Vladimir Zakharovich Romanovsky (russian: Романовский, Владимир Захарович, 30 June 1896 – 5 September 1967) was a Soviet general.

Biography

He was born into a peasant family in the village of Veshalovka (Old Veshelovka) in the

Lipetsk Lipetsk ( rus, links=no, Липецк, p=ˈlʲipʲɪtsk), also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow. Populatio ...

region of the

Tambov Governorate Tambov Governorate was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire, Russian Republic, and later the Russian SFSR, centred around the city of Tambov. The governorate was located between 51°14' and 55°6' north and between 38°9' and 43°38' east ...

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He fought for the Imperial Russian Army in World War I and for the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war and in the war against

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. In 1935 he graduated from the

Frunze Military Academy The M. V. Frunze Military Academy (russian: Военная академия имени М. В. Фрунзе), or in full the Military Order of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Academy in the name of M. V. Frunze (rus ...

. In April 1938 he became Deputy Commander of the 2nd Separate Red Banner Army in the Far East and participated in the

Battle of Lake Khasan The Battle of Lake Khasan (29 July – 11 August 1938), also known as the Changkufeng Incident (russian: Хасанские бои, Chinese and Japanese: ; Chinese pinyin: ; Japanese romaji: ) in China and Japan, was an attempted military incurs ...

in 1938. Since July 1940 he was commander of the 10th Army in the Western Special Military District and since March 1941, assistant commander of the

Volga Military District The Volga Military District (PriVO) was a military district of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that existed from 1918 to 1989 and 1992 to 2001. The district headquarters was located at Kazan, Saratov and Kuibyshev (Samara) at different ...

World War II

At the outbreak of the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

, Romanovsky was Commander in Chief of the

Arkhangelsk Military District The Arkhangelsk Military District () was a regional military district of the Red Army which oversaw the North-Western part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The district was formed in 1940 during a reorganisation of the Army, bu ...

until May 1942. Then he became Commanding Officer of the

1st Shock Army The 1st Shock Army (russian: 1-я ударная армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II. The 1st Shock Army was created in late 1941 and fought in the northern areas of Russia and the Baltic ...

(23 May 1942 - 18 December 1942),

2nd Shock Army The 2nd Shock Army (russian: 2-я Ударная армия) was a field army of the Soviet Union during the Second World War. This type of formation was created in accordance with prewar doctrine that called for Shock Armies to ''overcome difficu ...

(2 December 1942 - 23 December 1943), 42nd Army (14-24 March 1944), 67th Army (23 March 1944 - 28 February 1945) and finally the 19th Army (6 March 1945 – 9 June 1945). After the war, he was commander of the troops of the

Voronezh Military District The Voronezh Military District was a formation of the Soviet Armed Forces, which existed in 1945–1946 and 1949–1960, respectively. District headquarters was in Voronezh. The District was formed on July 9, 1945, and incorporated the Voronezh Ob ...

, the

4th Guards Army The 4th Guards Army was an elite Guards field army of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early postwar era. History On April 16, 1943, the Supreme Command ordered the army to be established. On May 5, 1943, the army was formed on t ...

(Central Group of Forces),

North Caucasus Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...

and

Don Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adyge ...

. From January 1952 to October 1957, he was the head of the Higher Academic Courses at the K.E. Voroshilov Higher Military Academy. Since October 1957 - head of the faculty for the training of officers at the

. He went into retirement in October 1959 for reasons of health.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Romanovsky, Vladimir 1896 births 1967 deaths Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet colonel generals Russian military personnel of World War I People of the Russian Civil War People of the Polish–Soviet War Soviet military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Frunze Military Academy alumni