Buried at Novodevichy Cemetery Name Ivan Petrov Rank General of the Army | Years of service 1918 - 1958 Allegiance Soviet Union Service/branch Red Army | |
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Born September 18, 1896
Trubchevsk, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire ( 1896-09-18 ) Battles/wars Russian Civil War
Polish–Soviet War
Basmachi Revolt
World War II Awards Hero 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) Died April 7, 1958, Moscow, Russia Place of burial Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Battles and wars Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War, Basmachi movement, Eastern Front Commands held 25th Rifle Division, Separate Coastal Army Similar People Filipp Oktyabrsky, Ivan Konev, Ivan Maslennikov, Andrey Yeryomenko, Markian Popov | ||
Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Ефимович Петров; September 18, 1896 – April 7, 1958) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.
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Early military career
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 of 1920 and the Basmachi rebellion in 1922. In the late 1920s and 1930s Petrov served in Central Asia.
World War II
During World War II, Petrov participated in the Battle of Odessa, Battle 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 Army Group, 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
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.