Pyotr Sobennikov
Pyotr Sobennikov | |
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| Born | 13 July 1894 |
| Died | 14 August 1960 (aged 66) |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
Branch | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
Rank | lieutenant general |
| Commands | 8th Army Northwestern Front 43rd Army |
Conflicts | |
Pyotr Petrovich Sobennikov (Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Собе́нников; 13 July 1894 – 1960) was a Soviet general and Army commander.
Biography
He was a veteran of World War I and the Russian Civil War. He was stationed at the Northwestern Front as commander of the 8th Army (March–June 1941). He became head of the Northwestern Front (July–August 1941) and then of the 43rd Army (September–October 1941).[1]
On 16 October 1941, Sobennikov was arrested and sentenced in February 1942 to five years of hard labour in the camps. On this occasion, he was stripped of the Order of the Red Star and the Red Army 20th Anniversary Commemorative Medal. He was eventually pardoned, but demoted.[2]
From November 1942 until the end of the war, he was deputy commander of the 3rd Army. He took part in the Battle of Kursk and the Second Battle of Smolensk near Briansk, in the Gomel-Retchytsa and Rahatchow-Jlobine operations. In 1944, he took part in Operation Bagration in the 1st Belarusian front and towards the end of the war, in the offensives in East Prussia, eastern Germany, as well as the Battle of Berlin.[1]
After the war, from 1955 to 1959, he headed the Special Military School in Solnechnogorsk, a.k.a. the Vystrel course.[3]
He is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.
He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union), the Order of Suvorov, and the Order of Kutuzov.[1][4]
References
- 1 2 3 M. G. Vozhakin & M. Zhukovsky (2005). The Great Patriotic War. Army Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary. Kuchkovo Pole. pp. 215–216. ISBN 5-86090-113-5.
- ↑ Tarkhova N. S.; Artsybashev V. A.; Voitikov S. S.; Uzenkov D. G. (2005). Command and command staff of the Red Army in 1940-1941: Structure and personnel of the central apparatus of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR, military districts and combined arms armies. Documents and materials. St. Petersburg: Letniy Sad: V. N. Kuzelenkov. p. 200. ISBN 5-94381-137-0.
- ↑ "Sobennikov, Petr Petrovich". generals.dk. Retrieved 2025-11-29.
- ↑ Stepanov V., Tsyrendorzhiev I. (2011). "Consider them rehabilitated!". Military History Archive (11): 163-178.
- 1894 births
- 1960 deaths
- People from Kronstadt
- People from Saint Petersburg Governorate
- Untitled nobility from the Russian Empire
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Lieutenant generals of the Soviet Union
- Imperial Russian Army officers
- Graduates of the Nicholas Cavalry College
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
- Soviet military personnel of the Winter War
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union), 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
- Commanders of the Legion of Merit
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery