Lev Skvirsky

Lev Solomonovich Skvirsky (Russian: Лев Соломонович Сквирский; 15 September 1903 – 5 April 1990) was a Soviet military leader and lieutenant-general.

In World War II, Skvirsky was appointed chief of staff for the 14th Army in Karelia in 1940 and for the entire Karelian Front in 1941-1943.

Lev Skvirsky was born to a Jewish family in the village of Stepantsi near Cherkasy region in 1903.

Skvirsky was promoted to chief of staff for the recently formed Karelian Front in September 1941.

Named commander of the 26th Army in May 1943, he directed the Soviet advance against the Finns in the fighting around Vyborg (Viipuri) and Petrozavodsk (Petroskoi).