Nikolay Vatutin

Nikolai Vatutin
Vatutin in 1943
Native name	Никола́й Фёдорович Вату́тин
Born	(1901-12-16)16 December 1901 Chepukhino, Voronezh Governorate (now in Belgorod Oblast), Russian Empire
Died	15 April 1944(1944-04-15) (aged 42) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1920–1944
Rank	Army General
Commands held	Voronezh Front Southwestern Front 1st Ukrainian Front
Battles/wars	Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Awards	Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov 1st class Order of Kutuzov 1st class
Children	Elena (1930–?) Viktor (1932–?)
Relations	Tatiana Romanovna Vatutina (wife) Jelena (daughter, 1930–2016) Viktor (son, 1932–?)
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Order of the Red Banner
Order of Suvorov 1st class

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin (Russian: Никола́й Фёдорович Вату́тин; 16 December 1901 – 15 April 1944) was a Soviet military commander during World War II. Vatutin was responsible for many Red Army operations in Ukraine as commander of the Southwestern Front, the Voronezh Front during the Battle of Kursk and the 1st Ukrainian Front during the liberation of Kiev. He was ambushed and mortally wounded in February 1944 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.