Filipp Parusinov Explained

Fillip Alekseevich Parusinov
Birth Date:November 27, 1893
Birth Place:Bobrovsky Uyezd, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Date:October 25, 1973
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance:Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Branch:Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Rank:lieutenant general
Serviceyears:1914–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1956 (Soviet Union)
Commands:12th Army
13th Army
25th Army
Maritime Group of Forces
Battles:Russian Civil War
Winter War
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)

Fillip Alekseevich Parusinov (November 27, 1893 – October 25, 1973) was a Soviet army group commander. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was promoted to Polkovnik (colonel) in 1935, Kombrig (brigade commander) in 1937, Komdiv (division commander) in 1938 and Komkor (corps commander) in 1939. He fought in the wars against Finland, Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. He retired in 1956 at the age of 63.

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