Iosif Apanasenko

Iosif Rodionovich Apanasenko (April 15, 1890 – August 5, 1943) was a Soviet division commander.

Iosif Rodionovich Apanasenko
Born	April 15, 1890 Russian Empire
Died	August 5, 1943 Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1911–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1943 (Soviet Union)
Rank	General of the army
Commands held	6th Cavalry Division (Soviet Union) Central Asian Military District Far Eastern Front
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Battle of Kursk

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 Commander of the (quiet) Far Eastern Front until April 1943.

In June 1943, I.R. Apanasenko, after numerous requests to be sent to the front, was appointed deputy commander of the Voronezh Front. He visited units on the frontline and led them during the fighting. He was killed by an airstrike during the Soviet counteroffensive at Kursk. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner.

References

Sources

• Социокультурный состав советской военной элиты 1931—1938 гг. и её оценки в прессе русского зарубежья
• Командный и начальствующий состав Красной Армии в 1940-1941 гг pages 112—113

Military offices
Preceded by Savely Negovora	Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division March–June 1919	Succeeded by Semyonov
Preceded by Boris Solovyov	Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division July 1919	Succeeded by Alexey Polyakov
Preceded by Grigory Baturin	Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division October–November 1919	Succeeded by Semyon Timoshenko
Preceded by Semyon Timoshenko	Commander of the 6th Cavalry Division August–October 1920	Succeeded by Yakov Sheko
Preceded by Leonid Petrovsky	Commander of the Central Asian Military District 1938–1941	Succeeded by Sergei Trofimenko
Preceded by Grigori Shtern	Commander of the Far Eastern Front January 1941 – April 1943	Succeeded by Maksim Purkayev