Ivan Bogdanov

Ivan Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (Russian: Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Богда́нов; 6 November 1897 – 22 July 1942) was a Soviet lieutenant-general and army commander.

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.

• 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.

• 1897 births
• 1942 deaths
• People from Tambovsky Uyezd
• Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
• First convocation members of the Soviet of the Union
• Soviet lieutenant generals
• Frunze Military Academy alumni
• Russian military personnel of World War I
• Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
• Soviet military personnel killed in World War II
• Recipients of the Order of Lenin
• Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner

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