Ivan Peresypkin Explained

Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin (; June 5, 1904 – October 12, 1978) was a Soviet General, statesman and wartime leader.

Career

He was the People's Commissar of Communications of the USSR from May 1939 to July 1944. On 23 July 1941, he was appointed Chief of Red Army Signals Forces, in addition.^[1] He was also Deputy People's Commissar of Defence of the USSR. From November 1944, he was chief of the Main Communication Directorate of the Red Army and Marshal of the signal troops.^[2] During the war, he displayed talent for military leadership. He did a great amount of work ensuring stable communications between the Supreme Command Headquarters, the General Staff, and the combat army. He made a tangible contribution to the development and manufacture of various communications devices and helped supply them to the front.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Awards

He was awarded many orders and medals over the course of his career:

• Order of Lenin (four times)
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner (two times)
• Order of Kutuzov
• Order of the Red Star
• Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Notes and References

1. David M. Glantz, Colossus Reborn, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2005, pp. 345.
2. https://sun.tsu.ru/mminfo/2020/000462771/1944/1944_012.pdf Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении генерал-полковнику войск связи Пересыпкину И. Т. военного звания маршала войск связи» от 21 февраля 1944 года
3. Web site: Ivan Peresypkin.
4. Web site: 0201680 - IVAN TERENTYEVICH PERESYPKIN. Ivan Terentyevich Peresypkin, *1904-1978+, military leader, chief of the Main Communication Directorate of the Red Army, Marshal of Signals, Soviet Union, portrait after a painting by N.W. Rshevski, ullstein bild ID 00958408.
5. http://voskhod.pressarb.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=804:lr-&catid=6:2008-11-18-12-19-07
6. http://www.fedy-diary.ru/html/072009/1941.html М. И. Вострышев "Москва сталинская. Большая иллюстрированная летопись /1941 год