Leonty Cheremisov
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Leonty Georgiyevich Cheremisov was a Soviet
Red Army
commander and general who led the 16th Army
in the Soviet Far East during World War II
from 1943 to 1945.
in 1915 and served as as a junior officer in World War I
, then fought in the Russian Civil War
after joining the Red Army
in 1919.
Cheremisov attended the Vystrel course of infantry officer training in 1925. He was named commander of the 99th Orenburg Rifle Regiment in 1930-1932, then an asssistant to the commanders of the 81st Rifle Division (1932) and the 43rd Rifle Division
(1932-1934).
He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1938 and was made commander of the 68th Mountain Rifle Division in March 1938, then the commanding officer of the XX Rifle Corps from February 1939 to 1940.
Cheremisov attained the rank of major-general in June 1941. He was assigned as an assistant to the commander of the Far Eastern Front in November 1941.
Leonty Cheremisov was named commander of the 16th Army
in September 1943, continuing to lead the 16th Army until October 1945. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in September 1945.
Leonty Cheremisov retired from the Soviet Army
in 1958. He died in 1967.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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...
commander and general who led the 16th Army
16th Army (Soviet Union)
The 16th Army was a Soviet field army active from 1940 to 1945.-First Formation, 16th Army:Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District . General Lieutenant М. F. Лукин took command...
in the Soviet Far East during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
from 1943 to 1945.
Biography
Leonty Cheremisov was born in 1893 and came from a working-class family. He joined the Imperial Russian ArmyImperial Russian Army
The Imperial Russian Army was the land armed force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian army consisted of around 938,731 regular soldiers and 245,850 irregulars . Until the time of military reform of Dmitry Milyutin in...
in 1915 and served as as a junior officer in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, then fought in the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
after joining 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...
in 1919.
Cheremisov attended the Vystrel course of infantry officer training in 1925. He was named commander of the 99th Orenburg Rifle Regiment in 1930-1932, then an asssistant to the commanders of the 81st Rifle Division (1932) and the 43rd Rifle Division
43rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
The 43rd Rifle Division was a formation of the Red Army, which took part in the Second World War, known to the Soviets as the "Great Patriotic War"....
(1932-1934).
He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1938 and was made commander of the 68th Mountain Rifle Division in March 1938, then the commanding officer of the XX Rifle Corps from February 1939 to 1940.
Cheremisov attained the rank of major-general in June 1941. He was assigned as an assistant to the commander of the Far Eastern Front in November 1941.
Leonty Cheremisov was named commander of the 16th Army
16th Army (Soviet Union)
The 16th Army was a Soviet field army active from 1940 to 1945.-First Formation, 16th Army:Before Operation Barbarossa, HQ 16th Army was formed in July 1940 in the Transbaikal Military District . General Lieutenant М. F. Лукин took command...
in September 1943, continuing to lead the 16th Army until October 1945. He was promoted to lieutenant-general in September 1945.
Leonty Cheremisov retired from the Soviet Army
Soviet Army
The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...
in 1958. He died in 1967.