Under Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky, the Far East Command[40] of Soviet forces entered Manchuria in early August 1945 following the surrender of Japan.[41] On 16 August 1945, Manchurian Emperor Puyi was captured in Shenyang Airport by the Soviet Red Army while he was in an airplane fleeing to Japan.[42] On 20 August, Soviet troops captured Shenyang.