Alexei Mikhailovich Pronin - Soviet military leader, since 1945, lieutenant general. A close friend and ally of the famous Marshal Zhukov. He took an active part in the development of the plan for the assault on Berlin at the end of World War II.
Biography
The future commander was born in February 1899 on the 16th of the Gregorian calendar in the small Russian village of Popyshovo. After receiving secondary education, he went to the village of Gorodishche, where he continued his studies at the elementary school. After two years of study, he moved to the village of Vacha, where he studied at a factory school. Three years later, he studied at the Higher Bagrationov School.
At the end of 1916, Alex decided to go to Moscow. Parents accepted his ideas calmly, his mother collected a bag of food for him, and his father gave some money for the first time. The Pronins had no relatives or acquaintances in the capital. At first, Alexei was quite difficult. After living for about a week in a shelter for the homeless, he finally found a job, he was accepted as an assistant sorter of mail in one of the offices of Moscow.
During the period of turmoil and revolution, Pronin was not particularly active, but on the whole he supported Bolshevik ideas. In 1918, he volunteered to join the ranks of the workers 'and peasants' Red Army. By the end of the year he was accepted into the Bolshevik party. In December of that year, Andrei was promoted to the post of commissioner and appointed responsible for harvesting in the Kursk province.
From 1926 to 1929 he studied at the Communist University, studied the foundations of Marxism-Leninism. In the mid-thirties, he took special courses to improve the management team.
Military career
In 1941, the Great Patriotic War began. From the first days, Pronin took an active part in planning actions and conducting special operations. Throughout the war he was a member of the military council. In December of the same year he was transferred from 32 armies to the North-Western Front. In December 1942, Alexei Mikhailovich was promoted to the rank of Major General.
At the beginning of 1944 he was transferred to the Belorussian Front, where he again became a member of the military council. In the spring of 1945, he took an active part in the development and implementation of a plan to storm Berlin.
After the war, he worked for a long time as a military consultant in various educational institutions. In 1958, a special body was created in the Soviet Union under the Ministry of Defense, which included experienced military leaders who were able to share their knowledge. Among the first participants in the group of inspectors general was Alexei Mikhailovich Pronin.
