Dmitri Ivanovich Ryabyshev

Dmitri Ivanovich Rjabyschew ( Russian Дмитрий Иванович Рябышев * February 11 ^{. Jul} / 23. February 1894 ^greg. In Kolotowska , Oblast Wojska Donskogo , Russian Empire ; † 18th November 1985 in Rostov-on-Don , USSR ) was a Soviet officer of Imperial Russian Army , the Red Army and the Soviet Army , who most recently served as Lieutenant General between 1947 and 1950 as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the East Siberian Military District.

Life

Dmitri Iwanowitsch Ryabyschew joined the Imperial Russian Army in 1915 and initially served in the Donskoier 2nd Cossack Regiment on the Northwest Front during the First World War . In 1917 he joined the Red Guard and took part in the October Revolution . He was then accepted into the Red Army and participated in the Russian Civil War and the suppression of the Basmachi uprising in Central Asia . In the following years he found numerous posts as an officer and staff officer such as from 1930 and 1933 as commander of the 8th Independent Cavalry Brigade and then the 8th Mountain Cavalry Division. After his promotion to brigade commander on February 17, 1936, he was between 1936 and 1937 commander of the 13th Cavalry Division stationed in the Kuban area and from September 1937 commanding general of the 4th Cavalry Corps. As such, he was promoted to division commander on February 22, 1938 . After he was promoted to corps commander on November 4, 1939 , he served as the commanding general of the 4th Cavalry Corps between 1939 and 1940.

With the change in ranks he became lieutenant general on June 4, 1940 and was commanding general of the 8th Mechanized Corps between June 4, 1940 and August 30, 1941 during World War II . During this time he took part in the tank battle near Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne (June 23-29, 1941). He then acted briefly in the course of the German-Soviet War (June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945) from July 22, 1941 until his replacement by Major General Nikolai Wladimirowitsch Feklenko on August 15, 1941 as commander of the 38th Army . As the successor to Lieutenant General Ivan Vladimirovich Tjulenew , he was supreme commander of the southern front between August 30 and October 5, 1941 and thus jointly responsible for the battle for Kiev (August 23 to September 26, 1941). From this post, however, he was recalled because of the defeat at the Battle of the Sea of Azov (September 26 to October 11, 1941) and replaced by Colonel General Jakow Timofejewitsch Tscherewitschenko . He was then from October 22, 1941 until his replacement by Lieutenant General Kusma Petrovich Podlas on February 12, 1942 commander of the 57th Army .

As the successor to the now Army General Ivan Vladimirovich Tjulenew, he took over the post of commander of the 28th Army from March 5, 1942 until his replacement by Major General Vasily Dmitrijewitsch Kryuchonkin on July 4, 1942, and took part in the Battle of Kharkov (12th to 12th) May 28, 1942). In the course of the Blau case (June 28 to November 1942) he was at special disposal in the High Command of the Red Army between July 1942 and March 1943 and was then in command of the 3rd Reserve Army between March and May 1943 and from May Deputy Commander of the 3rd Guard Army from 1943 until January 28, 1944 . After he was briefly commanding general of the 34th Guards Rifle Corps between January 28 and February 18, 1944, he was himself in command of the 3rd Guards Army for a short time from February 18 to March 29, 1944. He then acted between April 12 and May 27, 1944 as commanding general of the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps and was then at the special disposal of the Main Directorate for Personnel of the Red Army from June to July 1944.

On April 18, 1944, Lieutenant General Ryabyschew took over the post of Commanding General of the 114th Rifle Corps and held this position until the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht on May 9, 1945. In this role he participated in the East Prussian operation (January 13 to April 25, 1945 ) and the local battle for East Pomerania (February 10 to April 4, 1945) and most recently in the Stettin-Rostock operation (April 20 to May 5, 1945). After the end of the war he became Deputy Commander in Chief of the East Siberian Military District in 1946 and held this position until he retired in 1950.

honors and awards

Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Voronow has received several awards for his longstanding services and received the following honors, among others:

A passage in the novel So a Long Life by Igor Michailowitsch Bondarenko is also dedicated to him.

Web link

Commons : Dmitri Ryabyschew - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry in The Generals of World War II (English)
Entry in the Military History Encyclopedia (Russian)
Entry in Militera (Russian)
Entry in Hrono
Entry in Moypolk

personal data
SURNAME	Ryabyschew, Dmitri Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Дмитрий Иванович Рябышев (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	soviet lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH	February 23, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kolotowska , Wojska Donskogo Oblast , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH	November 18, 1985
Place of death	Rostov-on-Don , Soviet Union