Iosif Apanasenko, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Iosif Apanasenko

Russian military personnel (1890-1943)

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1890

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1943

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Iosif Rodionovich Apanasenko (April 15, 1890 – August 5, 1943) was a Soviet division commander.
He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war.
He received the Cross of St.
George three times from the Russian Empire.
He was made a Komkor on November 11, 1935 and promoted to Komandarm 2nd rank in 1939.
He commanded forces in both Central Asia and the Russian Far East.
He was made a colonel general in 1940 before being promoted to general of the army in February 1941.
He was killed in the Soviet counteroffensive at Kursk.
He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner.