Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ˈkonʲɪf]; 28 December 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and...
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The statue of Ivan Konev (Czech: Socha Ivana Koněva) was a monument to Russian general Ivan Konev that was erected in Prague in 1980. In the late 2010s...
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Race to Berlin (section Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front)
to Berlin was a competition between Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev to be the first to enter Berlin during the final months of World War II...
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(Russian: Освобождение) as Gen. Konev 1971: Liberation IV: The Battle of Berlin (Russian: Освобождение) as Ivan Konev 1971: Liberation V: The Last Assault...
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bridgeheads, with two fronts commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Konev. Against them, the German Army Group A, led by Colonel-General Josef Harpe...
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military commanders who earned it on merit. These included Georgy Zhukov, Ivan Konev and Konstantin Rokossovsky to name a few. In 1943, Stalin himself was...
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Colombian footballer Iván Fandiño (1980–2017), Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fedotov (born 1996), Russian ice hockey goaltender Iván González Ferreira (born...
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2nd Ukrainian Fronts, commanded, respectively, by Nikolai Vatutin and Ivan Konev, encircled German forces of Army Group South in a pocket near the Dnieper...
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Soviet troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front under the command of Marshal Ivan Konev, while at the same time units of the 1st Belorussian Front, under the...
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in Europe dramatically escalated. During the crisis, in August 1961, Ivan Konev, Commander in Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, was appointed...
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Silesia and involved forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. Due to the importance of the region to the Germans, considerable forces...
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east and north, started shelling Berlin's city centre, while Marshal Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front broke through Army Group Centre and advanced towards...
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soldiers prepared to be sent home; replacement of combat units with Ivan Konev's permanent occupation force only marginally reduced 'misbehaviour'. Throughout...
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Ivan Nikitich Konev (Russian: Иван Никитич Конев; 5 January 1899 – 19 November 1983) was a Soviet major general during World War II and a Hero of the...
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4th Panzer and 17th armies on the other. The battle took place during Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front's push toward Berlin, which was part of the larger...
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(known as the 2nd Ukrainian Front after 20 October 1943), commanded by Ivan Konev Southwestern Front (known as the 3rd Ukrainian Front after 20 October...
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Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front, Georgy Zhukov's 1st Belorussian Front and Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front, that assaulted the defending Wehrmacht Army Group...
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II in 1945, involving forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev. It cleared German troops from much of Lower Silesia and besieged a large...
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Lvov-Przemyśl Operation. The objective of the offensive was for Marshal Ivan Konev's 1st Ukrainian Front to liberate Lvov and clear the German troops from...
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commanders, General Georgy Zhukov (commanding the Western Front) and General Ivan Konev (commanding the Kalinin Front), to conduct an offensive to recapture Rzhev...
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Montgomery's 2nd Army in Wismar, Germany while the forces of Zhukov and Ivan Konev captured Berlin, ending the war. In July 1945, he, Zhukov and several...
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government appealed to Soviets for help. On 31 August, Soviet marshal Ivan Konev was ordered to prepare plans for an offensive to destroy Nazi forces in...
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"forgotten battles" of the Soviet–German War." On 5 March 1944, Marshal Ivan Konev—commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Front—commenced the Uman–Botoșani offensive...
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the Soviet Ground Forces in March 1946, but was quickly succeeded by Ivan Konev in July 1946. By September 1946, the army decreased from 5 million soldiers...
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Monument to Soviet Tank Crews (first painted, later removed) Statue of Ivan Konev (removed in 2020) Monument to the Liberation of the City by the Red Army...
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between Axis powers commanded by Otto Wöhler and Soviet forces led by Ivan Konev. Historian David Glantz has described it as part of a failed Soviet invasion...
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Andrei Grechko (1953–57) Matvei Zakharov (1957–60) Ivan Yakubovsky (1960–61) Ivan Konev (1961–62) Ivan Yakubovsky (1962–65) Pyotr Koshevoy (1965–69) Viktor...
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the Seelow Heights. To the south, the 1st Ukrainian Front under Marshal Ivan Konev shifted its main force from Upper Silesia north-west to the Neisse River...
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Communist Party, represented by Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu. 2nd Ukrainian Front (Ivan Konev) Main Shock Group (Târgu Frumos Axis) 27th Army (Sergei Trofimenko) 35th...
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