Real name: Александр Михайлович Василевский

( September 18 (30), 1895 - December 5, 1977)
Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), Chief of Staff, a member of the Supreme Command. During the Great Patriotic War as Chief of the General Staff (1942-1945) took an active part in the development and implementation of almost all major operations on the Soviet-German front. Since February 1945 commanded the 3rd Belorussian Front, led by storm Konigsberg. In 1945 Chief of Soviet forces in the Far East in the war with Japan. One of the greatest generals of World War II.