Glebov, Ivan Semenovich

Ivan was born in the family of the worker S. I. Glebov. At the end of 4 classes of the school, from the age of eleven I.S. Glebov worked in production. ^{[1] [2]}

Civil War

March 10, 1918 I. S. Glebov joined the Red Army ^[2] , in 1918-1922 he participated in the Civil War , was wounded in the leg. ^[3]

Between Wars

After the war, I. S. Glebov served in the Red Army in various positions, since 1926 he was a member of the CPSU (B.) , In 1927 he graduated from the Kiev United School of the Red Army Commanders ^[4] , then the Artillery Academy , commanded the artillery regiment. ^[5] In 1937 he entered the General Staff Academy in the second set, after which he was left in it as a teacher in the General Tactics Department, where he met I. Kh. Baghramyan , who also taught at the Academy. Before the war, I. S. Glebov arrived for an internship in the 6th Rifle Corps , Kiev Military District . ^[five]

World War II

The Great Patriotic War found Lieutenant Colonel I. S. Glebov as deputy chief of artillery of the 6th Rifle Corps, which was part of the South-Western Front , and since July 1941 he was chief of staff of the same corps. Since June 22, 1941, I. S. Glebov as part of the corps participated in the Defensive Operation in Western Ukraine , then in the Kiev Strategic Defensive Operation . In August 1941, the corps administration was disbanded, I.S. Glebov was sent to the reserve of the Supreme Command Headquarters , at the headquarters of the Southwestern Front he met I.Kh. Baghramyan, who asked the chief of staff of the front V.I. Tupikov to appoint Glebov as his assistant - Deputy Chief of the Operations Division of the Headquarters of the South-Western Front. ^[5] At this post, I. S. Glebov continued to participate in the Kiev operation. In September, the headquarters of the Southwestern Front was surrounded, most of the front and the 5th Army left the encirclement of the front headquarters. There were about a thousand people in the convoy, including eight hundred officers, followed by equipment — six armored vehicles, two field guns, and five quad anti-aircraft mounts. I. S. Glebov temporarily led the protection of the Military Council of the front. On September 20, 1941, the convoy stopped for a day in the area of ​​the Dryukovschina hamlet, in the Shumeikovo grove, where it was discovered by the Germans. The Germans attacked the convoy from three sides, engaged tanks, staff officers repelled enemy attacks all day, all officers participated in the melee, including front commander MP Kirponos , several tanks were set on fire, the Germans could not stand it and retreated, but surrounded the rest of the group with a dense ring . In this battle, I. S. Glebov was wounded. At night, the officers who remained in service went on a breakthrough, the attack turned out to be sudden, many managed to break out. ^{[5] [6]} I. S. Glebov, among other officers, managed to get out of the encirclement and join the Soviet troops, he soon returned to his former position, then was appointed deputy chief of staff of the South-Western Front. Working at the headquarters of the Southwestern Front, I.S. Glebov participated in the Kharkov operation of 1941 , the Yelets operation , the Kharkov operation of 1942 .

On July 12, 1942, the Southwestern Front was disbanded; on August 25, 1942, I. S. Glebov was appointed chief of staff of the 4th Panzer Army . In the preceding battles, the army suffered heavy losses, only four tanks remained in its composition, on October 22, 1942 the 4th Panzer Army was transformed into the 65th Army , and I. S. Glebov was appointed its chief of staff. ^[7] P. I. Batov recalled:

Ivan Semenovich Glebov dragged the whole headquarters like an ox, but he did it skillfully, that is, so that each of his subordinates grew. At the age of 39, Colonel Glebov managed to graduate from two higher educational institutions - the Artillery Academy and the Academy of the General Staff. His extensive military knowledge, combined with his experience in high-ranking staffs, earned him general respect, despite the dryness of nature. Such a man was an invaluable find for the commander. One could calmly surrender to work in the troops, knowing that the decision made would be carried out creatively, with meticulous accuracy.

- Batov P.I. In campaigns and battles

In this post, I. S. Glebov participated in the Battle of Stalingrad , the Battle of Kursk , and the Battle of the Dnieper . On November 26, 1943, I.S. Glebov was appointed chief of staff of the 48th army , and headed the staff until July 9, 1945. Participated in the Gomel-Rechitsa , Belarusian strategic , East Prussian strategic offensive operations.

After the war

After the war, since 1945, I. S. Glebov was the head of the operational training department of the General Staff, since 1957 he was the deputy chief military adviser in China ^[8] , since 1958 he was the head of the department of operational art at the Academy of the General Staff, in 1969-1988 he worked at the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. ^[one]

Ivan Semenovich died in 1993, was buried in Moscow, at the Troekurovsky cemetery . ^[9]

• Colonel - 11/7/1941
• Major General - 02/04/1943
• Lieutenant General - 09/13/1944
• Colonel General - 02/08/1958

• The order of Lenin
• Five Orders of the Red Banner (11/07/1941, 11/23/1943; 1944; 19 **)
• Order of Kutuzov I degree (07/23/1944)
• Two orders of Kutuzov II degree (01/15/1944; 19 **)
• Order of Suvorov, II degree (09.24.1943)
• Order of the Patriotic War I degree
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Medal "In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
• Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad"
• Medal "For the capture of Koenigsberg"
• Medal "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
• Medal "For the Strengthening of the Military Commonwealth"
• Medal "20 years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
• Medal "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
• Medal "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Medal “In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow”
• Honorary Citizen of Loev
• Honorary Citizen of Zheleznogorsk (1986) - for participating in the liberation of these settlements during the Great Patriotic War

Foreign awards:

• Commander of the Legion of Honor (USA, August 1944) ^[10]
• Sino-Soviet Friendship Medal ( PRC )

I. S. Glebov is the author of about 150 scientific papers and articles on various issues of military doctrine, operational art and military history.

• Batov P.I. In campaigns and battles. - M .: Military Publishing House, 1974.
• Baghramyan I.X. So the war began. - M .: Military Publishing, 1971.
• Memory Book of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. - M.: “Moscow Region”, 2016.

• Public Bank of Documents “Feat of the People”
• The command staff of the Red Army and RKVMF in 1941-1945
• Biography on the website of the Loev Executive Committee (inaccessible link)
• Honorary citizens of the city of Zheleznogorsk, - an article on the website of the city of Zheleznogorsk
• Chervov N. The tragedy of Colonel General M.P. Kirponos
• http://www.generals.dk/general/Glebov/Ivan_Semenovich/Soviet_Union.html