1. Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov was a Soviet General and military leader.
15 Facts About Vladimir Govorov
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Vladimir Govorov was the son of Soviet military commander Marshal Leonid Govorov.
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Vladimir Govorov was born in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1924 to Leonid Govorov and Lidia Ivanovna.
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In October 1943, Vladimir Govorov was sent to the fighting on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
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Vladimir Govorov commanded a gun platoon, then an artillery battery on the Leningrad and 2nd Baltic front.
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Vladimir Govorov participated in the Siege of Leningrad, the offensive operations of the Soviet troops in the Baltic states, as well as the Courland Pocket.
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Vladimir Govorov became a candidate member of the CPSU in 1976.
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On 28 October 1977, Vladimir Govorov was awarded the rank of General of the Army in time for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution.
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Vladimir Govorov was succeeded in the Moscow Garrison by General Petr Lushev.
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On 15 August 1991, Vladimir Govorov submitted a letter of resignation, being relieved of his post by President Mikhail Gorbachev two days later, and being dismissed from the Soviet Armed Forces in 1992.
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Vladimir Govorov did some social work for veterans of the Russian Ground Forces after the fall of the Soviet union in 1990.
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Vladimir Govorov has been associated with the Russian Committee of War Veterans and Military Service which he advocated for veteran affairs.
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Vladimir Govorov supervised the preparations for the celebration of the anniversaries of World War II and was a member of the Organizing Committee "Victory".
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Vladimir Govorov commanded a similar parade held In 2000, which was the last parade in which the veterans marched across Red Square on foot.
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Vladimir Govorov died on August 13,2006, in Moscow after a long illness.