Markian Popov

Markian Popov was a Soviet Military Commander. He was given the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1960. He was born in 1902.^[1]

Маркиан Михайлович Попов Markian Mikhailovich Popov
M. M. Popov as Lieutenant General
Born	(1902-11-15)15 November 1902 Ust-Medvediskaya, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	22 April 1969(1969-04-22) (aged 66) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried at	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Russian SFSR (1920–1922)  Soviet Union (1922–1969)
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1920–69
Rank	Army General
Commands held	Northern Front Leningrad Front 61st Army 40th Army 5th Shock Army 5th Tank Army Bryansk Front 2nd Baltic Front
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (5) Order of the Red Banner (3) Order of the Red Star Order of Suvorov (2) Order of Kutuzov (2)
Other work	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1921–1969)