Commander of Transbaikal1937
Appointed Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
Historical person
Ivan Stepanovich Konev Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Ivan Stepanovich Konev, based on 22 World History Database records associated with Russia.
22 records1937–196118 events9 places
Chronological biography
1937
Commander of Transbaikal1937
Appointed Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
1944
Commander of Ukranian Front1944
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Ukranian Front
Commander of Ukranian Front1944
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Ukranian Front
Battle of Kirovograd5 January 1944
Kirovograd is liberated by the Russians
Front24 January 1944
About 60,000 German troops are encircled
Army Group North13 July 1944
Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine
Front13 July 1944
Konev begins to attack Army Group North Ukraine
Front22 July 1944
Creates a pocket, 25,000 Germans had been killed & 17,000 captured
Capture of Lwow27 July 1944
Captures Lwow
Invasion of Romania20 August 1944
The Ukranian Front advances into Romania
1945
Capture of River Neisse15 February 1945
Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
Capture of River Oder15 February 1945
Reaches the Oder-Neisse line
Mobilization10 March 1945
Konevs units join Zhukov near Vinnitsa threatening the remains of the 1st Panzer Army
Battle of Berlin20 April 1945
Marshal Ivan Konevs 1st Ukrainian Front had pushed in the north through the last formations of Army Group Centre
Alliance Soviet and United States forces25 April 1945
Konevs units make contact with Omar Bradleys Twelfth Army
Capture of Berlin2 May 1945
With Zhukov shares the honour of capturing Berlin
1946
Commander in Chief1946
Appointed Commander in Chief, Land Forces
1953
Trial1953
Presides over a tribunal which sentences Lavrenti Beria to death
1955
Secretary of State for Defence1955
Appointed Minister of Defence
1961
Berlin Wall1961
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
Crisis1961
Overall operations for the construction of the Berlin Wall are directed by Marshal Ivan Konev, commander in chief of the GSFG
Titles and roles
Commander in Chief · Commander in Chief-GSFG · Commander of Transbaikal · Commander of Ukrainian Front · Commander of Ukranian Front · Secretary of State for Defence
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.