What is Vasily Ivanovich Petrov?
{{Infobox military person |name=Vasily Ivanovich Petrov |image=Marshal Vasily Ivanovich Petrov.jpg |caption=1980s |birth_date = {{birth date|1917|1|15}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|2|1|1917|1|15}} |birth_place=[[Novoselitsky District|Chernolesskoye]] village, [[Stavropol Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]] |death_place= [[Moscow]], Russia |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= |nickname= |allegiance= |branch= [[Red Army]] |serviceyears=1939-1992 |rank=[[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] |unit= |commands=[[Far East Military District]]<br>[[Soviet Ground Forces]] |battles=[[Eastern Front (World War II)|World War II]], [[Ethio-Somali War|Ogaden War]] |awards= |relations= |laterwork= }} '''Vasily Ivanovich Petrov''' ({{lang-ru|Васи́лий Ива́нович Петро́в}}) (15 January 1917 – 1 February 2014<ref>{{cite web | url =http://ria.ru/society/20140201/992572144.html| title = Скончался маршал Советского Союза Василий Петров|publisher =[[RIA Novosti]]|language=Russian|date=1 February 2014 | accessdate =1 February 2014 }}</ref>) was a senior [[Russia]]n military official and [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]]. Petrov was born on 15 January 1917 in [[Novoselitsky District|Chernolesskoye]], [[Stavropol Governorate]]. Petrov joined the [[Red Army]] in 1939 and completed the lieutenant's course in 1941. In the late 1970s, Petrov served as a military advisor to the [[Ethiopian National Defense Force|Ethiopian Army]]. He was assigned to assist and rebuild the force during the [[Ogaden War]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1979/nov-dec/payton.html |title=Payton |access-date=2014-02-02 |archive-date=2007-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123214224/http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1979/nov-dec/payton.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lockyer|first=Adam|title=Opposing Foreign Intervention’s Impact on the Course of Civil Wars: The Ethiopian-Ogaden Civil War, 1976-1980|url=http://info.newcastle.edu.au/Resources/Schools/Economics%20