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Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ˈkonʲɪf]; 28 December 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, responsible for taking much of Axis-occupied Eastern Europe .
Ivan Nikitich Konev ( Russian: Иван Никитич Конев; 5 January 1899 – 19 November 1983) was a Soviet major general during World War II and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 1941, Ivan Konev was under threat of a military tribunal and execution. But, by 1945, he became one of the Red Army’s best commanders.
The Race to Berlin was a competition between Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev to be the first to enter Berlin during the final months of World War II in Europe.
May 17, 2024 · Ivan Stepanovich Konev (born Dec. 28 [Dec. 16, Old Style], 1897, Lodeino, near Veliky Ustyug, Russia—died May 21, 1973, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was one of the outstanding Soviet generals in World War II, who was a leader of the offensive against the Germans.
Dec 5, 2017 · Ivan Stepanovich Konev was a highly decorated general of Russia’s Red Army. Both highly admired and feared by Stalin, he made huge contributions to the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution through post-World War II.
Ivan Stepanovich Konev was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, responsible for taking much of Axis-occupied Eastern Europe.
An outstanding Soviet commander in World War II, General Ivan Stefanovich Konev (1897-1973) was a leader in the offensive against the Germans and twice named "Hero of the Soviet Union " (1944, 1945). Ivan Konev was born on Dec. 28, 1897, to a peasant family in Lodeino, Russia.
May 14, 2018 · KONEV, IVAN STEPANOVICH. (1897 – 1973), military leader and marshal of the Soviet Union. Born to a peasant family in Viatsky, Konev entered the Old Army in 1916 and rose to the rank of junior officer before joining the Party and the Red Army in 1918 and being appointed commissar of Nikolskii District. During the civil war, he was commander of ...
Oct 11, 2016 · Konev and his Kalinin Front were involved in the counter offensive near Moscow in December. He succeeded in liberating Kalinin but in the subsequent winter offensive, he failed to destroy the German positions at Rzhev.
