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Fyodor Kuznetsov
Native name	Кузнецов, Фёдор Исидорович
Born	29 September 1898 Mogilev Governorate , Russian Empire
Died	22 March 1961 (aged 62) Moscow , Russian SFSR , USSR
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1916?1917)   Soviet Russia (1917?1922)   Soviet Union (1922?1948)
Service/ branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army
Years of service	1916?1948
Rank	Colonel General
Commands held	Northwestern Front Central Front 21st Army 51st Army 61st Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin

Fyodor Isidorovich Kuznetsov ( Russian : Фёдор Иси?дорович Кузнецо?в ; 29 September 1898 ? 22 March 1961) was a Colonel General and military commander in the Soviet Union . ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

Born to a peasant family in Mogilev Governorate (present-day Horki Raion , Mogilev Oblast of Belarus ), Kuznetsov served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and continued his service in the Bolsheviks' Red Army . During the German-Soviet War , he initially commanded the Northwestern Front during the Baltic Strategic Defensive Operation until 30 June 1941, but was relieved in early August 1941 (replaced by General Major Pyotr Sobennikov ). At a Stavka session on 12 August 1941, he was given command of the new 51st Independent Army , but he was replaced by Pavel Batov in October 1941 during the defense of the Crimea . Later he served as the temporary commander of the 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 Academy of General Staff , and from August 1943 to February 1944 as the Deputy Commander of the Volkhov Front and Karelian Front . From 1945-1948, he commanded the Ural Military District , retiring due to illness.

He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

References [ edit ]

• Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad , 2003 Cassel Military Paperbacks edition, p. 198-9, 256