Pyotr Lushev

Pyotr Georgievich Lushev
Born	October 18, 1923 Arkhangelsk Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	March 23, 1997 Moscow, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Soviet Army
Rank	General of the Army
Commands held	1st Guards Tank Army Volga Military District Central Asian Military District Moscow Military District Soviet Forces in Germany Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Order of the Red Star (2)

Pyotr Georgievich Lushev (Russian: Пётр Гео́ргиевич Лу́шев) was a Soviet army commander. He was a Hero of the Soviet Union. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War, the Order of the Red Star and the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR. He commanded Soviet forces stationed in East Germany.

Preceded by Ivan Herasymov	Commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army 1971–1973	Succeeded by Boris Snetkov
Preceded by	Commander of the Volga Military District 1975–1977	Succeeded by
Preceded by Nikolai Lyashchenko	Commander of the Central Asian Military District 1977–1980	Succeeded by Dmitry Yazov
Preceded by Vladimir Leonidovich Govorov	Commander of the Moscow Military District 1980–1985	Succeeded by Vladimir M Arkhipov
Preceded by Mikhail Zaitsev	Commander of Soviet Forces in Germany 1985–1986	Succeeded by Valeriy A. Belikov
Preceded by Viktor Kulikov	Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization 1989–1991	Succeeded by post abolished

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