Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov (December 29, 1896 – June 12, 1957)^[1] was a Soviet Marshal of the engineer troops from the start of World War II (1941–1945) – inspector-general of engineer troops, then chief of engineer troops of the Western Front, and later commander of the 1st Field Engineer Army (1944^[2]).

Mikhail Petrovich Vorobyov was born December 29, 1896, in Khasavyurt, Terek Oblast. He came from the family of a prominent railway engineer.^[3]

In 1916, Vorobyov was drafted into the Russian Imperial Army.^[4]

He joined the Red Army in 1918.^[4]

In the Battle of Moscow, he was one of the leaders in building defenses on the approaches to Moscow and engineer support of the West Front offensive.^[5]

In April 1942, he became commander of engineer troops of the Red Army.^[1] He headed the building of defenses near Stalingrad,^[5] coordinated actions of the engineer troops of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts in lifting the Leningrad blockade;^{[citation needed]} did a great amount of work in preparing defenses in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge^[5] and made a tangible contribution to engineering support in crossing major water obstacles, especially the Dnieper. He left his position in 1952.^{[citation needed]}