General of the Army

General of the Army

General of the Army is a military rank used in some countries to denote a senior military leader, usually a General in command of a nation's Army. It may also be the title given to a General who commands an Army in the field....

 Alexei Alexeyevich Yepishev (also spelled Epishev) (May 19, 1908, Astrakhan

Astrakhan

Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the left bank of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of below the sea level. Population:...

 - 1985, Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

) was a Soviet party and military figure
and chief of the Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy from 1962 to 1985. He was previously ambassador to Romania (1955-61) and Yugoslavia (1961-62).

He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, a few Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky may refer to:* Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky , state military award in the Soviet Union* Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky , state military award in Ukraine...

 (1st Class), Order of the Patriotic War

Order of the Patriotic War

The Order of the Patriotic War is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the German-Soviet War, known by the former-Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.- History :The Order was...

 (1st Class), Order of the Red Banner of Labor, three Orders of the Red Star, six foreign orders, and numerous medals.