Ilya Smirnov Explained

Ilya Smirnov
Birth Date:30 July 1887
Birth Place:Bolshoye Otryakovo (now Parfenyevsky District), Kologrivsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Date:28 June 1964
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance:Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Branch:Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Rank:lieutenant general
Commands:18th Army
24th Army
4th Guards Army
Lvov Military District
Serviceyears:1908–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1953 (Soviet Union)
Battles:World War I
Russian Civil War
World War II

Ilya Kornilovich Smirnov (Russian: Илья́ Корни́лович Смирно́в; 30 July 1887 – 28 June 1964) was a Soviet army general. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Kutuzov. He retired in 1953 at the age of 66.

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