Soviet general (1896–1974) who led the defeat of the Germans at Stalingrad and the entry into Berlin during World War II. DS, in Russian, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 11, 1949–50. An “attestation” issued to the military commissioner of the Sverdlovsk Railroad System, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Ilyich Kasinsky. Countersigned by several others. Vertical marginal crease and light handling wear, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.