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[[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant General]] '''Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov''' (also '''Efremov''') ({{lang-ru|Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Ефре́мов}}); (FebruaryMarch 27,11 1897, [[Tarusa]], [[Kaluga Governorate]] – {{DeathApril date19 and1942, age[[Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Oblast|1942|04|19|1897|02|2|df=yes}}Vyazemsky District]]) was a Soviet military commander of the [[Soviet Union]]. He took part in the [[October Revolution]], joined the [[BolshevikCommunist Party of the Soviet Union|Russian Communist Party (b)]] in 1919, and became a division commander in 1921. He also became a military advisor to the National Government of [[China]] in 1928. During [[World War II]], he commanded the [[Soviet Central Front]] in August 1941, and the Soviet [[33rd Army (Soviet Union)|33rd Army]] from October 1941.

"Lt.-Gen. Yefremov decided to personally lead the striking force of his army" when [[Georgy Zhukov|Zhukov]] decided to take [[Vyazma]] in early Feb.February 1942. Gen. Belov's Cavalry Corps was able to join them before the Germans cut them off from other advancing Soviet forces. Operating in the German rear next to [[Soviet partisans]], they were supplied by air until the April when they were given permission to link up with the main Soviet forces. Most of Gen. Belov's Cavalry Corps made it to the Soviet 10th Army. However, Yefremov decided to take a shorter route which was detected by the Germans. Subsequently, the 33rd army was destroyed and he committed suicide to avoid being taken prisoner by the Germans. "Most of his heroic men fell alongside him." Yefremov was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]].<ref name=GeorgyZhukov>{{Cite book |last=Zhukov |first=Georgy |title=Marshal of Victory, Volume II |publisher=Pen and Sword Books Ltd. |year=1974 |ISBN=9781781592915 |pagepages=60–62}}</ref> ThereA monument is a monument dedicated to him in Vyazma.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ефремов Михаил Григорьевич|url = http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=3248|website = www.warheroes.ru|accessdate = 2016-01-09|language = Russian|trans-title = Yefremov Mikhail Grigoryevich}}</ref>

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