Andrey Yeryomenko
| Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko | |
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Andrey Yeryomenko in 1938.
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| Native name | Russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Ерёменко Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Єрьоменко |
| Born |
October 14, 1892 Markovka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | November 19, 1970 (aged 78) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Buried at | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire (1913–1918) Soviet Union (1918–1958) |
| Service/branch |
Russian Imperial Army Red Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1958 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Commands held |
North Caucasus Military District 4th Shock Army Stalingrad Front 2nd Baltic Front 4th Ukrainian Front Carpathian Military District |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Russian Civil War Great Patriotic War |
| Awards |
Hero of the Soviet Union Hero of Czechoslovakia Order of Lenin (5) Order of the Red Banner (4) Order of the October Revolution Order of Suvorov, 1st Class (3) Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class |
Andrey (Andrei) Ivanovich Yeryomenko (or Yeremenko, Eremenko; Russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Ерёменко; Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Єрьоменко; October 14 [O.S. October 2] 1892 – November 19, 1970) was a Soviet general during World War II and, subsequently, a Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Born in Markivka in Kharkov Governorate (today in Ukraine) to a peasant family, Yeryomenko was drafted into the Imperial Army in 1913, serving on the Southwest and Romanian Fronts during World War I. He joined the Red Army in 1918, where he served in the legendary Budyonny Cavalry (First Cavalry Army). He attended the Leningrad Cavalry School and then the Frunze Military Academy, graduating in 1935. In addition to his education, he was appointed to command of a regiment of cavalry in Dec. 1929, then a division in 1937, and then the 6th Cavalry Corps in 1938.
On Sept. 17, 1939, Yeryomenko led his 6th Cavalry Corps into eastern Poland as part of the operations agreed to between Germany and the Soviet Union under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In general, this Soviet operation was not efficiently organized. Yeryomenko (whose Corps contained light tank and other motorized elements) was forced to request an emergency airlift of fuel so as to continue his advance. Despite these difficulties, the Corps kept moving, and Yeryomenko earned the nickname "the Russian Guderian".
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