Mikhail Vorobyov (engineer)

Mikhail Vorobyov
Mikhail Vorobyov
Birth name	Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov
Born	December 29, 1896; Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	June 12, 1957 (aged 60); Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1916–1917); Soviet Union (1918–1957)
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Red Army
Rank
Commands	Engineer Troops of Soviet army
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; World War II Winter War; Eastern Front; ;
Awards	Order 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]).

Early life

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov was born December 29, 1896, in Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast. He came from the family of a prominent railway engineer.^[3]

Military service

In 1916, Vorobyov was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army.^[4]

He joined the Red Army in 1918.^[4]

In the Battle of Moscow, he was one of the leaders in building defenses on the approaches to Moscow and engineer support of the West Front offensive.^[5]

In April 1942, he became commander of engineer troops of the Red Army.^[1] He headed the building of defenses near Stalingrad,^[5] coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts in lifting the Leningrad blockade;^{[citation needed]} did a great amount of work in preparing defenses in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge^[5] and made a tangible contribution to engineering support in crossing major water obstacles, especially the Dnieper. He left his position in 1952.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Сборник (2020, p. 130)
^ 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
^ Соловьев (2019, p. 22)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Залесский (2020, p. 1948)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Залесский (2020, p. 1949)

Bibliography

Сборник (4 April 2020). Сталинградская битва. Июль 1942 – февраль 1943 [Battle of Stalingrad. July 1942 - February 1943] (in Russian). ЛитРес. ISBN 9785042445477.
Соловьев, Денис (17 December 2019). Комбриги РККА 1935-1940. (in Russian). Vol. 6. SelfPub. ISBN 9785042218422.
Залесский, Константин (11 March 2020). Великая Отечественная война. Большая биографическая энциклопедия [The Great Patriotic War. Big biographical encyclopedia] (in Russian). АСТ. ISBN 9785457276970.

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[Birth+Death-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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

[EarlyLife-3] Соловьев (2019, p. 22)

[drafted-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Залесский (2020, p. 1948)

[work-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Залесский (2020, p. 1949)

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