Dmitry Pavlov (general), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dmitry Pavlov (general)

Soviet general

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1897

Place of Birth: Kologrivsky District, Kostroma Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1941

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Dmitry Grigoryevich Pavlov (Russian: ???´???? ?????´?????? ??´????; 4 November [O.S.
23 October] 1897 – 22 July 1941) was a Soviet general who commanded the key Soviet Western Front during the initial stage of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941.
After his forces were heavily defeated within the first few days of the campaign, he was relieved of his command, arrested, charged with military incompetence and executed.
He was exonerated or, in Soviet parlance, rehabilitated in 1956.