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((Short description|Soviet general (1894–1964)))
((More citations needed|date=May 2020))
((Infobox military person
| name          = Vasily Kuznetsov
| birth_date    = ((birth date|1894|1|15|df=y))
| death_date    = ((death date and age|1964|6|20|1894|1|15|df=y))
| image         = Vasily Kuznetsov (general).jpg
| caption       = Colonel General Vasily Kuznetsov.
| birth_place   = [[Cherdynsky District|Ust-Osolka]], [[Solikamsky Uyezd]], [[Perm Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_place   = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
| placeofburial = [[Novodevichy Cemetery]]
| placeofburial_label = 
| nickname      = 
| allegiance    = ((nobr|((flag|Russian Empire)) (1915–1917)))<br/>((USSR)) (1917–1960)
| branch        = [[Imperial Russian Army]]<br/>[[Red Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1915–1960
| rank          = [[Colonel General]]
| unit          = 
| commands      = [[3rd Army (Soviet Union)|3rd Army]]<br>[[21st Army (Soviet Union)|21st Army]]<br>[[58th Army (Soviet Union)|58th Army]]<br>[[19th Army (Soviet Union)|19th Army]]<br>[[1st Shock Army]]<br>[[63rd Army (Soviet Union)|63rd Army]]<br>[[1st Guards Army (Soviet Union)|1st Guards Army]]<br>[[3rd Shock Army]]<br>[[Volga Military District]]
| battles       = [[World War I]]<br/>[[Russian Civil War]]<br>[[Eastern Front (World War II)|World War II]]
| awards        = [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
| relations     = 
| laterwork     = 
))

'''Vasily Ivanovich Kuznetsov''' (Russian: ''Василий Иванович Кузнецов''; ((OldStyleDate|15 January|1894|3 January)) – 20 June 1964) was a Soviet general and a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]].

==Life and career==
Kuznetsov was born to a working-class family in [[Cherdynsky District|Ust-Usolka]], [[Solikamsky Uyezd]], [[Perm Governorate]]. In April 1915 he was drafted into the [[Imperial Russian Army]], taking part in [[World War I]]. In March 1916 he completed officer training in [[Kazan]], attaining the rank of a [[Podporuchik]] in July. 

In August 1918, after the [[October Revolution]], he joined the [[Red Army]], serving in the [[Russian Civil War]] first as a company commander and later as a deputy regimental commander. In October 1923 he was appointed commander of 89th Rifle Regiment. 

He joined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] in 1928. During 1929 he undertook advanced officers' training, and he graduated from the [[Frunze Academy]] in 1936. In October 1936 he became the 99th Rifle Division's commander. In July 1937, he was transferred to head the 16th Rifle Corps.

During September 1939, [[Komkor]] Kuznetsov participated in the [[Soviet invasion of Poland|Invasion of Poland]] as chief of the [[Vitebsk]] and [[Polotsk]] Army Groups. On 4 June 1940, with the introduction of new ranks, he became a lieutenant general.<ref>[http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1710 Kuznetsov on the Heroes of the USSR website.]</ref>

===World War 2===
[[Operation Barbarossa|On 22 June 1941]], Kuznetsov's [[3rd Army (Soviet Union)|3rd Army]] was stationed in Belarus, as part of the [[Soviet Western Front|Western Front]]. It was [[Battle of Białystok–Minsk|overwhelmed and surrounded by German forces]]. In July, he and the remains of his formation broke out and returned to the Soviet lines. This feat earned him praise from [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] when he issued [[Order No. 270]]. In late August, he was sent to command the [[Soviet Southwestern Front|Southwestern Front]]'s [[21st Army (Soviet Union)|21st Army]], but his force suffered crushing defeat once more in the [[Battle of Kiev (1941)|Battle of Kiev]]. On October, he was appointed to command the Kharkov Military District, but reassigned to head the [[1st Shock Army]] on 23 November, with which he took part in the [[Battle of Moscow]]. His units liberated [[Klin, Klinsky District, Moscow Oblast|Klin]] and [[Solnechnogorsk]].<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article067072.html Kuznetsov on the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.]</ref>

