Ivan Peresypkin

Soviet Marshal / Russian Marshal of Signals PERESYPKIN Ivan Terentyevich (1904 - 1978)

From May 1939 to July 1944 - People's Commissar of Signal Forces of the USSR (during the Great Patriotic War served concurrency as Deputy People's Commissar

Commissar

Commissar is the English transliteration of an official title used in Russia from the time of Peter the Great.The title was used during the Provisional Government for regional heads of administration, but it is mostly associated with a number of Cheka and military functions in Bolshevik and Soviet...

 of Defence of the USSR - chief of the Main Communication Directorate of the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

. From November 1944 - chief of the Main Communication Directorate of the Red Army During the war, displayed his talent as an outstanding military leader. Did a great amount of work ensuring stable communications of the Supreme Command Headquarters and the General Staff with the combat army; made a tangible contribution to the development and manufacture of various communications means and their supplies to the fronts.

He was awarded many orders and medals.