Sverdlov, Fedor Davydovich

Fedor Sverdlov was born in 1921 in Kharkov, in a working class family. Jew. He graduated from the artillery special school, Leningrad Artillery School .

At the beginning of World War II he was sent to the front as a battery commander with the rank of senior lieutenant. Subsequently, he became commander of a rifle company, a rifle battalion. In the summer of 1942 he was appointed an officer in the operational department of the headquarters of the 16th Army .

After the war he graduated with honors from the Frunze Military Academy . In 1952 he defended the dissertation of a candidate of military sciences and started working at the academy, where he worked until 1984 . In 1979 he defended his dissertation as a doctor of historical sciences . Since 1980 - professor of the department of operational art.

In 1953 he became a colonel.

Since 1992 - Member of the Board of the Holocaust Center.

• Order of the Red Banner (1944)
• Two orders of the Patriotic War of the first degree (1945, 1985)
• Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree (1943)
• Two Orders of the Red Star (1943, 1955)
• Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" of the third degree
• medals

Fedor Sverdlov is the author of 20 books and more than 300 articles on the theory, tactics and history of military art. A significant part of his works is devoted to the theme of Jewish military heroism. He is one of the authors of the two-volume publication “Heroes of the Soviet Union”.

• Sverdlov F. D. Maneuver in combined arms combat. - M. , 1967. - 134 p. - 9000 copies.

• Sverdlov F.D. Liberation of Lithuania (1941-1945). - M .: VAF, 1979. - 204 p.

• comp. Sverdlov F. D. Feats of Heroes of the Soviet Union: Essays. - M .: Knowledge, 1981. - 64 p. - 12,000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Tactical maneuver. - M .: Military Publishing, 1982. - 192 p. - 25,000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. The road of courage. - M .: Mosk. worker, 1984. - 112 p.

• Sverdlov F. D. Tankers. - M .: Publishing House of the News Agency, 1984. - 59 p.

• Sverdlov F. D. Liberation of the Soviet Baltic Republics: (On the occasion of the 40th anniversary). - M .: Knowledge, 1984. - 63 p.

• Sverdlov F. D. Front Road of Lithuania. - Vilnius: Mintis, 1985 .-- 160 p. - 3000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Advanced detachments in battle. - M .: Military Publishing, 1986.- 214 p. - 10,000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Soldier's Valor: Essays on Jewish Warriors Full Knights of the Order of Glory. - M .: Prince. and business, 1992. - 62 p. - 3000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. In the ranks of the brave: Essays on the Jews - Heroes of Owls. Union. - M .: Prince. and business, 1992. - 304 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-212-00765-8 .

• Sverdlov F. D. Jewish Generals of the Armed Forces of the USSR: Short. biographies. - M .: B. and, 1993 .-- 272 p. - 3000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Feats of Jewish soldiers in the battles of 1941 - M .: Biogr. club, 1994 .-- 144 p. - 2000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Feats of Jewish soldiers in the battles of 1942 - M .: Biogr. club, 1998 .-- 272 p. - 2000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Unknown about the Soviet commanders. - M. , 1995 .-- 254 p. - 2000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Jewish warriors on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. - M .: Holocaust, 1999 .-- 304 p. - 1000 copies.

• Sverdlov F. D. Soviet generals in captivity. - M .: Publishing House of the Holocaust Foundation, 1999. - 246 p.

• Sverdlov F. D. Encyclopedia of Jewish Heroism. - M .: Dograph, 2002 .-- 503 p. - ISBN 5858681131 .

• Sverdlov F. D. Errors G. K. Zhukov . - M .: Monolith, 2002 .-- 159 p. - ISBN 5-85868-114-X .

• Efraim Greenberg about Fedor Sverdlov
• Holocaust Foundation

• Dmitry Tuzov. Jewish contribution to victory