Ivan Petrov (General)

Ivan Petrov, a Soviet Army General

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Ефимович Петров; September 30, 1896, Trubchevsk — April 7, 1958, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet commander, Army General from 1944.

He began his military service in the Red Army in 1918. During World War II Petrov, a master of the defensive war, participated in the Battle of Sevastopol and was noted for heading the Maritime Army in October 1941, July 1942 and in November 1943 - February 1944, 44th Army in August - October of 1942, Black Sea Army Group, North Caucasus Front, 2nd Belorussian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and several other units. In April - June of 1945 Petrov was a chief of the 1st Ukrainian Front Staff. On May 29, 1945 Petrov was awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The United States awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in War Department General Order No. 3 of 1944.