Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov (December 29, 1896 – June 12, 1957) was a Soviet Marshal of the engineer troops from the start of

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(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 (1944Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении генерал-полковнику инженерных войск связи Воробьёву М. П. военного звания маршала инженерных войск» от 21 февраля 1944 года
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Early life

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov was born December 29, 1896, in

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. He came from the family of a prominent railway engineer.

Military service

In 1916, Vorobyov was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army. He joined the Red Army in 1918. In the

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, he was one of the leaders in building defenses on the approaches to

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and engineer support of the West Front offensive. In April 1942, he became commander of engineer troops of the

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. He headed the building of defenses near

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, coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the

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and

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fronts in lifting the Leningrad blockade; did a great amount of work in preparing defenses in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge and made a tangible contribution to engineering support in crossing major water obstacles, especially the

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. He left his position in 1952.

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* * * 1896 births 1957 deaths People from Khasavyurt Soviet Marshals of Engineer Troops Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Soviet military engineers Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of the Winter War Soviet military personnel of World War II {{Russia-mil-stub Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery