Leonid Govorov
| Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov | |
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| Born |
22 February 1897 Butyrki, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 19 March 1955 (aged 58) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire (1916–1918) Soviet Union (1920–1955) |
| Years of service | 1917–1955 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Unit | Artillery |
| Commands held |
5th Army Leningrad Front Leningrad Military District |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
 Order of Lenin (5) Order of Victory Order of the Red Banner (3) Order of Suvorov, 1st Class (2) Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class Order of the Red Star Légion d'honneur Croix de guerre 1939-1945 |
| Other work | Chief Inspector of Ground Forces Commander of National Air Defense Forces Deputy Minister of Defense |
World War I
Russian Civil War
Soviet-Finnish War
World War II
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Го́воров) (22 February [O.S. 10 February] 1897 – 19 March 1955) was a Soviet military commander. An artillery officer, he joined the Red Army in 1920. He graduated from several Soviet military academies, including the Military Academy of Red Army General Staff. He participated in the Winter War as a senior artillery officer.
In World War II, Govorov rose to command an army in November 1941 during the Battle of Moscow. He commanded the Leningrad Front from April 1942 to the end of the war. He reached the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1944, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and many other awards.
Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov was born into a peasant family of Russian ethnicity in the village of Butyrki in Vyatka Governorate (now in Kirov Oblast). He attended a technical high school in Yelabuga and enrolled in the shipbuilding department of Petrograd Polytechnical Institute. In December 1916, however, he was mobilized and was sent to the Konstantinovskye Artillery School, from which he graduated in 1917. He became an artillery officer with the rank of podporuchik.
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