Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) was the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, a Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR, a member of the Supreme Command Headquarters; a Commander-in-Chief of Soviet forces in the Far East, a Marshal of the Soviet Union.
From May of 1940, A. Vasilevsky was a deputy chief of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff. He participated in the Great Patriotic War from the very first day. He made a significant contribution to the development of Soviet military art and participated in the development and implementation of the offensive plan at Stalingrad. On behalf of the Supreme Command Headquarters, A. Vasilevsky coordinated the actions of the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts in the Battle of Kursk. He headed the planning and execution of operations to liberate Donbass, Northern Tavria, the Nikopol-Krivoy Rog operation, the operation to liberate Crimea, and the Belorussian operation. Aleksandr Vasilevsky was the Commander of the 3rd Belorussian Front. He led the assault on Königsberg.
On July 30 of 1945, A. Vasilevsky was appointed commander-in-chief of Soviet forces in the Far East. Under his leadership, a plan was drawn up for a strategic offensive operation in Manchuria.
In the post-war period, A. Vasilevsky served as the Chief of the General Staff (1946–1948) and a First Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1948–1949). He was the Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1949–1950) and the Minister of Defense of the USSR (1950–1953). From 1953 to 1956, he was a First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR and a Deputy Minister of Defense for Military Science.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of the Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky.
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