Ivan Bogdanov
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (6 November 1897 – 22 July 1942) was a Soviet lieutenant-general and army commander.
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| Born | 6 November 1897 Yablonovka village, Tambovsky Uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 July 1942 (aged 44) Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
| Years of service | 1916–1917  Russian Empire1918–1942  |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
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| Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War World War II |
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He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army before going over to the Bolsheviks.
In World War II, he commanded the Reserve Front, 43rd Army and 39th Army. He was killed in action on 22 July 1942 at the head of the 39th Army, which was surrounded during Operation Seydlitz. He was seriously wounded in the area of the village of Krapivni Kalininsky region, when he organized and led an attempted breakout. He was rushed to the hospital in Kalinin, but died of his wounds in the hospital on the evening of July 22. He was buried in Kalinin in a mass grave in Lenin Square.
He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star.
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Order of the Red Banner |
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Order of Lenin |
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Order of the Red Star |
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Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" |
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Honorary worker of the Cheka-GPU (XV) |
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