Ivan Timofeyevich Shlyomin (russian: Иван Тимофеевич Шлёмин, – 10 January 1969) was a Soviet Lieutenant-General of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

during World War II and a

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

Biography

Ivan Timofeyevich Shlyomin was born in the village of Trunovo in Tver Governorate (today in Kalininsky District in

Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...

). In February 1917 he was drafted into the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

and took part in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

as a non-commissioned officer. In September 1918 Shlyomin joined the

as a volunteer and took part in the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

as a platoon leader. In 1920 he joined the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

. Between November 1937 and July 1940, he was Commandant of the Military Academy of the Staff.
Since July 1940 and at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Major General Shlyomin was Chief of Staff of the 11th Army. From May 1942 he was Chief of Staff of the

Northwestern Front The Northwestern Front (Russian: ''Северо-Западный фронт'') was a military formation of the Red Army during the Winter War and World War II. It was operational with the 7th and 13th Armies during the Winter War. It was re-cre ...

, then he was Chief of Staff of the 1st Guards Army of the Southwestern Front. From January to April 1943 he commanded the 5th Tank Army on the Southwestern Front. On 19 March 1943, he was promoted to lieutenant general. From April to May 1943 he commanded the 12th Army on the Southwestern Front, from September 1943 to May 1944 the 6th Army on the Southwestern Front and the 3rd Ukrainian Front. From May 1944 to January 1945 he commanded the 46th Army on the 3rd and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts. The armed forces under his command participated in the

Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later re ...

, the Donbass Operation, the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, the Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka Offensive, the

Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds eac ...

, the Debrecen Operation, the Belgrade Operation and the

Battle of Budapest The Siege of Budapest or Battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II. Part of the broader Budapest Offensive, the siege began when Budap ...

. On July 1, 1945, Ivan Shlyomin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for the skillful organization of the troops and his courage. After the war he stayed in the army and was released from active service in 1962. Shlyomin died in 1969 and was buried in the

Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist ...

in Moscow.

Sources

Generals.dk

Шлёмин Иван Тимофеевич
''warheroes.ru'' (in Russian)

''encyclopedia.mil.ru'' (in Russian)
Шлёмин Иван Тимофеевич
''divizia-rkka.ru'' (in Russian)

''hrono.ru'' (in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shlyomin, Ivan 1898 births 1969 deaths People from Kalininsky District, Tver Oblast Soviet lieutenant generals Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Heroes of the Soviet Union