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Vasily Petrov
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Marshal of the Soviet Union (1917–2014)
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Vinony's link graph records 80 inbound references to Vasily Petrov, and connects out to Ogaden War, Sergey Sokolov and Soviet Army.
Vinony files it under 1917 births, 2014 deaths and Burials at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1917-01-15 ) 15 January 1917, Chernolesskoye , Stavropol Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) (aged 97), Moscow , Russia
- Buried
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery , Moscow Oblast
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union , Russia
- Branch
- Red Army
- Service years
- 1939–1986
- Rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Commands
- Far East Military District , Soviet Ground Forces
- Conflicts
- World War II , Ogaden War , Angolan Civil War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Family name
- Petrov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Chernolesskoye
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Conflict
- Budapest offensive
- Military branch
- Red Army
- Military rank
- Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Image
- Marshal Vasily Ivanovich Petrov.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- date of death
- 2014-02-01
- Commons category
- Vasily Ivanovich Petrov
- date of birth
- 1917-00-00
- birth name
- Василий Иванович Петров
- name in native language
- Василий Иванович Петров
- place of burial
- Federal Military Memorial Cemetery
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- different from
- Vasily Stepanovich Petrov
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasiliy Ivanovich Petrov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Петро́в; 15 January [O.S. 2 January] 1917 – 1 February 2014) was a Soviet and Russian military officer and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces from 1980 to 1985.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vasily Petrov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.