Revunenkov, Grigory Vasilievich

Grigory Vasilievich Revunenkov was born on January 29, 1899 in the village of Moluki (now the Pochinki district of the Smolensk region).

Civil War

In June 1919 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army , after which he took part in hostilities on the Western Front as the platoon commander of the 4th and 2nd spare rifle regiments and the platoon commander of the 1st separate Orsha guard guard company of the front.

Interwar Time

After the end of the 31st Smolensk infantry courses of the command staff in June 1921 he was sent to the 5th Infantry Division , where he served as platoon commander and assistant company commander of the 45th Infantry Regiment and assistant company commander of the military-political courses of the front at this division, since July 1922 in the positions of platoon commander, assistant commander and company commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment.

In 1924 he completed repeated infantry courses at the headquarters of the Western Military District .

Since August 1929, Revunenkov served as company commander and battalion of the 85th Rifle Regiment ( 29th Rifle Division , Belorussian Military District ).

After completing anti-aircraft machine-gun courses at the School of Anti-aircraft Artillery of the Ukrainian Military District, in June 1931 he was appointed to the post of battalion commander of the 190th Rifle Regiment ( 64th Rifle Division ), in December of that year - to the post of assistant chief of the transport and transport service 11 Infantry corps , in February 1935 - to the position of assistant to the chief of the 5th department headquarters, in April 1938 - to the position of assistant chief of staff of the same body, and in August 1938 - chief of Staff of the 37th Infantry ivizii , and then took part in the fighting during the campaign in western Belarus , and in the Soviet-Finnish war .

Great Patriotic War

With the outbreak of war he was in his former position. The 37th Infantry Division took part in the border battle on the Western Front , and then in the Battle of Smolensk .

In August 1941, Revunenkov was appointed to the post of deputy chief of the operational management department of the headquarters of the Bryansk Front , and in September - to the post of chief of staff of the 269th Rifle Division , which in October during the Oryol-Bryansk operation conducted heavy defensive military operations in the surroundings. Soon she took part in the Elets offensive operation and the liberation of the city of Efremov . Continuing the offensive, by the end of December, the division reached the right bank of the Zusha River east of Orel , where it went on the defensive.

In November 1942 he was sent to study at an accelerated course at the Higher Military Academy named after K.E. Voroshilov , after which from February 1943 he served as commander and then deputy commander of the 25th Rifle Corps . In August of that year, he was appointed commander of the 186th Infantry Division , which took part in hostilities during the Bryansk offensive operation and the liberation of Dyatkovo . Soon the division participated in the course of the Lublin-Brest offensive operation .

Since November 1944, Revunenkov was treated at the hospital and after recovering in April 1945 he was appointed commander of the 86th Rifle Corps ( 36th Army , Trans-Baikal Front ).

During the Soviet-Japanese war, the corps took part in the course of the Khingan-Mukden offensive operation . After crossing the Argun River, the corps conducted offensive military operations to Hailar , blocked the Hailar fortified area , then overcame the Bolshoi Khingan mountain range and took part in the liberation of the cities of Yalu and Zhalanptun .

Post War Career

After the war, he continued to command the corps as part of the Trans-Baikal Military District .

In March 1947 he was sent to study at the Higher Military Academy named after K.E. Voroshilov, after which in June 1948 he was appointed commander of the 35th Guards Rifle Corps ( Carpathian Military District ), in March 1951 - to the post Assistant Commander of the 3rd Guards Mechanized Army ( Group of Soviet Forces in Germany ), in September 1952 - to the post of Assistant Commander of the 3rd Army , in January 1955 - to the post of Assistant Commander - Head of the Combat Training Division of the same army, and in June of the same year - to the post of senior military adviser to the commander and chief of staff of the Korean People’s Army .

Lieutenant General Grigory Vasilievich Revunenkov in July 1957 left the reserve. He died on August 8, 1974 in Moscow .

• captain (02/03/1936);
• Major (03/31/1937);
• Colonel (04.17.1938);
• major general (09/09/1943);
• lieutenant general (05/11/1949).

• Order of Lenin (02.21.1945);
• Five Orders of the Red Banner (05/20/1940, 12/29/1941, 11/3/1944, 11/15/1950);
• Two orders of Suvorov 2 degrees (04/06/1945, 08/31/1945);
• Two orders of Kutuzov 2nd degree (05.16.1944, 07.23.1944);
• Order of the Patriotic War of 1 degree (08/12/1943);
• Medals;
• Foreign medal.

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