Nikolai Vatutin

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Soviet general human military commander

Nikolai Vatutin was a prominent Soviet general of World War II who played a key role in major Eastern Front offensives, including the defense and counteroffensives around Kursk.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet general → human → military commander →
awardReceived	Order of Kutuzov, 1st class → Order of Lenin → Order of Suvorov, 1st class → Order of the Red Banner →
buriedAt	Novodevichy Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	assassination attempt → gunshot wound →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → Soviet Union →
dateOfBirth	1901-12-16 →
dateOfDeath	1944-04-15 →
educatedAt	Frunze Military Academy → M. V. Frunze Military Academy of the Workers and Peasants Red Army →
era	Stalin era →
ethnicGroup	Ukrainians →
familyName	Vatutin →
fullName	Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin →
givenName	Nikolai →
hasMonument	Monument to Nikolai Vatutin in Kyiv →
killedBy	Ukrainian Insurgent Army →
mannerOfDeath	died of wounds →
memberOf	Communist Party of the Soviet Union →
militaryBranch	Red Army →
militaryRank	Army General →
nativeLanguage	Russian → Ukrainian →
notableFor	key role in defense and counteroffensive operations around Kursk → leading major Soviet offensives on the Eastern Front →
notableWork	liberation of Kyiv in 1943 → planning and execution of Soviet counteroffensive at Kursk →
participatedIn	Battle of Kursk → Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of the Dnieper → Donbas strategic offensive (1943) → Kiev offensive (1943) → Third Battle of Kharkov →
patronymicName	Fyodorovich →
placeOfBirth	Chepukhino, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire →
placeOfDeath	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union →
positionHeld	chief of staff of the North-Western Front → commander of 1st Ukrainian Front → commander of Southwestern Front → commander of Voronezh Front →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Eastern Front of World War II → Moscow →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Koltso → Operation Uranus → Soviet Southwestern Front → Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 →	commander
1st Ukrainian Front → Voronezh Front →	notableCommander
Operation Little Saturn →	commandedBy
Unternehmen Zitadelle →	opposingCommander
Battle of Kursk →	SovietCommander