Biography General Katukov

Annotational sign in Lipetsk Katukov Mikhail Efimovich-commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army, colonel general of tank troops. From the poor peasant family, in which there were 5 children. From early childhood he worked at the dairy farm of the local landowner. He graduated from the elementary rural school. In the year, he was sent "to people" to St.

Petersburg, worked as a boy-seeker in a dairy store, then at the city factories. Member of the October armed uprising in Petrograd in the year. Then, because of the death of his mother, he returned to his native village to help the family. The Red Army was drafted by the Kolomensky military registration and enlistment office in March. He was directed by the Red Army to the Y Rifle Regiment of the Rifle Division.

He participated in the civil war - the suppression of the Don Cossack uprising of the year. Then he had a Tif for a long time, secondly enrolled in the army only in November. He was a Red Army soldier of the 9th Siberian Regiment, and June - the 1st Reserve Regiment, from July - the Rifle Regiment in the Rifle Division, fought on the Western front against the Polish troops. Since November - Red Army soldier of the Rifle Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division.

Since December - at study. He graduated from the Mogilev infantry courses. Since the year, he served in M ​​and in the Mr. Omsk Red Banner Rifle Division: from March - the platoon commander, from August - assistant to the company commander, from December - the company commander, from August - assistant to the head of the regimental school, and since July - assistant to the battalion commander.

In the year he graduated from the rifle and tactical courses of the Komalnoye of the Red Army Kommersant "Shot", after which he continued to serve in the division, since August - the company commander, from October - the chief of the regimental school, from December - chief of staff of the Leningrad Red Banner Rifle Regiment. Since May - in the armored troops. The first position in them is the chief of staff of the 5th separate mechanized brigade of the Belarusian military district Borisov, since December the head of the intelligence of this brigade, since September - the commander of the training battalion and since May - performing the post of artillery of this brigade.

Since October, the head of the operational department of the mechanized brigade of the Mechanized Corps in the Kiev Military District. Since September, - chief of staff of the Rifle -machine -gun brigade of the Mechkorpus, from April - fulfilling the post of chief of staff of the Mount Corporation. Since October, he has been the commander of the 5th light -hand brigade of the GO tank corps, at the head of it participated in the campaign of the Red Army in Western Ukraine in September.

Since July - the commander of the Sgish -Tank brigade. Since November, the commander of the tank division of the 9th mechanized corps of the Kyiv Special Military District of the city of the Great Patriotic War from June 24 as the commander of the tank division, participated in the border tank battle in the Dubno region, then with the battles left the encirclement. Since September-commander of the 4th Panzer Brigade, who became famous during the defense of Moscow, first in the Mtsensk direction, then on the Volokolamsk highway.

For outstanding successes in battles and significant losses of the troops of the German 2nd Panzer Army by General General General Guderian, by order of the People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR dated November 11, the brigade of the first in the Red Army received the Guards Banner and became known as the 1st Guards Tank Brigade. During the counterattack of the Soviet troops near Moscow in December - January, he commanded a mobile group in the Armies of the Western Front consisting of two tank, one motorized rifle brigad and one tank battalion.

This group successfully acted in the liberation of Volokolamsk and a breakthrough of German defense along the lines of the Lama and Ruza rivers. Since April, the commander of the 1st Panzer Corps, which distinguished himself in the defensive battles of the summer campaign of the year on the Bryansk Front. Since September-commander of the 3rd mechanized corps of the Kalinin Front.

From January to Victory, he commanded the 1st Panzer Army from April-the 1st Guards, which participated in the Battle of Kursk, Belgorod-Kharkov, Zhytomyr-Berdichevskaya, Proskurovo-Blainitsky, Lviv-Sandomir operations and in the battles for the retention of the Sandomirskiy reservoir on Vistil. For the successful leadership of military formations and the personal courage and heroism shown at the same time, Colonel General of the Tank Forces Katukov Mikhail Efimovich, on September 23, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.

For the successful leadership of military formations and the personal courage and heroism shown at the same time, Colonel General of the Tank forces Katukov Mikhail Efimovich was awarded the second medal of the Golden Star on April 6. After the war, he commanded the 1st Guards Tank Army for another 3 years as part of a group of Soviet occupation forces in Germany, at the same time the head of the Soviet military administration of the land of Saxony.

From April to June, he was the commander of the armored and mechanized troops of the group of Soviet occupation forces in Germany, then left for study. He graduated from the highest academic courses at the Higher Military Academy named after K.Since September, the commander of the 5th Guards Mechanized Army of the Belarusian Military District of Bobruisk. Since April, - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the Ground Forces.

He lived in the city of Gero Moscow. He died on June 8th. He was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. Military titles:.