Ivan Yefimovich Petrov
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Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Ефимович Петров; September 18, 1896, Trubchevsk — April 7, 1958, Moscow) was a Soviet Army General from 1941.
He began his military service in the Red Army in 1918. During World War II Petrov, a master of the defensive war, participated in the Battle of Odessa, Battle of Sevastopol and was noted for heading the Separate Coastal Army in October 1941, July 1942 and in November 1943 - February 1944, 44th Army in August - October 1942, Black Sea Army Group, North Caucasus Front, 33rd Army in 1944, 2nd Belorussian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and several other units. In April - June 1945 Petrov was a chief of the 1st Ukrainian Front Staff. On May 29, 1945 Petrov was awarded a title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The United States awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in War Department General Order No. 3 of 1944.
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