Mikhail Vorobyov (engineer)

Mikhail Vorobyov
Birth nameMikhail Petrovich Vorobyov
Born(1896-12-29)December 29, 1896
Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedJune 12, 1957(1957-06-12) (aged 60)
Moscow, Soviet Union[1]
Allegiance Russian Empire (1916–1917)
 Soviet Union (1918–1957)
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Red Army
RankMarshal of the branch
CommandsEngineer Troops of Soviet army
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder 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"

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov (December 29, 1896 – June 12, 1957)[1] 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 (1944[2]).

  1. ^ a b Сборник (2020, p. 130)
  2. ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении генерал-полковнику инженерных войск связи Воробьёву М. П. военного звания маршала инженерных войск» от 21 февраля 1944 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1944. — 29 февраля (№ 12 (272)). — С. 1