Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky (Russian Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is one of three living members of the East Slavic languages: Иван Иванович Федюнинский) (July 30, 1900 - October 17, 1977) was a Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (help·info), tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, IPA [sɐˈjʊs sɐˈvʲeʦkʲɪx səʦɪ military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society (1939).
Fedyuninsky was born into a peasant family near Tugulym in the Urals. He finished the village school in 1913 and was apprenticed to a painter and decorator. He joined the Red Army in 1919. He fought on the Western Front in the Russian Civil war and was wounded twice. He studied at the Vladivostok Infantry School between 1923-24 and was appointed to an infantry regiment. He served in the Russian Far East between 1919 and 1940 fighting in the Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) and as a regimental commander in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol Coordinates: 47°43′49″N 118°35′24″E / 47.73028°N 118.59°E The Battle of Khalkhyn Gol was the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese Border Wars fought between the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The battle was named after the river Khalkhyn Gol, which passes through the battlefield. In, where he won the Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society for his valour. He was promoted to divional commander in 1940.
He was commanding 15th Rifle Corps in 5th Army on 22 June 1941, and after several other army commands, including 42nd Army in the Leningrad area, took over 2nd Shock Army just before the Battle of Narva (1944) The Battle of Narva was a military campaign between the German army detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus in 2 February – 10 August 1944. From 1946 for a period he commanded 7th Guards Army.
After the war Fedyuninsky was deputy commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (ГСВГ, Группа советских войск в Германии), also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (1945–49) and the Western Group of Forces (1988–94) were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany (1951-54), commander the Transcaucasian (1954-57) and Turkestan (1957-65) Military Districts. He was awarded the rank of General of the Army in 1955 and was a inspector and advisor to the Soviet ministry of defence from 1965 until his death. He was also a deputy in the Supreme Soviet.
Ivan Fedyuninsky was awarded four Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The order was awarded, five Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of Suvorov The Order of Suvorov is a Soviet award, named after Aleksandr Suvorov (1729-1800), that was established on July 29, 1942 (during World War II) by a Decision of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR. This decoration was created to award senior army personnel for exceptional leadership in combat operations. The Order of Suvorov was broken down (1st and 2nd Class), two Orders of Kutuzov, Order of the Red Star Established on 6 April 1930, the Order of the Red Star was an order of the Soviet Union, given to Red Army and Soviet Navy personnel for "exceptional service in the cause of the defense of the Soviet Union in both war and peace". The first recipient was Vasily Blyukher in September 1930, Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces (3rd Class), numerous medals, and a few foreign orders and medals.
Sources and References
- John Erickson (historian), The Road to Stalingrad (1975), & The Road to Berlin (1982).
- page in Russian from warheroes.ru
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