Ivan Semenov Pavlovich

(13.IV.1907, der. Porec Smolensk region - 30.H.1993, Moscow)
He began his career at the railway station Smolensk. In the Red Army in 1926. He graduated from the Military Academy. M.V. Frunze (1939). From 1929. on command and staff positions in the army, since 1940. Chief of Staff, Infantry Corps. During the Great Patriotic War, Operations Chief of Staff of Army Chief of Staff, 38 th, 1 st Armored and 1 st Guards Army, from 1942. Chief of Staff of the South-West, Voronezh, 1-st Ukrainian, Transcaucasian, 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. Since June 1945. Chief of Staff of the High Command of the Soviet troops in the Far East. Since 1946, Mr.. Chief of Staff, several military districts, the Deputy Chief of General Staff, USSR Armed Forces, in 1964-66 he. commander of the Siberian Military District, in 1968-73 he. Chief of General Staff Military Academy. The author of many works on the history of war. Awarded 17 Soviet orders and medals. Honorary Citizen of the Smolensk region.

Lit.: Belyaev I.N. In the Service of the Fatherland. Smolyan - captains, generals, admirals, 1987.