Biryuzov, Sergei Semyonovich
- Date of birth:
- August 21st, 1904 (Skopin/Ryazan Oblast, Russia)
- Date of death:
- October 19th, 1964 (Aircraft accident near Belgrade, Serbia)
- Buried on:
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- Nationality:
- Soviet
Biography
Sergei Biryuzov was killed on October 19th, 1964, together with 32 others, when their Ilyushin Il-18 crashed against mount Avala near Belgrade.
Career:
1920: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU);
1934 - 1937: Frunze Military Academy;
1937: Chief-of-Staff Rifle Division;
1939: Chief of Operations Kharkov Military District;
August 1939: Commanding Officer, 132nd Rifle Division;
April 1942: Chief of Staff, 48th Army;
November 1942: Chief of Staff 2nd Guards Army;
April 1943: Chief of Staff Southern Front
October 20th, 1943:Chief of Staff 4th Ukrainian Front;
May 1944: Chief of Staff 3rd Ukrainian Front;
October 1944: Commanding Officer 37th Army;
May 1946: Head of the Soviet Military Mission, Bulgaria;
1947- 1955: Several Command Positions;
April 1955: Commander in Chief National Air Defense Force;
April 1962: Commander in Chief Strategic Missile Force;
1963 - October 19th, 1964: Chief of the General Staff.
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Orden Lenina
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Major (Major General)
- Unit:
- Komandir, 132 Strelkovoi Divizy, Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Commander, 132nd Rifle Division, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- March 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Major (Major General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik shtaba, 2 Gvardeiskoi Armiei, Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Chief of Staff, 2nd Guards Army, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Major (Major General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik shtaba, 2 Gvardeiskoi Armiei, Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Chief of Staff, 2nd Guards Army, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- March 31st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Leytenant (Lieutenant General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik shtaba, 4 Ukrainskogo fronta, Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Chief of Staff, 4th Ukrainian Front, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Leytenant (Lieutenant General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik shtaba, 3 Ukrainskogo fronta. Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Chief of Staff, 3rd Ukrainian Front, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- May 16th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Polkovnik (Colonel General)
- Unit:
- Nachalnik shtaba, 3 Ukrainskogo fronta. Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Chief of Staff, 3rd Ukrainian Front, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Polkovnik (Colonel General)
- Unit:
- Komanduyushchy, 37 Armiei, Rabotsje-krestjanskaja Krasnaja Armieja (Commander, 37th Army, Red Army)
- Awarded on:
- November 3rd, 1944
- Awarded on:
- November 6th, 1947
- Awarded on:
- February 1st, 1958
- Awarded on:
- February 1st, 1958
No. 10828.
Orden narodnog heroja
- Awarded on:
- October 1964
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Public domain
- - Velikaya Otechestvennaya Komandarmy - Voyenny Biografichesky Slovar, Kuchkovo Pole, Moscow, 2005
- Marshals.narod.ru
- Warheroes.ru
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