Background
SOKOLOVSKY, Vasiliy was born in 1897 in village Kozlik, Belostok Uezd, Grodno Gubemiya, now Polish territory.
Marshal of the Soviet Union since 1947
SOKOLOVSKY, Vasiliy was born in 1897 in village Kozlik, Belostok Uezd, Grodno Gubemiya, now Polish territory.
1921 graduated Red Army General Staff Academy.
1922 active in liquidation of members of national (“Basmachi”) movement in Central Asia (Turkestan, Bukhara, Khorezm). During World War II with rank of Lieutenant-General, Colonel-General and then Army General, directed planning and implementation of Smolensk operation. Helped prepare and carry out Lvov, VistulaOder, Berlin and many other World War II operations.
1948-1949 directed blockade of West Berlin. Deputy, USSR Supreme Soviet of all convocation. Member, Editorial Board, “Istoriya velikoy otechestvennoy voiny sovetskogo soyuza 1941-1945” (History of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945).
Member, Communist Party, since 1931.
Member, Communist Party, since 1931.