Boris Shaposhnikov

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Boris Shaposhnikov was a prominent Soviet military commander and theorist who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army and played a key role in developing Soviet military doctrine before and during World War II.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military commander
human
marshal of the Soviet Union
military theorist
areaOfInfluence Eastern Front
surface form: "Eastern Front of World War II"

Soviet Union
conflict Russian Civil War
Winter War
World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
describedAs prominent Soviet military commander and theorist
employer People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR
surface form: "People’s Commissariat of Defense of the USSR"

Red Army
familyName Shaposhnikov
fieldOfWork military science
military strategy
operational art
fullName Boris Shaposhnikov
surface form: "Boris Mikhaylovich Shaposhnikov"
genre military theory
givenName Boris
ideology Marxism–Leninism
influenced Red Army operational planning in World War II
Soviet military doctrine
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Communist Party of the Soviet Union
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Army
Red Army
surface form: "Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army"
militaryRank Marshal of the Soviet Union
notableAchievement contribution to prewar Soviet mobilization plans
influence on early Great Patriotic War strategic planning
systematization of Red Army staff work
notableIdea concept of centralized operational planning
development of Soviet operational doctrine
notableWork Mozg armii
The Brain of the Army
occupation military officer
strategist
theorist
patronymicName Mikhaylovich
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff
surface form: "Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army"

Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR
commander of the Leningrad Military District
commander of the Moscow Military District
member of the Revolutionary Military Council
workLocation Moscow

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boris Shaposhnikov fullName Boris Shaposhnikov
this entity surface form: "Boris Mikhaylovich Shaposhnikov"
Stavka hasMember Boris Shaposhnikov
Marshal of the Soviet Union notableHolder Boris Shaposhnikov
Soviet military officers notableMember Boris Shaposhnikov

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