Ivan Petrov, a Soviet Army General

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Ефимович Петров; September 30, 1896, Trubchevsk — April 7, 1958, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet commander, Army General from 1944. September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Trubchevsk (Russian: Трубчевск) is a small town in Bryansk Oblast of Russian Federation (about 16,000 people). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... General of the Army, or less formally five-star general, is historically the second most senior rank in the United States Army. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

He began his military service in the Red Army in 1918. During World War II Petrov, a master of the defensive war, participated in the Battle of Sevastopol and was noted for heading the Maritime Army in October 1941, July 1942 and in November 1943 - February 1944, 44th Army in August - October of 1942, Black Sea Army Group, North Caucasus Front, 2nd Belorussian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and several other units. In April - June of 1945 Petrov was a chief of the 1st Ukrainian Front Staff. On May 29, 1945 Petrov was awarded a 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. The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (in Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya), the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Combatants Germany, Romania Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Filipp Oktyabrskiy, Ivan Petrov Strength 350,000+ 106,000 Casualties at least 100,000 killed, wounded or captured. ... This article is about the year. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... North Caucasian Front or North Caucasus Front was a front (Soviet Army group) during the World War II that operated in the Caucasus area, hence its name. ... The 2nd Belorussian Front (alternative spellings are 2nd Byelorussian Front and 2nd Belarusian Front) was one of the Soviet Army fronts during World War II. The term front was used by the Soviets army in World War II to describe a grouping of two or more armies in the same... The Southern Front was a Front (military subdivision) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза, Geroy Sovetskogo Soyuza) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the Soviet Union. ... The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army, awarded for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. ...