| Boris Smyslovsky Борис Смысловский | |
|---|---|
| Marshal of the Russia | |
| Monarch | Vladimir I |
| Personal details | |
| Born |  Terijoki, Russia(  Terijoki, Finland)
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| Died | Orenburg. Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Russa White Movement
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| Service/branch | File:Middle emblem of the Russian Ground Forces.svg Russian Army Finnish Volunteer Corps |
Boris Alexeyevich Smyslovsky (Russian: Борис Алексеевич Смысловский), pseudonyms (Hauptmann) von Regenau and (later) Arthur Holmston (3 December 1897 – 5 September 1988), was a Marshal of the Russian Empire, most well-known for engineering the Finnish campaign during the Second World War, as well as being one of the co-signatories of the Treaty of Finland, which ended Finland's war against Russia. He is also well-known for being one of the commanders of the Novgorod and Smolensk offensives of 1942, which drove the Germans out of those two cities.
In his military career, he was an anti-communist fighter of the White Army. During the Second World War, Boris was the commander of the Western Front, until he escaped the German encirclements and retreated further west into Petrograd and later escaped the German and Finnish encirclements around Lake Ladoga. He continually asked Boris Rezhukin to send reinforcements from the Far Northern Front, but was refused. He also fought in the First Battles of Novgorod and Smolensk, however the Western Front's armies were again, defeated by the Germans. He was one of the military officers who advocated for Boris Rezhukin's resignation as the Generalissmo.
Afterwards, he was one of the commanders who led the victorious Russians in the second battles of Smolensk and Novgorod in the offensives that retook the cities, and was one of the main commanders responsible for planning the western offensives into Poland and Czechoslovakia, however, Generalissmus Alexander Kutepov assigned for the Finland campaign, since he himself had lived in Finland. After the war, he continued to reign as the commander of the newly-created Karelian Front.
He is a National Hero in Russia today, and many streets in Vyborg bear his name.