Nikolai Vedeneyev

Nikolai Vedeneyev

Native name	Николай Денисович Веденеев
Born	28 March 1897 Verkhnyaya Sanarka, Russian Empire
Died	16 November 1964(1964-11-16) (aged 67) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army/Soviet Army
Years of service	1915–17 1918–51
Commands held	20th Mechanized Corps 3rd Tank Corps/9th Guards Tank Corps
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Siege of Mogilev Operation Bagration Vistula-Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Battle of Berlin
Awards	Order of the Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 1st class Order of Suvorov 2nd class

1915–17

Nikolai Denisovich Vedeneyev (Russian: Николай Денисович Веденеев; 28 March 1897 – 16 November 1964) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Vedeneyev was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army and fought in World War I as a non-commissioned officer. He became a Red Guard and became a partisan on the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War. Vedeneyev joined the Red Army and became a Political commissar. He held posts in cavalry units during the interwar period and later served in mechanized units. In 1938 he became chief of the commanders' improvement courses at the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization. Vedeneyev became chief of staff and deputy commander of the 6th Mechanized Corps in 1940, and then was deputy commander of the 20th Mechanized Corps.