Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov (Russian : Фёдор Иси́дорович Кузнецо́в ; 29 September 1898 – 22 March 1961) was a Colonel General and military commander in the Soviet Union .[ 1]
Biography
Born to a peasant family in Mogilev Governorate (present-day Horki Raion , Mogilev Oblast of Belarus ), Kuznetsov served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and continued his service in the Bolsheviks' Red Army . During the German-Soviet War , he initially commanded the Northwestern Front during the Baltic Strategic Defensive Operation until 30 June 1941, but was relieved in early August 1941 (replaced by General Major Pyotr Sobennikov ). At a Stavka session on 12 August 1941, he was given command of the new 51st Independent Army , but he was replaced by Pavel Batov in October 1941 during the defense of the Crimea . Later he served as the temporary commander of the Central Front (July–August 1941), Chief of Staff of the 28th Army, Deputy Commander of the Western Front , and commander of the 61st Army .
From March 1942 to June 1943, he served as the commanding officer of the Academy of General Staff , and from August 1943 to February 1944 as the Deputy Commander of the Volkhov Front and Karelian Front . From 1945-1948, he commanded the Ural Military District , retiring due to illness.
He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
References
Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad , 2003 Cassel Military Paperbacks edition, p. 198-9, 256
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