Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov
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A memorial plaque of Aleksey Zhadov at the building that once housed the headquarters of the 5th Guards Army in the village of New Prague, in present day Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
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| Native name | Алексе́й Семёнович Жа́дов |
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30 March 1901 Orel Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 November 1977 (aged 76) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union
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| Years of service | 1919-1969 |
| Rank | Army General |
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Aleksey Semenovich Zhadov (Russian: Алексе́й Семёнович Жа́дов), born with the surname "Zhidov" (Russian: Жи́дов), was a Soviet military officer in the Red Army, who during World War II commanded the 66th Army, later renamed the 5th Guards Army, from the Battle of Stalingrad up till the end of the war. For his leadership of the army, Zhadov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Postwar, Zhadov commanded the Central Group of Forces and was deputy commander of the Soviet Ground Forces.
Aleksey Zhadov was born on 30 March 1901 in the village of Nikolskoye in what is now Sverdlovsk district of Orel Oblast. He joined the Red Army in 1919 and fought in the Russian Civil War. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1934, and in 1940 he took command of a cavalry division. In late May 1941, while serving as the commander of the 21st Turkestan Mountain Cavalry Division in the Central Asian Military District, he was promoted to command the 4th Airborne Corps stationed in Pukhovichi in the Western Special Military District, the military administration of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Having primarily served in the Red Army's cavalry branch for 21 years, the promotion to command an airborne unit was a huge leap of responsibility for him.
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