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and graduated from a one-year command course in December 1933, going on to serve in its 3rd Rifle Regiment as a platoon commander, assistant company commander, battalion chief of staff, chief of chemical defense for the regiment, and assistant regimental chief of staff. He was transferred to the
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left the Russian SFSR in 1926 and did not return, having chosen to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. After completing secondary school he attended the V.I. Lenin Moscow Polytechnic College before being drafted into the Red Army in November 1932.
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between May 1960 and September 1964. He was promoted to colonel general on 7 May 1960, and was commander of the Northern Group of Forces from November 1964 to April 1967 before his retirement in June 1967.
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evaluated Baklanov as a "personally brave, strong-willed, and demanding commander...quickly acquiring experience in division command...a developing, capable commander." He was awarded the
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in June 1941, he became a regimental commander but was wounded in fighting in Belarus and did not return to the front until early 1942 as a brigade commander. Baklanov commanded the
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in 1948, he served as head of the Physical Training and Sports Department of the Ground Forces from June of that year. In this capacity, he led a Soviet delegation to the
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Baklanov first requested to retire in August 1966, but was denied; his second request in 1967 was accepted. Baklanov died on 16 January 1976 and is buried at the
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wrote that he was "bold and decisive in battle...in command of the division he showed exceptional leadership skill." After leading the division during the
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in the final weeks of the war Baklanov was made a Hero of the Soviet Union. He held senior command positions after the end of the war, commanding the
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among other actions. In mid-1944 he was promoted to command a rifle corps, a position in which he ended the war. For his leadership in the capture of
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Baklanov saluting during the 1945 Moscow Victory Parade. To his left, carrying the banner of the 1st Ukrainian Front, is top air ace
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in late June 1941. Baklanov was soon promoted to command the 175th Motor Rifle Regiment of the division, but he was wounded near
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in recognition of his actions, his first decoration. After the end of the Winter War, he completed the first course at the
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in London to investigate the possibility of Soviet participation in the Olympics. Baklanov became commander of the
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of the same district after the former was disbanded. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 5 July 1946.
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in early 1945. During the preparation for the offensive, the pursuit of retreating German forces to the
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against Finland in late 1939 and early 1940. Wounded in combat during the war, Baklanov received the
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After the war, Baklanov continued to command the 34th Guards Rifle Corps when it relocated to the
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Moiseyev, M.A., ed. (1990). "Бакланов Глеб Владимирович" [Baklanov Gleb Vladimirovich].
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during early May. For his "heroism and skilled leadership of troops in the battle for
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in the northern hemisphere summer of 1944 following its transfer with the army to the
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but returned to duty in May 1939 as chief of staff of the 541st Rifle Regiment of the
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Baklanov married Klavdiya Mareyeva and had a son, Andrei, and a daughter, Yelena.
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The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary
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for his actions at Stalingrad, and promoted to major general on 1 March 1943.
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The Great Patriotic War: Corps Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary
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for the rest of the year, in the breakout from the bridgehead during the
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on 26 June, he commanded the combined regiment representing the
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during its sixth and seventh convocations, and a member of the
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Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
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Tsapayev, D.A.; et al. (2014). Goremykin, V.P. (ed.).
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Baklanov greets First United States Army commander General
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in 1954, first deputy commander and chief of staff of the
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Baklanov received the following awards and decorations:
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Born to a wealthy family, Baklanov was drafted into the
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in Poland between 1959 and 1960, and commander of the
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Baklanov led the corps during the battles to hold the
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1 August] 1910 – 16 January 1976) was a
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After graduating from Higher Academic Courses at the
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(2006). 802:"Бакланов Глеб Владимирович" 634:Carpathian Military District 432:, distinguishing himself in 715:Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class 462:Distinguished Service Cross 258:Gleb Vladimirovich Baklanov 48:Gleb Vladimirovich Baklanov 1210: 1114:Heroes of the Soviet Union 642:Siberian Military District 573:, making one of the first 469:13th Guards Rifle Division 328:Siberian Military District 312:13th Guards Rifle Division 266:Глеб Владимирович Бакланов 196:Siberian Military District 184:13th Guards Rifle Division 70:Глеб Владимирович Бакланов 21:In this name that follows 20: 872:Baklanov, Andrei (2012). 719:Order of Alexander Nevsky 509:Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive 458:Order of Alexander Nevsky 367:Baklanov was sent to the 265: 53: 964:(in Russian). 9 May 2018 688:Hero of the Soviet Union 669:Soviet Olympic Committee 638:Northern Group of Forces 591:Hero of the Soviet Union 579:First United States Army 561:, the corps crossed the 332:Northern Group of Forces 281:Hero of the Soviet Union 238:Hero of the Soviet Union 200:Northern Group of Forces 1119:Soviet colonel generals 1088:Baklanov, Gleb (1977). 698:Order of the Red Banner 675:between 1972 and 1975. 663:He was a deputy of the 615:20th Guards Rifle Corps 497:Uman–Botoșani Offensive 481:32nd Guards Rifle Corps 390:Frunze Military Academy 386:Order of the Red Banner 188:34th Guards Rifle Corps 83:1 August] 1910 1096:Winds of the war years 770:(in Russian). 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Index

Eastern Slavic naming customs
patronymic
family name

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Moscow
Russian Empire
Moscow
Soviet Union
Novodevichy Cemetery
Soviet Union
Red Army
Colonel general
299th Rifle Division
13th Guards Rifle Division
34th Guards Rifle Corps
13th Army
Siberian Military District
Northern Group of Forces
World War II
Winter War
Eastern Front
Hero of the Soviet Union

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Soviet Army
colonel general
Hero of the Soviet Union
Red Army

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