Ivan Dubovoy
Soviet Army major general (1900–1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ivan Vasilievich Dubovoy (Russian: Иван Васильевич Дубовой; 16 June [O.S. 3 June] 1900 – 17 April 1981) was a Soviet Army major general of tank forces and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Ivan Vasilievich Dubovoy | |
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Native name | Иван Васильевич Дубовой |
Born | 16 June [O.S. 3 June] 1900 Starobelsk, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 17 April 1981 (aged 80) Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union |
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Service/ | Red Army (Soviet Army from 1946) |
Years of service | 1919 – 1955 |
Rank | Major general of tank forces |
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Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Dubovoy served in the Russian Civil War and the Polish–Soviet War with an artillery unit. He became a junior officer in artillery units during the interwar period and in the early 1930s transferred to the emerging mechanized forces, where he rose to chief of staff of a tank brigade, tank division, and mechanized corps. After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa his unit was destroyed in encirclement in Belarus, with Dubovoy reaching Soviet lines after two months behind German lines. He subsequently served as chief of staff of the 1st Mechanized Corps and became commander of the 7th Mechanized Corps before being severely wounded in late 1943. After recovering, Dubovoy became commander of the 16th Tank Corps, being made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of it in the Uman–Botoșani Offensive of early 1944. Dubovoy was replaced in command of the corps in August 1944 and never held active command again. He continued to serve postwar and retired in the 1950s.