Issa Pliyev
Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev (Ossetic: Плиты Алыксандры фырт Иссæ; Russian: Исса Александрович Плиев) (25 November 1903 — 2 February 1979) was a Soviet military commander, Army General (1962), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 April 1944 and 8 September 1945), Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1971). Member of the CPSU since 1926. He was an ethnic Ossetian.
During WWII, he commanded several mechanized cavalry units, ranging from regiments to army corps. He later commanded the North Caucasus Military District from 1958 to 1968.
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