Pyotr Ivanovich Ivashutin
Peter Ivanovich Iwaschutin ( Russian Пётр Иванович Ивашутин ; born September 5 . Jul / 18th September 1909 greg. In Brest-Litovsk , Russian Empire ; † 4. June 2002 in Moscow , Russia ) was a general of the Soviet Armed Forces .
Between November 1947 and November 1949, the Lieutenant General was the chairman of the Central Counter-Espionage Administration SMERSh of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the USSR in the Group of Soviet Armed Forces in Germany . Ivashutin was first deputy chairman of the KGB between 1954 and 1963 and during this period from 5 to 13 November 1961 acting chairman of the KGB. Then the general was head of the GRU until 1985 and at the same time he was also deputy chief of staff of the Soviet armed forces.
honors and awards
Ivashutin received numerous honors, including:
- Hero of the Soviet Union (1985)
- Order of Lenin (1944, 1978, 1985)
- Order of the October Revolution (1974)
- Order of the Red Banner (1944, 1952, 1964, 1967, 1980)
- Order of Kutuzov (1945, 1981)
- Bogdan Khmelnitsky Order First Class (1945)
- Order of the Great Patriotic War (1942, 1985)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1959)
- Order of the Red Star (1940, 1943, 1946)
- Battle medal “For services to people and fatherland” in bronze, state award of the GDR
Individual evidence
- ^ Nikita W. Petrow: SMAD-Handbuch: The Soviet Military Administration in Germany 1945-1949 . ISBN 978-3-486-58696-1 , pp. 76 ( google.com ).
- ↑ Pyotr Ivanovich Iwaschutin on War-heroes ; accessed on November 25, 2017 (Russian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ivashutin, Pyotr Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ивашутин, Пётр Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brest-Litovsk , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 2002 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |