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Ivan Petrov (army general)

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Ivan Petrov
Native name
Иван Ефимович Петров
Birth nameIvan Yefimovich Petrov
Born30 September [O.S. 18 September] 1896
Trubchevsk, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died7 April 1958(1958-04-07) (aged 61)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Buried
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Service/branch Red Army
Years of service1916–1958
RankGeneral of the Army
Commands1st Cavalry Division
25th Rifle Division
Separate Coastal Army
44th Army
Black Sea Group of Forces
North Caucasus Front
33rd Army
2nd Belorussian Front
4th Ukrainian Front
Turkestan Military District
Battles/warsRussian Civil War
Polish–Soviet War
Basmachi Revolt
World War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin (5)
Order of the Red Banner (4)
Order of the Red Star (2)
Order of Suvorov (3)
Order of Kutuzov
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Signature

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Ефимович Петров; 30 September [O.S. 18 September] 1896 – 7 April 1958) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.

Early military career

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Born in Trubchevsk in 1896, he began his military service in the Red Army in 1918, the year when he also joined the Bolshevik Party. Petrov fought in the Russian Civil War near Samara, the Polish–Soviet War in 1920 and the Basmachi rebellion in 1922. In the late 1920s and 1930s Petrov served in Central Asia.

World War II

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During World War II, Petrov participated in the Siege of Odessa, Siege of Sevastopol and was noted for heading the Separate Coastal Army from October 1941 to July 1942 and in November 1943-February 1944, 44th Army in August–October 1942, Black Sea Group of Forces, North Caucasus Front, 33rd Army in 1944, 2nd Belorussian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and several other units. In April–June 1945 Petrov was a chief of the 1st Ukrainian Front Staff.

Awards

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On May 29, 1945 Petrov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The United States awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in War Department General Order No. 3 of 1944.

After the war Petrov commanded the Turkestan Military District and was inspector general of land forces. Petrov died in Moscow in 1958 and is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Honours and awards

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Commands Held

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Military offices
Preceded by
Unidentified
Commanding General of the 192nd Rifle Division
1940
Succeeded by
Unidentified
Preceded by
Newly Formed
Commanding General of the 27th Mechanized Corps
1941
Succeeded by
Disbanded
Preceded by
Unidentified
Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division
1941
Succeeded by
Unidentified
Preceded by
Unidentified
Commanding General of the 2nd Cavalry Division
1941
Succeeded by
Unidentified
Preceded by
Athanasius Zakharchenko
Commanding General of the 25th Rifle Division
1941
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Lieutenant Georgy Sofronov
Commanding General of the Separate Coastal Army
October 1941 – July 1942
Succeeded by
Disbanded
Preceded by
Andrei Khryashchev
Commanding General of the 44th Army
August 1942 – October 1942
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commanding General of the Black Sea Group of Forces
October 1942 – March 1943
Succeeded by
Disbanded
Preceded by
Colonel General Ivan Maslennikov
Commander of the Northern Caucasian Front
March 1943 – 20 November 1943
Succeeded by
Disbanded
Preceded by
2nd Formation of the Army
(Command elements from Northern Caucasian Front)
Commander of the Coastal Army
20 November 1943 – February 1944
Succeeded by
Army General Andrey Yeryomenko
Preceded by
General-Colonel Vasily Gordov
Commander of the 33rd Army
March 1944 – April 1944
Succeeded by
General-Lieutenant Vasily Kryuchenkin
Preceded by Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front
April 1944 – June 1944
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the 4th Ukrainian Front
1944 – April 1945
Succeeded by
Army General Andrey Yeryomenko
Preceded by Chief of Staff of the 1st Ukrainian Front
April 1945 – June 1945
Succeeded by
Disbanded to form the Central Group of Forces
Preceded by
Reformed from the Split of the
Central Asian Military District
Command staff came from the 1st Shock Army
Commander of the Turkestan Military District
9 July 1945 – 1952
Succeeded by

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