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Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin was a Soviet military leader, General of the Army. Hero of the Soviet Union, member of the Central Auditing Commission of the CPSU. He was born on 28 December 1899 in the Kostroma Governorate. He completed primary school, but after his mother's death in 1915 he began working as a carpenter. The Revolution gave him the opportunity to continue his education, and he completed seven years of schooling.
In 1919 Malinin joined the Red Army and took part in suppressing uprisings. Until 1928 he held command positions at the platoon, company, and battalion levels. In 1931 he graduated from the Frunze Military Academy, and served in the Ural and then the Transbaikal Military Districts. After the purges in the Red Army he was transferred to Leningrad, where he headed tactical courses. In 1940 he became chief of staff of the 7th Mechanized Corps in Moscow.
During the Great Patriotic War Malinin served as chief of staff of the 16th Army of the Western Front (1941–1942), and then of the Bryansk, Don, Central, Belorussian and 1st Belorussian Fronts (1942–1945). For skillful command of the troops and displayed courage, on 29 May 1945 he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war he held high posts in the Soviet Army, up to First Deputy Chief of the General Staff (1952–1960). Mikhail Sergeyevich Malinin died on 24 January 1960 in Moscow.
Date of birth
16 December 1899
Date of death
24 January 1960
Occupation
Military