Mikhail Vorobyov (engineer)

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov (December 29, 1896 – June 12, 1957)^[1] was a Soviet Marshal of the engineer troops from the start of World War II (1941–1945) – inspector-general of engineer troops, then chief of engineer troops of the Western Front, and later commander of the 1st Field Engineer Army (1944^[2]).

Mikhail Vorobyov
Birth name	Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov
Born	(1896-12-29)December 29, 1896 Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	June 12, 1957(1957-06-12) (aged 60) Moscow, Soviet Union[1]
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1916–1917)  Soviet Union (1918–1957)
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army
Rank
Commands	Engineer Troops of Soviet army
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Winter War Eastern Front
Awards	Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner (3) Order of Suvorov, 1st Class Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Order of the Red Banner of Labour Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

Early life

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov was born December 29, 1896, in Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast. He came from the family of a prominent railway engineer.^[3]

Military service

In 1916, Vorobyov was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army.^[4]

He joined the Red Army in 1918.^[4]

In the Battle of Moscow, he was one of the leaders in building defenses on the approaches to Moscow and engineer support of the West Front offensive.^[5]

In April 1942, he became commander of engineer troops of the Red Army.^[1] He headed the building of defenses near Stalingrad,^[5] coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts in lifting the Leningrad blockade;^{[citation needed]} did a great amount of work in preparing defenses in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge^[5] and made a tangible contribution to engineering support in crossing major water obstacles, especially the Dnieper. He left his position in 1952.^{[citation needed]}