KONEV Ivan Stepanivich [16(28).12.1897, Lodeino, now Podosinovsky district of Kirovskaya oblast, – 21.5.1973, Moscow], Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (20.2.1944), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (29.7.1944 & 1.6.1945), Hero of the CSFR (1970) & Hero of Mongolia (1971). |
KONEV Ivan Stepanivich [16(28).12.1897, Lodeino Vologodskaya gubernia, – 21.5.1973, Moscow], Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944 & 1945) |
Konev, Ivan Stepanovich (b. Dec. 28 [Dec., 16, Old Style, 1897, Lodeino, Russia [now in U.S.S.R.] – d. May 21, 1973, Moscow), one of the outstanding Soviet generals in World War II who was a leader in the offensive against the Germans. |