In February 1942, the Army relocated to the north, taking part in the [[Demyansk Pocket|Demyansk operation]]. On July, Kuznetsov was given command of the [[63rd Army (Soviet Union)|63rd Army]], [[Battle of Stalingrad|positioned near Stalingrad]]. The formation was renamed 1st Guards Army on November. For his conduct in the campaign, Kuznetsov was awarded the [[Order of Suvorov]] 1st Class. On 25 March 1943 he was promoted to the rank of Colonel General. The 1st Guards later took part in the battles for the Donbass region and in the [[Lower Dnieper Offensive|Dniepr crossing]]. On 15 December, Kuznetsov was appointed [[Hovhannes Bagramyan|Bagramyan]]'s deputy in the [[1st Baltic Front]]. In this capacity he participated in the campaigns for [[Operation Bagration|Belarus]], [[Baltic Operation|the Baltics]] and [[East Prussian Offensive|East Prussia]]. The Front was disbanded on late February 1945, and Kuznetsov assumed command over the [[1st Belorussian Front|1st Belorussian]]'s [[3rd Shock Army (Soviet Union)|3rd Shock Army]] on 16 March.  The Army was involved in the [[Battle in Berlin|urban fighting inside Berlin]]; On 30 April, one of its formations, the [[150th Rifle Division]], stormed the [[Reichstag (building)|Reichstag]]. Its soldiers hoisted the [[Victory Banner]] atop of the building.<ref>[http://cccp-tv.net/marshalls-k/134-kyznecov A short biography of Kuznetsov.]</ref>

===Post-war career===
On 29 May 1945, Kuznetsov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (Medal no. 6460) for his performance. After the war, he remained the 3rd Army's commander in Germany for a while,  then attended the [[Voroshilov Academy]], graduating in 1948. He served as chairman of the Voluntary Society for Cooperation with the Army and later of [[DOSAAF]]. From 1953 to 1957, he headed the [[Volga Military District]]. Until his retirement in 1960, he served in the Ministry of Defense. Kuznetsov was a deputy in the 2nd and 4th Convocations of the [[Supreme Soviet]].<ref>[http://www.hrono.ru/biograf/bio_k/kuznecovvi.php Kuznetsov on Hrono.ru.]</ref> He died in Moscow in 1964.

==Honours and awards==
;Soviet Union
{|
|-
|[[File:Hero of the Soviet Union medal.png|20px]]
|[[Hero of the Soviet Union]] (29 May 1945)
|-
|[[File:Order of Lenin ribbon bar.png|60px]]
|[[Order of Lenin]], twice (21 February 1945, 29 May 1945)
|-
|[[File:Order of Red Banner ribbon bar.png|60px]]
|[[Order of the Red Banner]], five times (22 February 1928, 22 February 1941, 2 January 1942, 3 November 1944, 20 June 1949)
|-
|[[File:Order suvorov1 rib.png|60px]]
|[[Order of Suvorov]], 1st class (28 January 1943)
|-
|[[File:Order suvorov2 rib.png|60px]]
|Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (26 October 1943)
|-
|[[File:Defstalingrad.png|60px]]
|[[Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"]] (22 December 1942)
|-
|[[File:Ribbon bar for the medal for the Defense of Moscow.png|60px]]
|[[Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"]] (1 May 1944)
|-
|[[File:Ribbon Medal For The Liberation Of Warsaw.png|60px]]
|[[Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"]] (9 June 1945)
|-
|[[File:Caputureberlin rib.png|60px]]
|[[Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"]] (9 June 1945)
|-
|[[File:Order_of_Glory_Ribbon_Bar.png|60px]]
|[[Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"]] (9 May 1945)
|-
|[[File:20_years_saf_rib.png|60px]]
|[[Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"]] (1938)
|-
|[[File:30 years saf rib.png|60px]]
|[[Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"]] (1948)
|-
|[[File:40 years saf rib.png|60px]]
|[[Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"]] (1958)
|-
|}

;Foreign Awards
{|
|-
|[[File:Legion_Honneur_Commandeur_ribbon.svg|60px]]
|Commander of the [[Legion of Honour]] ([[France]])
|-
|[[File:POL_Virtuti_Militari_Kawalerski_BAR.svg|60px]]
|Knight's Cross of the [[Virtuti Militari]] ([[Polish People's Republic|Poland]])
|-
|[[File:POL_Order_Krzyża_Grunwaldu_3_Klasy_BAR.svg|60px]]
|[[Order of the Cross of Grunwald]], 3rd class (Poland)
|-
|}

==References==
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