Nikolai Voronov

Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov
	Voronov in 1966
Native name	Никола́й Никола́евич Во́ронов
Nickname(s)	Artillery
Born	5 May 1899; St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	28 February 1968 (aged 68); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried	Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch	Artillery
Years of service	1918–1968
Rank	Chief marshal of the artillery
Battles / wars	Russian Civil War; Polish-Soviet War; Spanish Civil War; Soviet–Japanese Border Wars Battle of Khalkin Gol; ; World War II Soviet invasion of Poland; Winter War; Great Patriotic War Battle of Smolensk; First Sinyavino offensive; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Stalingrad Operation Uranus; Operation Koltso; ; Operation Little Saturn; Siege of Leningrad; Battle of Kursk; Smolensk operation; Baltic offensive; ; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin (6); Order of the October Revolution; Order of the Red Banner (4); Order of Suvorov, 1st class (3); Order of the Red Star;

Nikolai Nikolayevich Voronov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Во́ронов; 5 May [O.S. 23 April] 1899 - 28 February 1968) was a Soviet military leader, chief marshal of the artillery (1944), and Hero of the Soviet Union (7 May 1965). He was commander of artillery forces of the Red Army from 1941 until 1950. Voronov commanded the Soviet artillery during the Battle of Stalingrad and was the Stavka representative to various fronts during the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Kursk. He also fought in the Russian Civil War, the Polish-Soviet War and the Battle of Khalkin Gol, as well as serving as an advisor to the Spanish Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War.