Andrey Yeryomenko

Andrey Yeryomenko
Andrey Yeryomenko
	Portrait, c. 1968 – c. 1970
Native name	Russian: Андрей Иванович Ерёменко
Born	October 14, 1892; Markivka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died	November 19, 1970 (aged 78); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried	Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Allegiance	Russian Empire (1913–1917); Russian SFSR (1917–1922); Soviet Union (1922–1958)
Branch	Imperial Russian Army; Red Army
Service years	1913–1958
Rank	Marshal of the Soviet Union
Commands	North Caucasus Military District; Western Front; Bryansk Front; 4th Shock Army; Stalingrad Front; Kalinin Front; 1st Baltic Front; Separate Coastal Army; 2nd Baltic Front; 4th Ukrainian Front; Carpathian Military District
Conflicts	World War I Romanian campaign; ; Russian Civil War; World War II Soviet invasion of Poland; Great Patriotic War Battle of Smolensk; Battle of Moscow; Toropets–Kholm offensive; Battle of Stalingrad Operation Uranus; ; Battle of Nevel; Crimean offensive; Baltic offensive; Moravia–Ostrava offensive; Prague offensive; ; ;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Hero of Czechoslovakia; Order of Lenin (5); Order of the Red Banner (4); Order of the October Revolution; Order of Suvorov, 1st Class (3); Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class

Andrey Ivanovich Yeryomenko (Russian: Андре́й Ива́нович Ерёменко; Ukrainian: Андрій Іванович Єрьоменко; October 14 [O.S. October 2] 1892 – November 19, 1970) was a Soviet general during World War II and Marshal of the Soviet Union. During the war, Yeryomenko commanded the Southeastern Front (later renamed the Stalingrad Front) during the Battle of Stalingrad in summer 1942 and planned the successful defense of the city. He later commanded the armies responsible for the liberation of Western Hungary and Eastern Czechoslovakia in 1945.