Nikolai Fyodorovich Watutin

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Army General NF Watutin

Nikolai Fjodorowitsch Watutin ( Russian: Николай Фёдорович Ватутин , scientific transliteration Nikolaj Fëdorovič Vatutin ; born  December 16, 1901 in Chepukhino near Kursk ; † April 14, 1944 ) was a Soviet army general in World War II .

Development to an officer

Watutin came from a rural background and joined the Red Army in 1920 and the CPSU a year later . After participating in the civil war , Watutin attended the military academy "MW Frunze" (1929) and the military academy of the General Staff (1937). Watutin held various positions, including as chief of staff of a rifle division, department head in the staff of the Siberian military district and chief of the staff of the Kiev military district. In February 1941 he was transferred to the operational administration of the General Staff as chief. He was also 1st Deputy Chief of the Soviet General Staff.

Operations in World War II

At the beginning of the German-Soviet War , Watutin first became Chief of Staff of the Northwest Front . He then acted briefly from May to July 1942 as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Red Army before he successively commanded the Voronezh Front and the Southwest Front . From March 1943 he again commanded the Voronezh Front (from October 20, 1943 1st Ukrainian Front ), which recaptured Kiev on November 6, 1943 during the Battle of the Dnieper .

On February 25, 1944, Watutin was seriously wounded in an attack by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and died on April 14, 1944. After the war, the newly founded city of Watutine in Cherkassy Oblast , Ukraine , was named after him.

Honors

Orders and awards

Monuments

Naming

Names of streets (= S) and prospectuses (= P) in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan
River cruise ship "General Watutin" in the port of Odessa
Other naming
  • City of Watutine , founded in 1947
  • Watutine settlement in the city of Yenakievo
  • a river cruise ship, built in 1986 at the Boizenburg shipyard
  • a cement factory in the city of Vorkuta
  • a residential area in the city of Kiev (since 2001)

literature

Web links

Commons : Nikolai Fyodorowitsch Watutin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On June 1, 2017, the Kyiv City Council, the Vatutin Prospect decided by the UPA officer Roman Shukhevych rename in Schuchewytsch Prospect, see В столице проспект Ватутина переименовали в Шухевича ( In the capital of Vatutin Prospect, Shukhevych Prospect was renamed )
personal data
SURNAME Watutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ватутин, Николай Федорович (Russian); Vatutin, Nikolaj Fedorovič (scientific transliteration)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet army general
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Chepukhino near Kursk
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1944