Georgy Sofronov
|death_place = Moscow, Soviet Union |allegiance = Russian EmpireSoviet Union |branch = Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army |rank = lieutenant general |serviceyears = 1914–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1953 (Soviet Union) |commands =17th Rifle Division
12th Rifle Corps
18th Rifle Corps
16th Rifle Corps
Separate Coastal Army |battles =
* World War I * Russian Civil War * World War II ** Siege of Odessa
}} Georgy Pavlovich Sofronov (; 19 April 1893 – 17 March 1973) was a Soviet general. He fought for the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and fought for the Workers and Peasants Red Army during the subsequent Civil War. He was made a Kombrig (brigade commander) in 1935 and a Komkor (corps commander) in 1937. During Operation Barbarossa, he defended the city of Odessa against the forces of Nazi Germany and Romania. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Kutuzov and the Order of Suvorov. Provided by Wikipedia
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