Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyev (1896-1957) was the Soviet Marshall of the Engineers
from the start of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 (1941-1945) - chief of the directorate, then chief of the engineer troops of the Western Front, concurrently commander of the 1st Engineer Army. In the Battle of Moscow

Battle of Moscow

The Battle of Moscow is the name given by Soviet historians to two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between October 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler's attack on Moscow, capital of...

, was one of the chiefs in building defenses on the approaches to Moscow

Moscow

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 and engineer support of the West front offensive. From April 1942 - Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, chief of the engineer troops of the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

. Headed the building of defenses near Stalingrad, coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the Leningrad

Leningrad

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 and Volkhov

Volkhov

Volkhov is an industrial town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated east of St. Petersburg, on the Volkhov River. Population: -History:...

 fronts in lifting the Leningrad blockade; did a great amount of work in preparing defenses in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge and made a tangible contribution to engineering support in crossing major water obstacles, especially the Dnieper.