Born on 24 January 1899 in the village of Vasilievskoye (now within the city limits of
Rybinsk). He graduated from a four–year school in his native village (now School No. 7). In the
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army since 1919. Member of the
Civil War, Red Army soldier. Member of the
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1918. Since the spring of 1941 – the commander of the 2nd Airborne Corps. During the
Great Patriotic War, from July 1941, Deputy Chief of Staff of the
Southern Front, from September 1941, Commander of the
9th Army of the Southern Front, from July 1942, Commander of the
6th Army of the
Voronezh, later of the
Southwestern Front. With the direct participation of the army under the command of General Kharitonov, the Donbass–Rostov Strategic Defensive Operation, the
Rostov Offensive Operation of 1941, the
Battle of Stalingrad, the
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Operation, the
Donbass Offensive Operation, the
Kharkov Defensive Operation and some others were prepared and carried out. He died on 28 May 1943 from a serious illness. ==Remembrance==