For other people of this surname, see Vinogradov

Vinogradov

Vinogradov or Vinogradoff is a common Russian last name derived from the Russian word Vinograd, meaning Grape. Vinogradova is a feminine version of the same name.Notable persons bearing this last name include:...

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Vladislav Petrovich Vinogradov (10 September 1899 - 12 April 1962) was a Russian military leader and social activist. He fought in the First World War, Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...

 and Second World War and ended his military career Lieutenant General of the Quartermaster Corps.

During the occupation of Romania

Soviet occupation of Romania

The Soviet occupation of Romania refers to the period from 1944 to August 1958, during which the Soviet Union maintained a significant military presence in Romania...

 he represented Rodion Malinovsky

Rodion Malinovsky

Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander in World War II and Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s. He contributed to the major defeat of Nazi Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Budapest...

, nominal head of the Red Army-dominated Allied Commission

Allied Commission

Following the termination of hostilities in World War II, the Allied Powers were in control of the defeated Axis countries. Anticipating the defeat of Germany and Japan, they had already set up the European Advisory Commission and a proposed Far Eastern Advisory Commission to make recommendations...

for Romania.