konstantin Koroteyev
Koroteyev in 1943
Born	(1901-02-25)25 February 1901 Shcheglovka, Bogodukhovsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	4 January 1953(1953-01-04) (aged 51) Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1918–1953)
Years of service	1918–1953
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	12th Army, 9th Army, 18th Army, 37th Army, 52nd Army Transbaikal Military District North Caucasus Military District
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Soviet invasion of Poland Eastern Front Battle of the Caucasus Battle of the Dnieper Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket Uman–Botoşani Offensive Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive Lower Silesian Offensive Battle of Berlin Prague Offensive
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

Konstantin Apollonovich Koroteyev (Russian: Константи́н Аполло́нович Короте́ев; 25 February [O.S. 12 February] 1901–4 January 1953) was a Soviet Army colonel general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

He became colonel-general in 1944 and was awarded the title “Hero of the Soviet Union” on April 6, 1945.