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Nikolai Lavrentyevich Soldatov (April 29, 1904, village Likhovtsy, now Suzdal district, Vladimir region - May 20, 1977, Rostov-on-Don) - Soviet military leader, lieutenant-general (1949).

Initial biography
Nikolai Lavrent'evich Soldatov was born on April 29, 1904 in the village of Likhovtsy, now Suzdal district, Vladimir region.

Prewar time
In October 1926 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army.

In 1927 he graduated from the regimental school of the 40th Infantry Regiment (14th Infantry Division, Moscow Military District), after which he served in this regiment as a squad leader, sergeant and temporary platoon commander.

From October 1929, he studied at one-year courses at the United Infantry School in Kiev, after which in July 1930 the Soldiers were sent to the 48th Infantry Regiment (16th Rifle Division, Leningrad Military District), where he commanded a machine gun platoons, and was soon appointed to the post of assistant chief, and then to the post of chief of the junior commanding officer.

From February to May 1934 and from February to August 1936, he studied at the Shooting Tactical Institute, transformed in December 1935 into the Higher Shooting and Tactical Courses for the improvement of the command of the Vystrel infantry personnel.

In August 1936, he was appointed battalion commander in the 46th rifle regiment of the 16th rifle division. In March 1938, he was transferred to the post of battalion commander of the 158th rifle regiment (53rd rifle division, Volga Military District). From August of the same year, he served as chief of staff of the 176th Infantry Regiment (59th Infantry Division, 1st Red Banner Army), and since October 1939, Chief of 1st Division and at the same time Assistant Chief of Staff of the Division.

In December 1940 he was appointed commander of the 113th Infantry Regiment (32nd Infantry Division, 1st Red Banner, then 25th Army).

The Great Patriotic War
Since the beginning of World War II, the Soldiers were in the same position. In September 1941, the regiment as part of the division was redeployed and included in the 5th Army (Western Front), as part of which he participated in defensive battles in the Mozhaisk-Narofominsky direction.

In December 1941, he was appointed commander of the 250th Airborne Regiment, which was formed in the Vnukovo area. In January 1942, the regiment was landed in the area south-west of Vyazma, taking part in the Vyazma airborne operation, but due to heavy losses the regiment was disbanded.

From 05/11/1942 to 08/22/1942 Colonel Soldatov commanded the 329th rifle division as part of the task force under the command of P. A. Belov, who was operating in the enemy's rear near Dorogobuzh and Elnya. With the end of the raids behind the front line, the division, along with other units, went to the front line in the area of ​​the 33rd Army and in August 1942 was disbanded. Soldatov was appointed commander of the 222nd Infantry Division (33rd Army). From September 1 to November 8, 1942 temporarily served as commander of the 7th Guards Rifle Corps, then again served as commander of the 222nd Infantry Division.

In March 1943, he was appointed commander of the 5th Guards Rifle Division, which took part in the Rzhev-Vyazma offensive operation, the Oryol, Bryansk and Gorodok operations. Nikolai Lavrent'evich Soldatov skillfully commanded units during the breakthrough of the deeply echeloned and heavily fortified enemy defenses in the Vitebsk area, showing courage and bravery in battle, for which he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

On March 29, 1944, Major-General Soldatov was appointed commander of the 83rd Rifle Corps (4th Shock Army, 2nd Baltic Front), distinguished during the Polotsk and Rezhitsko-Dvinsk operations, as well as during the liberation of the cities of Polotsk, Driss, Kraslava, Daugavpils. For the skillful organization and management of parts of the corps during the breakthrough of the highly fortified defenses of the enemy north-west of the city of Polotsk, Nikolai Soldatov was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2 degrees. Soon the corps was relocated to Romania and until the end of the war was in reserve of the Supreme Command Headquarters.

During the war, Soldiers were mentioned four times in thanksgiving in the orders of the Supreme Commander

Postwar career
After the war, Soldatov continued to command the rifle corps as part of the Odessa Military District, and in October 1945, he was dismissed from the post and enlisted at the disposal of the NCC.

In March 1946 he was sent to study at the Military Academic Courses at the Higher Military Academy named after KE Voroshilov, after which in March 1947 he was enrolled in the Directorate for External Relations of the General Staff, served as senior military adviser to the headquarters of the Yugoslav Army.

In March 1948, he was appointed commander of the 10th rifle corps (Ural Military District). In October 1951 he was appointed to the post of senior military adviser to the commander of the combined arms army of the Bulgarian People's Republic.

In October 1956, he was appointed to the post of assistant commander, and at the same time head of the combat training department of the South Urals Military District (since March 1957, deputy commander of the district for combat training, he is also head of the combat training department). In April 1958, Soldatov was transferred to a similar position in the North Caucasus Military District, and at the same time was a member of the District Military Council.

In September 1964, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Lavrent'evich Soldatov went into the reserve. He died on May 20, 1977 in Rostov-on-Don. He was buried at the Northern cemetery in Rostov-on-Don.

Awards

 * The order of Lenin; Five Orders of the Red Banner; Order of Suvorov 2 degrees;  Order of Kutuzov II degree (Presented)  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2 degrees;  Order of the Patriotic War, 1 degree;  Order of the Red Star;  Medals, including:  Medal "To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (April 6, 1970);  Medal "For the Defense of Moscow";  Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (May 9, 1945);  Commemorative Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (May 7, 1965);  Commemorative Medal “Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”;  Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR";  Medal "20 years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army";  Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy" .;  Commemorative medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR";  The commemorative medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (December 26, 1967).

Memory

 * On the grave of Nikolai Lavrentyevich Soldatov in the Seversky cemetery of Rostov-on-Don, a tombstone was erected.