Nikolay Voronov

The interrogation of Friedrich Paulus at Don Front HQ, 1943. Left to right: Rokossovsky, Voronov, translator Nikolay Dyatlenko and Field Marshal Paulus

Nikolay Nikolayevich Voronov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Во́ронов; May 5 [O.S. May 17] 1899, Saint Petersburg – February 28, 1968, Moscow) was a Soviet military leader, Chief Marshal of Artillery (1944), and Hero of the Soviet Union (May 7, 1965).

Honours and awards

• Order of Lenin, six times
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner, four times
• Order of Suvorov, 1st Class, three times
• Order of the Red Star
• Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia)
• Order of Red Banner (Mongolia)
• Order of the Partisan Star, 1st class (Yugoslavia)
• Order of National Liberation (Yugoslavia)
• Cross of Grunwald, 1st class (Poland)
• Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
• medals and honorary arms

Nikolay Voronov is interred in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis at the Red Square.

Dates of rank

• • Komandir Brigady November 26, 1935
  • Komandir Korposa June 20, 1937
  • General Polkovnik May 7, 1940
  • Marshal Artillerii January 18, 1943 (equivalent to NATO four star rank)
  • Glavny Marshal Artillerii February 21, 1944

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Name	Voronov, Nikolai
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Date of birth	1899
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Date of death	February 28, 1968
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