Matvei Grigorievich Vainrub | |
Native Name: | Матвей Григорьевич Вайнруб |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1910 |
Birth Place: | Barysaw, Russian Empire |
Death Date: | 14 February 1998 |
Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Allegiance: | USSR |
Branch: | Red Army |
Battles: | World War II |
Rank: | General-lieutenant |
Awards: | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Matvei Grigorievich Vainrub (Russian: Матвей Григорьевич Вайнруб; 2 May 1910 – 14 February 1998) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General, Commander of the tank troops and deputy commander of the 62nd Army (later 8th Guards Army) in the Battle of Stalingrad, World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union. Postwar, he was deputy commander of the Kiev Military District. Vainrub had a long career in the Soviet military, retiring in 1970. He was a brother of Yevsei Vainrub.[1]