Ivan Konev

Acting

Born: 1897-12-28

Died: 1973-05-21

From: Lodeyno, Nikolsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

И. С. КоневИван КоневIvan Stepanovich Konev

Biography

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. Born to a peasant family, Konev was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1916 and fought in World War I. In 1919, he joined the Bolsheviks and served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. After graduating from Frunze Military Academy in 1926, Konev gradually rose through the ranks of the Soviet military. By 1939, he had become a candidate to the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Konev took part in a series of major campaigns, including the battles of Moscow and Rzhev. Konev further commanded forces in major Soviet offensives at Kursk, in the Dnieper–Carpathian and Vistula–Oder offensives. In February 1944, he was made a Marshal of the Soviet Union. On the eve of German defeat, Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front was pitted against the armies of Georgy Zhukov in the Race to Berlin. Konev was the first Allied commander to enter Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, after the Prague uprising. He replaced Zhukov as commander of Soviet ground forces in 1946. In 1956, he was appointed commander of the Warsaw Pact armed forces, and led the violent suppression of the Hungarian Revolution and Prague Spring. In 1961, as commander of Soviet forces in East Germany, he ordered the closing of West Berlin to East Berlin during the building of the Berlin Wall. Konev remained a popular military figure in the Soviet Union until his death in 1973. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ivan Konev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations58 won · 0 nominated

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Order of Lenin

1972

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Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic

1971

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Order of Sukhbaatar

1971

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Order of Klement Gottwald

1970

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Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

1970

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Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

1970

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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

1968

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Honorary weapon with a golden image of the State Emblem of the USSR

1968

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Order of the October Revolution

1968

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Order of Lenin

1967

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Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

1965

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Order of Sukhbaatar

1961

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Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

1958

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Order of Lenin

1957

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Order of Lenin

1956

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Order of the Red Banner

1949

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Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

1948

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Order of Lenin

1947

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Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

1947

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honorary citizen of Katowice

1946

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Order of Lenin

1945

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Gold Star medal

1945

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honorary citizen of Plzeň

1945

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Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

1945

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

1945

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Hero of the Soviet Union

1945

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Order of Victory

1945

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honorary citizen of Prague

1945

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Grand Cross of the Order of Military Virtue

1945

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Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"

1945

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Hero of the Soviet Union

1944

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Order of Suvorov, 1st class

1944

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Order of Lenin

1944

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Order of the Red Banner

1944

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Gold Star medal

1944

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Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"

1944

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Order of Kutuzov, 1st class

1943

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Order of Suvorov, 1st class

1943

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Order of the Red Banner

1938

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Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"

1938

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Order of the Red Star

1936

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Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945

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Order of Merit of Hungarian Freedom

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Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit

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Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

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Croix de Guerre

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Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

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Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic

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Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver

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Military Cross

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Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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Order of the Partisan Star

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Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

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Sino-Soviet Friendship Medal

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Order of the White Lion

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Commander of the Legion of Honour

Acting4 titles

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6.6

Movie

Red Square

1970Action

Ivan Konev

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Biography

Awards & Nominations58 won · 0 nominated

Acting4 titles

If Your House Means a Thing to You...

The Tale of Marshal Konev

Stalin: Man of Steel

Aleksandr Pokryshkin

Crew1 title

Red Square