KONEV, IVAN STEPANOVICH

ēvänˈ styĭpäˈnəvĭch kôˈnyĭf, 1897–1973, Soviet field marshal. In World War II he reconquered (1944–45) Ukraine and S Poland from the Germans, took Silesia, and participated in the conquest of Czechoslovakia and the capture of Berlin. He became (1945) military governor of the Soviet occupation zone in Austria and (1946) commander in chief of Soviet ground forces. From 1955 to 1960 he commanded the unified military forces set up by the Warsaw Treaty. In 1961–62 he headed Soviet forces in East Germany.

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Biographical Dictionary of World War II
Book by Mark M. Boatner III; Presidio Press, 1996
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Dictionaries
...Supreme War Council in May 45. KONEV, Ivan Stepanovich. Marshal of the Soviet Union. 1897-1973. Konev and Zhukov are generally considered...in postwar intrigues for which Konev had a flair. Ethnically, Konev...
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Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare
Book by Spencer C. Tucker; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Military Art And Science--History--20th Century, Military Biography--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries
...a naval advisor in May 1945. Konev, Ivan Stepanovich (1897-1973) Soviet marshal...into the Russian army (1916), Konev fought on the Galician Front in...Kronstadt mutiny (March 1921). Konev transferred to the regular army...
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Everyman's Concise Encyclopaedia of Russia
Book by S. V. Utechin; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1961
Subjects: Soviet Union--Dictionaries And Encyclopedias
...elected as secretary of the primary organization. Konev, Ivan Stepanovich b. 1897 , Marshal of the Soviet Union, the son of...from this post in 1960 on grounds of ill health. Konev was chairman of the special court which sentenced...
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Memoirs
Book by Petro G. Grigorenko, Thomas R. Whitney; W. W. Norton, 1982
Subjects: Dissenters--Soviet Union--Biography, Generals--Soviet Union--Biography, Political Prisoners--Soviet Union--Biography
...440 Kandush, Yura, 165 -67, 171 -72 Kandyba, Ivan, 437 Kantov, Lieutenant Colonel, 280 -87 Karavansky...ideals of, 16 -17, 18 Komsomol Pravda , 271 , 341 Konev, Ivan Stepanovich, 112 -13 Kopolev, Lev, 440 Korchak, Alexander...
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Stalin and the Soviet Union
Book by Stephen J. Lee; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Heads Of State--Soviet Union--Biography, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1917-1936, Soviet Union--Politics And Government--1936-1953, Stalin, Joseph--1879-1953
...91 Iron Curtain 97 , 102 Islam 54 , 58 , 60 Italy 6 Ivan the Terrible 56 , 59 j Japan, Soviet agents in 81...collective farms) 99 Kolyma region, Siberia 22 Konev, Ivan Stepanovich 82 , 86 Kosygin, Alexei Nikolaevich 100 Kravchenko...
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Konev, Ivan Stepanovich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KONEV, IVAN STEPANOVICH evan styipa n vich ko nyif, 1897 1973, Soviet field marshal. In World War II he reconquered (1944 45) Ukraine and S Poland...


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