Nikolai Berzarin

Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin
Born	(1904-04-01)1 April 1904 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	16 June 1945(1945-06-16) (aged 41) Berlin, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Red Army
Years of service	1918–1945
Rank	Colonel-general
Commands	27th Army 34th Army 39th Army 5th Shock Army
Battles / wars	Russian Civil War Battle of Lake Khasan World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of Suvorov

Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin (Russian: Никола́й Эра́стович Берза́рин; 1 April 1904 – 16 June 1945) was a Red Army colonel general who held field army commands during World War II. A Hero of the Soviet Union, in 1945 he became the first commandant of the Soviet occupying forces in Berlin.