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COMMANDER // 1883–1973

Semyon Budyonny

Marshal of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union11 battles4 wars

Lifespan

1883 – 1973

190019251950Russian Civil War · 1917-1922Polish–Soviet War · 1919-1921Eastern Front · 1941-1945World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War — January 1, 1918 · Bolsheviks · Russian Civil WarBattle of Komarów — August 30, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Lwów — January 1, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Zadwórze — August 17, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarKyiv offensive — January 1, 1920 · Russian SFSR · Polish–Soviet WarBattle of Moscow — January 1, 1941 · Soviet Union · Eastern FrontBattle of Uman — July 15, 1941 · Soviet Union · World War IIOperation Barbarossa — June 22, 1941 · Soviet Union · Eastern FrontVyazemsky operation — October 1, 1941 · Soviet Union · Eastern FrontOperation Edelweiss — July 23, 1942 · Soviet Union · Eastern FrontBattle of the Caucasus — October 9, 1943 · Soviet Union · Eastern Front

Active service 1918–1943 — 11 battles across 4 wars; first command at age 35.

Profile

Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny was a Russian and Soviet cavalryman, military commander during the Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War and World War II, and politician, who was a close political ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

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Battles (11)

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