Ivan Bogdanov

This article is about the Soviet military officer. For the Russian painter, see Ivan Bogdanov (painter).

Ivan Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (6 November 1897 – 22 July 1942) was a Soviet lieutenant-general and army commander.

Ivan Aleksandrovich Bogdanov
Born	6 November 1897 Yablonovka village, Tambovsky Uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	22 July 1942(1942-07-22) (aged 44) Kalinin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1916–1917 Russian Empire 1918–1942
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Reserve Front 39th Army 43rd Army
Battles / wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Star

He fought in World War I in the Imperial Russian Army before going over to the Bolsheviks.

In World War II, he commanded the Reserve Front, 43rd Army and 39th Army. He was killed in action on 22 July 1942 at the head of the 39th Army, which was surrounded during Operation Seydlitz. He was seriously wounded in the area of the village of Krapivni Kalininsky region, when he organized and led an attempted breakout. He was rushed to the hospital in Kalinin, but died of his wounds in the hospital on the evening of July 22. He was buried in Kalinin in a mass grave in Lenin Square.

He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star.

Honours and awards

	Order of the Red Banner
	Order of Lenin
	Order of the Red Star
	Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
	Honorary worker of the Cheka-GPU (XV)

Bibliography

• Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2005). Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Army Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. pp. 28–29. ISBN 5860901135.