Vladimir Nikolayevich Kurdyumov (russian: Владимир Николаевич Курдюмов 1 October 1895, Ilmen14 February 1970) was a

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.ХРОНОС: Курдюмов Владимир Николаевич
/ref> Kurdyumov served in 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, afte ...

since 1918 in

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and the

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. He graduated from the

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in 1925 and served as military attaché in the

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. From August 1931 Kurdyumov was a commander and commissar of the

25th Rifle Division The 25th Rifle Division (russian: 25-я стрелковая дивизия) was a rifle division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War, formed twice. Formed in 1918, it was a Russian, and later Soviet, Red Army formation f ...

. In 1935 he was made commander and military comissar of the

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of the

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. During the

Winter War The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...

, Kurdyumov was the Vice Commander of the Southern Group under the 8th Army from December 1939 and later the Vice Commander of the 15th Army. Kurdyumov was appointed as the Commander of the 15th Army on 25 February 1940. Kilin and Raunio 2007, p. 211 He was promoted as Lieutenant General in 1940. Kurdyumov was Red Army Director of Combat Training 1940–41. Later Kurdyumov served as Deputy Commander of Logistics of the Western Front, Deputy Commander of the Caucasian Front and Commander of North Caucasian and Siberia Military Districts in the

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