Budenny, Semyon (Mikhaylovich)
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born April 13, 1883, Kozyurin, near Rostov-na-Donu, Russia
died Oct. 17, 1973, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.
Russian army officer.
In 1919 he joined the Communist Party and, as commander of the 1st Cavalry Army in the
Russian Civil War, he played a crucial role in defeating the White (
anti-Bolshevik) generals Anton Denikin and Pyotr Wrangel and in fighting the Poles (1920). He later became a marshal of the Soviet Union and was commander of Moscow's military district.
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Budenny, Semyon Mikhaylovich — ▪ Soviet general and politician born , April 13 [April 25, New Style], 1883, Kozyurin, near Rostov na Donu, Russia died Oct. 17, 1973, Moscow Red Army officer who played a prominent role in the Russian Civil War (1918–20) and later became a … Universalium
Mikhaylovich — (as used in expressions) Aleksey Mikhaylovich Bekhterev Vladimir Mikhaylovich Budenny Semyon Mikhaylovich Chernov Viktor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhaylovich Eisenstein Sergey Mikhaylovich Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokine Komarov Vladimir… … Universalium
Budenny — biographical name Semyon Mikhaylovich 1883 1973 Russian general … New Collegiate Dictionary
