Lev Dovator
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Lev Mikhaylovich Dovator was a famous Soviet major general who was killed in action during World War II and posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Lev Dovator (upper left) on the Soviet stamp published during the war. The text says "Death to German occupiers!"
Guards Major General L.M. Dovator with his cavalrymen
Issa Pliyev
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Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev was a Soviet military commander. Pliyev rose to become the premier cavalry general of the Soviet Army. He became an Army General, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of the
Lev Dovator
…posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, two days afterwards, as well as the Order of Lenin. He was replaced in command by Major General Issa Pliyev. Lev Dovator was buried alongside Ivan Panfilov, as they fought together to stop the 9th Army (Wehrmacht) from reaching Moscow. Georgy Zhukov…
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Pliyev (left) and Lev Dovator (right), Moscow Oblast, November 1941