Ivan Pieresypkin

Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin (Russian: Ива́н Тере́нтьевич Пересы́пкин, June 5, 1904 in the Oryol Oblast – October 12, 1978 in Moscow) was a Soviet General, statesman and wartime leader.

Career

He was the People's Commissar of Communications of the USSR from May 1939 to July 1944. On 23 July 1941, he was appointed Chief of Red Army Signals Forces, in addition.[1] He was also Deputy People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR. From November 1944, he was chief of the Main Communication Directorate of the Red Army and Marshal of the signal troops.[2] During the war, he displayed talent for military leadership. He did a great amount of work ensuring stable communications between the Supreme Command Headquarters, the General Staff, and the combat army. He made a tangible contribution to the development and manufacture of various communications devices and helped supply them to the front.[3][4][5][6]

Awards

He was awarded many orders and medals over the course of his career:

References

  1. ↑ David M. Glantz, Colossus Reborn, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2005, pp. 345.
  2. ↑ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении генерал-полковнику войск связи Пересыпкину И. Т. военного звания маршала войск связи» от 21 февраля 1944 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1944. — 29 февраля (№ 12 (272)). — С. 1
  3. ↑ "Ivan Peresypkin".
  4. ↑ "0201680 - IVAN TERENTYEVICH PERESYPKIN. Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin, *1904-1978+, military leader, chief of the Main Communication Directorate of the Red Army, Marshal of Signals, Soviet Union, portrait after a painting by N.W. Rshevski, ullstein bild ID 00958408".
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ М. И. Вострышев "Москва сталинская. Большая иллюстрированная летопись /1941 год
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