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Fedor Ivanovich Tolbukhin

Fedor Ivanovich Tolbukhin is a distinguished Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was born in Androniki village of the Romanov-Borisoglebsk district. During the hard war years he had always been at the command posts. Under his command the Soviet forces won the victories in military operations in Taganrog, Crimea, Budapest, Vienna. His troops took part in the liberation of Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Austria. The Bulgarian government set up a monument to the famous marshal in the centre of Sofia. Now this memorial made by Bulgarian sculptors llya llev and Mara Georgieva is located in Tutaev in Yubileinaya Square.