Fyodor Kostenko

Fyodor Yakovlevich Kostenko (Russian, Фёдор Яковлевич Костенко, 1896–1942) was a Soviet corps and army commander.

Fyodor Yakovlevich Kostenko
BornFebruary 22, 1896
Bolshaya Martynovka, Russian Empire
DiedMay 26, 1942
Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Years of service1915–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1942 (Soviet Union)
Ranklieutenant general
Commands held2nd Cavalry Corps
26th Army
Southwestern Front
Battles/warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War
World War II

Biography

He was born in Martynovsky District, Rostov Oblast to an ethnic Ukrainian family. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war.

In World War II, he commanded the 26th Army (June - September 1941) and the Southwestern Front (December 1941-April 1942). He led the task force during the Yelets Offensive from December 6 to December 16, 1941, which ended with the defeat of several enemy divisions.

Kostenko went missing on May 26, 1942, and was presumed killed, being surrounded during the tragic Second Battle of Kharkov.

He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star.

Sources

  • Великая Отечественная война. 1941–1945. События. Люди. Документы: Краткий исторический справочник/ Под общ. ред. О. А. Ржешевского. Сост. Е. К. Жигунов — М.: Политиздат, 1990. — С. 337.
  • Колесников Г. М., Лебединский Г. Н., Марков Н. В. и др. Липецк. Справочник-путеводитель. — Воронеж: Центр.-Чернозем. кн. изд-во, 1967.
  • Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2005). Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Army Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. pp. 108–109. ISBN 5860901135.
Preceded by
Mikhail Khatskilevich
Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Corps
April 1939 – July 26, 1940
Succeeded by
Pavel Alexeyevich Belov
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