Commander of Transbaikal
Appointed Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1937-1941
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Ivan Stepanovich Konev Biography and Timeline
Follow Ivan Stepanovich Konev through 22 dated historical records for Russia.
Ivan Stepanovich Konev, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1937–1961Years on this page
1937
Commander of Transbaikal
Appointed Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
1944
Battle of Kirovograd
Kirovograd is liberated by the Russians
Role range: 1939-1945
Front
About 60,000 German troops are encircled
Role range: 1939-1945
Army Group North
Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine
Role range: 1939-1945
Front
Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine
Role range: 1939-1945
Front
Creates a pocket, 25,000 Germans had been killed & 17,000 captured
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Lwow
Captures Lwow
Role range: 1939-1945
Invasion of Romania
The Ukranian Front advances into Romania
Role range: 1939-1945
Commander of Ukranian Front
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Ukranian Front
Commander of Ukranian Front
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Ukranian Front
Role range: 1939-1945
1945
Capture of River Neisse
Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of River Oder
Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
Role range: 1939-1945
Mobilization
Konevs units join Zhukov near Vinnitsa threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army
Role range: 1939-1945
Battle of Berlin
Marshal Ivan Konevs 1st Ukrainian Front had pushed in the north through the last formations of Army Group Centre
Role range: 1939-1945
Alliance Soviet and United States forces
Konevs units make contact with Omar Bradleys Twelfth Army
Role range: 1939-1945
Capture of Berlin
With Zhukov shares the honour of capturing Berlin
Role range: 1939-1945
1946
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief, Land Forces
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1946-1955
1953
Trial
Presides over a tribunal which sentences Lavrenti Beria to death
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1946-1955
1955
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Minister of Defence
Role range: 1917-1991
1961
Berlin Wall
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
Crisis
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.