of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (28 April 1970) Order of Klement Gottwald Further reading Колпакиди А., Север А. ГРУ. Уникальная энциклопедия. — М.: Яуза Эксмо, 2009. — С. 692–693. — 720 с. — (Энциклопедия спецназа). — 5000 экз. — Richard Woff: Matvei Vasilievich Zakharov, in: Shukman Harold: Stalin's Generals (New York 1993). (See also Shukman, Harold (2001). Stalin's Generals. Phoenix Press. .) B.Z. Gryaznow: Marschall Sacharow (Moskau 1979) -russisch External links References 1898 births 1972 deaths People from Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast People from Tver Governorate Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union), 1st class Heroes of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic KGB officers Marshals of the Soviet Union Burials at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis Frunze Military Academy alumni Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni