Ivan Konev

Also known as Ivan Stepanovich Konev

Soviet military commander (1897-1973)

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Ivan Stepanovich Konev (1897–1973) was a Soviet military officer, politician, and marshal. Born in Lodeyno, he served in the Imperial Russian Army and later the Red Army, holding ranks including komdiv, comcor, general of the army, and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and served on its Central Committee as well as the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Konev participated in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and the Battle of Smolensk. He was educated at the M.V. Frunze Military Academy.

Konev received several awards, including the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Military Cross, and the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". He participated in the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Congresses of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His written works include *Zapiski komanduiushchego frontom*, *Za osvobozhdenie Chekhoslovakii*, *Year of victory*, *Sorok piatyǐ*, and *Lěto pjećaštyrceći*. He died of cancer in Moscow and was buried in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1897
Died: ,
Works: 5

Top works

Lěto pjećaštyrceći
Sorok piatyǐ
Year of victory [by] I. Konev
Za osvobozhdenie Chekhoslovakii
Zapiski komanduiushchego frontom

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Total plays: 1

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A method and server for predicting damaging missense mutations
· 2010 · cited 11,745x
Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 11,555x
Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
· 2008 · cited 11,236x
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,654x
A 3D Map of the Human Genome at Kilobase Resolution Reveals Principles of Chromatin Looping
· 2014 · cited 9,230x

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Quotes

“As for me, I had to know exactly what the situation was in Dukla Pass. Moscow had demanded it.”
“We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.”
“I do not want to give any orders to the airmen, but get hold of a Komsomol air unit, and say I want volunteers for the job.”
“Our neighbors use searchlights, for they want more light. I tell you, Nikolai Pavlovich, we need more darkness.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ivan
Gender: male
Citizenship: Soviet Union
Place of birth: Lodeyno
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: politician
Educated at: M.V. Frunze Military Academy
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: Russian
Participant in: 21st Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Conflict: Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Military branch: Red Army
Military rank: non-commissioned officer
Image: Ivan Stepanovich Konev.jpg

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Commons category: Ivan Stepanovich Konev
date of birth: 1897-12-28
date of death: 1973-05-21
place of burial: Kremlin Wall Necropolis
member of: All-Russian Central Executive Committee
cause of death: cancer
manner of death: natural causes
allegiance: Soviet Union
name in native language: Иван Степанович Конев
birth name: Иван Степанович Конев
start of work period: 1916-00-00
different from: Ivan Nikitich Konev
military unit: Western Front
ethnic group: Russians
end of work period: 1962-00-00

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Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Russian: Иван Степанович Конев, 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.

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