Iosif Apanasenko

Iosif Rodionovich Apanasenko (April 15, 1890 – August 5, 1943) was a Soviet division commander.

Iosif Rodionovich Apanasenko
BornApril 15, 1890
Russian Empire
DiedAugust 5, 1943
Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1911–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1943 (Soviet Union)
RankGeneral of the army
Commands held6th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union)
Central Asian Military District
Far Eastern Front
Battles/wars

He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent Civil War. He received the Cross of St. George three times from the Russian Empire. He was made a Komkor on November 11, 1935 and promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank in 1939. He commanded forces in both Central Asia and the Russian Far East. He was made a colonel general in 1940 before being promoted to general of the army in February 1941. He was Commander of the (quiet) Far Eastern Front until April 1943.

In June 1943, I.R. Apanasenko, after numerous requests to be sent to the front, was appointed deputy commander of the Voronezh Front. He visited units on the frontline and led them during the fighting. He was killed by an airstrike during the Soviet counteroffensive at Kursk. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner.

References

    Sources

    • Социокультурный состав советской военной элиты 1931—1938 гг. и её оценки в прессе русского зарубежья
    • Командный и начальствующий состав Красной Армии в 1940-1941 гг pages 112—113
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    Savely Negovora
    Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division
    March–June 1919
    Succeeded by
    Semyonov
    Preceded by
    Boris Solovyov
    Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division
    July 1919
    Succeeded by
    Alexey Polyakov
    Preceded by
    Grigory Baturin
    Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division
    October–November 1919
    Succeeded by
    Semyon Timoshenko
    Preceded by
    Semyon Timoshenko
    Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division
    August–October 1920
    Succeeded by
    Yakov Sheko
    Preceded by
    Leonid Petrovsky
    Commander of the Central Asian Military District
    1938–1941
    Succeeded by
    Sergei Trofimenko
    Preceded by
    Grigori Shtern
    Commander of the Far Eastern Front
    January 1941 – April 1943
    Succeeded by
    Maksim Purkayev
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