to command the Corps until June 1946, when he took over the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division. He graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1958. From 1961 until his retirement at 1967 he headed a faculty in the Malinovsky Academy. Honours and awards "Gold Star" Medal Hero of the Soviet Union Two Orders of Lenin Order of the Red Banner, four times Order of Suvorov, 1st class and 2nd class, twice Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class References Further reading Панов М. Ф., На направлении главного удара: Военно-исторический очерк о боевом пути 1-го гвардейского танкового Донского корпуса (M.F. Panov, the Direction of the Main Strike: A Historic Overview of the 1st Don Guards Tank Corps in Battle). Moscow, 1995 1901 births 1979 deaths People from Nevelsky District, Pskov Oblast People from Nevelsky Uyezd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet lieutenant generals Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class Burials at Kuntsevo Cemetery