Mikhail Shumilov

Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov
Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov
Native name	Михаил Степанович Шумилов
Born	17 November 1895; Verchne Tečenskoe, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire (today Kataysky District, Kurgan Oblast)
Died	28 June 1975 (aged 79); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Soviet Union
Years of service	1917–1956
Rank	Colonel General
Commands	11th Rifle Corps; 64th Army; 7th Guards Army; 13th Army; White Sea Military District; Voronezh Military District
Battles / wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; World War II Soviet invasion of Poland; Winter War; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of Kursk; Kirovograd Offensive; Uman–Botoșani Offensive; Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive; Battle of Debrecen; Budapest Offensive; Bratislava–Brno Offensive; Prague Offensive; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin

Mikhail Stepanovich Shumilov (Russian: Михаил Степанович Шумилов; November 17, 1895 – June 28, 1975) was a Soviet Colonel general and commander of the 64th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. There he defended the southern outskirts of the city and the bridgehead of Beketovka on the Volga for more than six months.