Efim Shchadenko

Yefim Shchadenko
Native name
Russian: Ефим Афана́сьевич Щаде́нко
Born27 September 1885
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
Died6 September 1951(1951-09-06) (aged 65)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branch Red Army
Years of service1917–1951
RankColonel general
Battles / warsRussian Revolution of 1905
Russian Civil War
World War II

Yefim Afanasievich Shchadenko (Russian: Ефим Афана́сьевич Щаде́нко; 27 September [O.S. 15 September] 1885 – 6 September 1951) was a Soviet colonel general who served as Deputy People's Commissar of Defense during the early years of World War II.