Fyodor Kuznetsov

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Fyodor Kuznetsov
51st Army
61st Army
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsOrder of Lenin

Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov (

Colonel General and military commander in the Soviet Union.[1]

Biography

Born to a peasant family in

Central Front (July–August 1941), Chief of Staff of the 28th Army, Deputy Commander of the Western Front, and commander of the 61st Army
.

From March 1942 to June 1943, he served as the commanding officer of the

Ural Military District
, retiring due to illness.

He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

References

  1. ^ "КУЗНЕЦОВ Федор Исидорович : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации" [Kuznetsov Fyodor Isidorovich: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation]. stat.encyclopedia.mil.ru. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  • Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad, 2003 Cassel Military Paperbacks edition, p. 198-9, 256