Complex sentence: Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (August 17,1898--January 31,1972), Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister, was born in Voylovo, a village in Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast to peasant parents.
Split into simpler sentences: Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (August 17,1898--January 31,1972) was Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister. Zakharov was born in Voylovo, a village in Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast to peasant parents.