Education
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. Military Academy of Armored Forces.
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. Military Academy of Armored Forces.
He was the first commander of the 8th Tank Army and served as commander of the Odessa Military District, 1948-1951 and the North Caucasus Military District, 1953-1953.
During the war he received the highest number of 1-rank awards for the exceptional direction of combat operations: three times Order of Suvorov, twice Order of Kutuzov, and Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky. He was also a Gold Star Hero of the Soviet Union (№ 1799), four times Order of Lenin and three times Order of the Red Banner.
