Acting
Ivan Konev
Born — Died
1897-12-28 — 1973-05-21
Place of birth
Lodeyno, Nikolsky Uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire
Known for
Acting
Credits
4 titles
Ivan Stepanovich Konev (Russian: Ива́н Степа́нович Ко́нев, IPA: [ɪˈvan sʲtʲɪˈpanəvʲɪtɕ ˈkonʲɪf]; 28 December 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, responsible for taking much of Axis-occupied Eastern Europe. Born to a peasant family, Konev was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1916 and fought in World War I. In 1919, he joined the Bolsheviks and served in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. After graduating from Frunze Military Academy in 1926, Konev gradually rose through the ranks of the Soviet military. By 1939, he had become a candidate to the Central Committee of the …
Known for
NRAleksandr Pokryshkin
Aleksandr Pokryshkin
1945
NREmmy Awards nominee for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research: Multi-faceted portrait of the man who succeeded Lenin as the head of the Soviet Union. With a captivating blend of period documents, newly-released information, newsreel and archival footage and interviews with experts, the program examines his rise to power, deconstructs the cult of personality that helped him maintain an iron grip over his vast empire, and analyzes the policies he introduced, including the deadly expansion of the notorious gulags where he banished so many of his countrymen to certain death.
Stalin: Man of Steel
2003
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If Your House Means a Thing to You...
1967
NRA film about Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev and his military career.
The Tale of Marshal Konev
1988