Ilya Vlasenko

Ilya Vlasenko
Ilya Vlasenko
	Vlasenko in 1940
Birth name	Ilya Arkhipovich Vlasenko
Born	19 July 1902; Dobrush, Gomel Region, Russian Empire
Died	11 May 1963 (aged 60); Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1932–1957
Rank	Major general
Battles / wars	World War II Battle of Moscow; Second Battle of Kharkov; Battle of Stalingrad; Battle of Kursk; Battle of the Dnieper; Operation Bagration; Vistula–Oder Offensive; Battle of Berlin; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin
Other work	Political Head of the Military District

Ilya Arkhipovich Vlasenko (19 July 1902 – 11 May 1963) (Ukrainian: Ілля Архипович Власенко, Belarusian: Ілья Архіпавіч Уласенка, Russian: Илья Архипович Власенко) was a political commissar in the Red Army during and following World War II. Vlasenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943 for his leadership in the Battle of the Dnieper.