Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Nikolai Vatutin

Battles of Nikolai Vatutin

Soviet general, 1901 to 1944

Nikolai Vatutin is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1942 and 1944: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Ukraine (3), Soviet Union (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,710 km apart end to end, 618 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (7).

Kholm PocketBattle of BelgorodBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of KievBattle of the DnieperBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of KievBattle of the DnieperBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketMinskNizhny NovgorodSamaraKazanRigaChișinăuVilniusKharkivRostovDnipro500 km51.823N, 37.528E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1942: 2 engagements1943: 4 engagements4 in 19431944: 1 engagements19421944
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Kholm Pocket, 1942Battle of Stalingrad, 1942Battle of Kursk, 1943Battle of Kiev, 1943Battle of Belgorod, 1943Battle of the Dnieper, 1943Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, 194419421944
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 January 1942Kholm PocketKholm, RussiaGerman defensive victory
23 August 1942Battle of StalingradVolgograd, Russia1,292 km SESoviet victory
1943Battle of KurskKursk, Soviet Union685 km NWSoviet victory
1943Battle of KievKyiv, Ukraine414 km WSoviet victory
1943Battle of BelgorodRussia430 km ESoviet victory
1943Battle of the DnieperUkraine556 km SWSoviet victory
24 January 1944Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy PocketCherkasy, Ukraine334 km NSoviet victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, не указан, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.