Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Former Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union

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Gender	Male
Death	46 years ago
Date of birth	September 30,1895
Zodiac sign	Libra
Born	Vichuga
	Russia
Date of died	December 5,1977
Died	Moscow
	Russia
Parents	Nadezhda Ivanovna Sokolova
	Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasilevsky
Job	Politician
	Army officer
Children	Igorʹ Vasilevskiĭ
Nationality	Russian
	Soviet
Books	A Lifelong Cause
Place of burial	Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow
Date of Reg.	2019-02-25 22:14:21
Date of Upd.	2023-11-15 02:25:33
ID	475742

Order of Victory
Order of Suvorov
Order of the Red Star
Order of the October Revolution
Medal For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Medal For the Defence of Stalingrad
Medal For the Defence of Moscow
Medal For the Victory over Japan
Medal For the Capture of Königsberg
Jubilee Medal 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy
Jubilee Medal 50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Jubilee Medal 40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Virtuti Militari
Legion of Merit
Order of Sukhbaatar
Medal In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow
Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the White Lion
Order of Karl Marx
Order of the National Flag
Order of National Liberation
Order of the Red Banner

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Aleksandr Vasilevsky Life story

Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky was a Soviet career-officer in the Red Army who attained the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943. He served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces and Deputy Minister of Defense during World War II, and as Minister of Defense from 1949 to 1953.