Andrey Yeryomenko | |
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.jpg) Portrait, c. 1968 – c. 1970 | |
| Native name | Russian: Андрей Иванович Ерёменко |
| Born | October 14, 1892 Markivka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | November 19, 1970 (aged 78) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire (1913–1917) Russian SFSR (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1958) |
| Service | Imperial Russian Army Red Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1958 |
| Rank | Marshal of the Soviet Union |
| Commands | North Caucasus Military District Western Front Bryansk Front 4th Shock Army Stalingrad Front Kalinin Front 1st Baltic Front Separate Coastal Army 2nd Baltic Front 4th Ukrainian Front Carpathian Military District |
| Battles / wars | |
| 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[1] |
Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko[a] (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 Marshal of the Soviet Union. During the war, Yeryomenko commanded the Southeastern Front (later renamed the Stalingrad Front) during the Battle of Stalingrad in summer 1942 and planned the successful defense of the city. He later commanded the armies responsible for the occupation of Western Hungary and Eastern Czechoslovakia in 1945.
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