12 December 1896 Matveyevka Village, Menzelinsky Uyezd, Ufa Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
24 August 1950 Lefortovo Prison, Moscow
Buried
New Donskoy Cemetery
Service/branch
Russian Imperial Army Soviet Army
Years of service
1915-1946
Rank
Colonel general
Commands held
67th Rifle Division
21st Army
1st Reserve Army
Stalingrad Front
33rd Army
3rd Guards Army
Volga Military District
Battles/wars
World War I Russian Civil War Winter War World War II
Battle of Kalach
Battle of Stalingrad
Upper Silesian Offensive
Battle of Berlin
Prague Offensive
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Vasily Nikolaevich Gordov (Russian: Василий Николаевич Гордов; 12 December 1896 – 24 August 1950) was a Soviet Army colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Gordov commanded the Stalingrad Front between July and September 1942.[1][2]
^Ufarkin, Nikolai. "Гордов Василий Николаевич". warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
^Grossman, Vasily (2011). Beevor, Antony (ed.). A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army. Translated by Luba Vinogradova. Knopf. ISBN 9780307363787.
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