Died 1957, Moscow, Russia | ||
Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyev (1896–1957) was a Soviet Marshal of the engineer troops from the start of World War II (1941–1945) – inspector-general of engineer troops, then chief of engineer troops of the Western Front, and later commander of the 1st Field Engineer Army.
In the Battle of Moscow, he was one of the leaders in building defenses on the approaches to Moscow and engineer support of the West front offensive. From April 1942, he was commander of engineer troops of the Red Army. Headed the building of defenses near Stalingrad, coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov 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. He left his position in 1952.