(1901-1944) Soviet general. Appointed commander of the Southwest Front 1942 he took part in the action at Stalingrad; he attempted an offensive but was soundly defeated by von Manstein. After this he conducted a successful defense of the southern sector of the Kursk salient and then counterattacked to Kharkov and liberated much of the Ukraine. A further advance liberated Kiev, but he was ambushed by anti-Soviet partisans near Rovno Feb 1945 and fatally wounded.