Yevgeny Ivanovsky
Yevgeni F. Ivanovski Евге́ний Фили́ппович Ивано́вский | |
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Born | Chereya, Vitebsk Region, Belarus | 7 March 1918
Died | 22 November 1991 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 73)
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Service/ | Soviet Army Armoured Troops |
Years of service | 1936–1991 |
Rank | General of the Army |
Commands | Moscow Military District, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Soviet Ground Forces |
Battles/wars | 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland, Winter War, Great Patriotic War |
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Yevgeni F. Ivanovski (7 March 1918 – 22 November 1991) was a Soviet military general who served in numerous high commands following the Second World War, including the command of the Moscow Military District from 1968 to 1972, command of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany from 20 July 1972 to 25 November 1980.
On 3 November 1972, following the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was promoted to the rank of the Army General. His next command was Belorussian Military District from December 1980 to February 1985, when he was promoted to the position of the Commander in Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces. In 1989 he became the member of the inspectorate of the Ministry of the Defense of the USSR.
In the years 1971–1989 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He also served 3 terms as a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Yevgeni F. Ivanovski spent his last years living in Moscow, where he died on 22 November 1991. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.
He has published a memoir.[1]
Sources and references
[edit]- ^ Ивановский Евгений Филиппович, Атаку начинали танкисты, Воениздат, 1984
- 1918 births
- 1991 deaths
- People from Chashniki District
- Members of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 25th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Members of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Eighth convocation members of the Soviet of the Union
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- Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
- Soviet people stubs
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