| Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky | |
|---|---|
| July 30, 1900 October 17, 1977 (aged 77) | |
| Place of birth | Army General (Soviet Union)Tugulym, near Tyumen, Russia |
| Place of death | Moscow |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union, |
| Service/branch | Soviet Army |
| Years of service | 1919-1965 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
| Commands held | 42nd Army, 2nd Shock Army, 7th Guards Army |
| Battles/wars | Russian Civil War Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) Soviet-Japanese Border Wars (Battle of Khalkhin Gol) World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of the Red Banner (5) Order of Suvorov (1st and 2nd Class) Order of Kutuzov (2) Order of the Red Star, Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces (3rd Class) Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic Order of Suekhbator (Mongolia) 2 |
Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky (Russian: Иван Иванович Федюнинский) (July 30, 1900 - October 17, 1977) was a Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union (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, where he won the Hero of the Soviet Union 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). 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 (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, five Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of Suvorov (1st and 2nd Class), two Orders of Kutuzov, Order of the Red Star, 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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