Ivan Tyulenev

Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev Ива́н Влади́мирович Тюле́нев
Born	28 January 1892 Shatrashany, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	15 August 1978(1978-08-15) (aged 86) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1913–1917)  Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army
Years of service	1913–1917 1918–1958
Rank	General of the Army (USSR)
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War Polish Soviet War World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of St George Order of Lenin (4 times) Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner (5 times) Order of Kutuzov (1st Class) Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR

Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev (Russian: Ива́н Влади́мирович Тюле́нев; 28 January 1892 – 15 August 1978) was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted General of the Army (USSR) in 1940.

Tyulenvev was born into a soldier's family in the Simbirsk Governorate (now Ulyanovsk Oblast) settlement of Shatrashany. He worked in factories and as a Caspian Sea fisherman before being drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1913. During World War I he fought with the Kargopolsky dragoons in Congress Poland and was awarded the Order of St George for his courage.

Tyulenvev joined the Red Army after the revolution and served during the Russian Civil war with the 1st Cavalry Army. He also took part in suppressing the Kronstadt Rebellion and in the Polish Soviet War. In 1939 he commanded the 12th Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland. He was promoted to General of the Army in 1940.

At the outbreak of the German-Soviet War, he was in charge of the Moscow Military District. In the first three months of the war, Tyulenev commanded the Southern Front. During the rest of the war, he was in command of the Transcaucasian Military District and Transcaucasian Front. Tyulenev was the author of several books of reminiscences, including Soviet Cavalry Fighting for the Fatherland (1957) and Through Three Wars (1972).

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