Ivan Tyulenev
Ivan Vladimirovich Tyulenev was a Soviet military commander, one of the first to be promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 1940.Biography
Tyulenvev was born into a soldier's family in the Simbirsk Governorate settlement of Shatrashany. He worked in factories and as a Caspian Sea fisherman before being drafted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1913. During World War I he fought with the Kargopolsky dragoons in Congress Poland and was awarded the Order of St George for his courage.
Tyulenvev joined the Red Army after the revolution and served during the Russian Civil war with the 1st Cavalry Army. He also took part in suppressing the Kronstadt Rebellion and in the Polish Soviet War. In 1939 he commanded the 12th Army during the Soviet invasion of Poland. He was promoted to General of the Army in 1940.
At the outbreak of the German-Soviet War in June 1941, he was in charge of the Moscow Military District. In the first three months of the war, Tyulenev commanded the Southern Front. During the rest of the war, he was in command of the Transcaucasian Military District and Transcaucasian Front. Tyulenev was the author of several books of reminiscences, including Soviet Cavalry Fighting for the Fatherland and Through Three Wars.Honours and awards
;Russian Empire
- Medal of St. George, 4th class
- Cross of St. George, 3rd class, 2nd class, 4th class, 1st class
;Soviet Union
;Foreign awards
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order "25 years of Ethiopia"
- Order "25 years of victory over fascism"
- Medal "30 Years of Victory in the Halkin-Gol"
- Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"
- Medal "The Sino-Soviet friendship"
- Antifascist medal
- Medal "For the strengthening of friendship in arms," 1st class
- Medal "Garibaldi"
- Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army"
- Gold Medal "for the strengthening of friendship in arms"
