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Yevgeni F. Ivanovski
Евге́ний Фили́ппович Ивано́вский
Born(1918-03-07)7 March 1918
Chereya, Vitebsk Region, Belarus
Died22 November 1991(1991-11-22) (aged 73)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branchSoviet Army
Armoured Troops
Years of service1936–1991
RankGeneral of the Army
Commands
Battles / wars
Awards

Yevgeni F. Ivanovski (7 March 1918 – 22 November 1991) was a Soviet Army General who served in numerous high commands following the Second World War, including the command of the Moscow Military District from 1968 to 1972, command of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany from 20 July 1972 to 25 November 1980.

On 3 November 1972, following the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was promoted to the rank of the Army General. His next command was Belorussian Military District from December 1980 to February 1985, when he was promoted to the position of the Commander in Chief of the Soviet Ground Forces. In 1989 he became the member of the inspectorate of the Ministry of the Defense of the USSR.

In the years 1971–1989 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He also served 3 terms as a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Yevgeni F. Ivanovski spent his last years living in Moscow, where he died on 22 November 1991. He was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

He has published a memoir.

Sources and references

  1. Ивановский Евгений Филиппович, Атаку начинали танкисты, Воениздат, 1984
Commanders-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
(1945–54)
Soviet Army marking present on GSFG vehicles
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
(1954–89)
Western Group of Forces
(1989–94)
‡ Chief of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany


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