Vladimir Kurasov
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| Native name | Владимир Васильевич Курасов |
| Born | July 19 [O.S. July 7] 1897 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 30, 1973 (aged 76) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried | Novodevichy Cemetery |
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| Rank | Army General |
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Kurasov (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Курасов; July 7(19), 1897 – November 30, 1973) was a Soviet military leader, Chief of Staff of Kalinin Front (renamed as 1st Baltic Front) during World War II, reaching service rank of Army General, Hero of the Soviet Union.
Kurasov was born on July 19, 1897 in Saint Petersburg, the son of an office worker. He graduated from an eight-year technical school and became a factory worker before being drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1915 during World War I. In 1916 he graduated from Telavi School of Praporshchiks and was sent to the front. Kurasov served on the Western Front as a platoon commander, and reached the rank of podporuchik by time the Imperial Army disintegrated.
Since 1918 joined the Red Army. During the Russian Civil War he commanded a company and a detachment of sea-mans. Took the defense of Petrograd against the troops of Northwestern Front White Army headed by General Nikolai Yudenich in 1919.
In 1921 he graduated from the Military Pedagogical Institute (which became the Lenin Military-Political Academy). In 1921–1929, he commanded a training company in the Petrograd Commanding course, then was an instructor of tactics at Oranienbaum commanding course, in the third Joint International course, the Leningrad Infantry School. Became the member of Soviet Communist Party since 1928.
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