Ivan Kovalev (politician)

Ivan Vladimirovich Kovalev (Russian: Иван Владимирович Ковалёв; 28 June 1901 – 28 May 1993) was a Soviet military officer and statesman. Lieutenant general of the Technical Troops (1943). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union of the 2nd Convocation (1946–1950).

Ivan Kovalev
People's Commissar of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union
In office
20 December 1944  15 March 1946
Prime MinisterJoseph Stalin
Preceded byLazar Kaganovich
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Himself as Minister of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union
Minister of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union
In office
19 March 1946  5 June 1948
Prime MinisterJoseph Stalin
Preceded byOffice established
Himself as People's Commissar of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union
Succeeded byBoris Beschev
Personal details
Born
Ivan Vladimirovich Kovalev

28 June 1901
Belogorye, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Died28 May 1993 (1993-05-29) (aged 91)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeTroyekurovskoye Cemetery
Political partyAll–Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) since 1922
EducationMilitary Transport Academy of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
OccupationInstitute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences
PortfolioDoctor of Military Sciences (1967)
professor (1969)
Awards
Military service
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russia
Years of service1919–1969
RankLieutenant general
UnitRailway troops
CommandsCentral Directorate of Military Communications of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Battles/warsGreat Patriotic War

Biography

Born into a peasant family, until the age of 18, he worked in his father's household. In March 1919, he was drafted into the ranks of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

  • 1919–1921 – Scout of the 31st Turkestan Artillery Battalion, Red Army Soldier of the 3rd Battalion of the All–Russian Extraordinary Commission in Voronezh;
  • 1921–1922 – Cadet of the Voronezh Military Railway School of Technicians;
  • 1922–1923 – Reserve Agent, Assistant to the Station Chief of the 10th Railway Regiment, then a battalion of the Caucasian Army;
  • 1923–1925 – Political Leader of a company in the 13th Voronezh Railway Battalion, then in the 7th Michurinsky Railway Regiment;
  • 1925–1926 – Student of the Advanced Training Courses for Command Personnel in Leningrad;
  • 1926–1930 – Platoon Commander, Commander and Political Leader of a company of the 7th Railway Regiment;[1]
  • 1930–1935 – Student at the Military Transport Academy of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army;
  • 1935–1936 – Senior Inspector of the People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union;
  • 1936–1937 – Head of the Control and Inspection Group at the Administration of the Moscow–Belarusian–Baltic, then South Ural Railways;[2]
  • 1937–1939 – Road Inspector for Traffic Safety on the Omsk Railway, then Head of the Western Railway Department;
  • 1939–1941 – Head of the Central Military Department, member of the Board of the People's Commissariat of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union;[2]
  • May–July 1941 – Deputy People's Commissar of State Control of the Soviet Union for Railway Transport;
  • 8 July 1941–1944 – Head of the Office of Military Communications of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (from January 1943 – of the Central Office of Military Communications of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army).[3] Also, since 1942, he was a member of the Transport Committee under the State Defense Committee of the Soviet Union.
  • 20 December 1944–1948 – People's Commissar (Minister) of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union. Participated in the work of the Potsdam Conference.[2]
  • 1948–1950 – Chief Adviser to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China – the head of Soviet military specialists in China;
  • 1950–1951 – Head of the Donetsk District of Railways;
  • 1951–1957 – Deputy Minister of the Coal Industry of the Soviet Union;[4]
  • 1957–1960 – Senior Researcher of the Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union;
  • 1960–1969 – Senior Lecturer at the Military Academy of the General Staff;
  • 1969–1985 – at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union: Senior Researcher, Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher;
  • Since September 1985, he has been a pensioner of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union.[1] During these years, he was a consultant at the Center for Operational–Strategic Research of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.

He was buried in Moscow at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.[5]

Remembrance

On 19 January 2018 the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation established the Lieutenant General Kovalev Medal.[6]

Awards

Works

  • Ivan Kovalev. Soviet Railway Transport. 1917–1947 – Moscow: Publishing House and 1st Printing House of the All–Union Publishing and Printing Association of Railway Transport, 1947;
  • Ivan Kovalev. Railway Transport in the New Stalinist Five–Year Plan – Moscow: Publishing House and 1st Printing House of the All–Union Publishing and Printing Association of Railway Transport, 1947;
  • Ivan Kovalev. Transport in the Decisive Operations of the Great Patriotic War – Moscow: Knowledge, 1969;
  • Ivan Kovalev. Rail Transport in the Far East Campaign // Military History Journal – 1975 – No. 9 – Pages 50–54;
  • Willful Decisions... [Interview With Ivan Kovalev] // Military History Journal – 1988 – No. 12 – Pages 38–50.

References

  1. Ivan Kovalev. The History of the State Administration of Russia
  2. Ivan Kovalev. Encyclopedia of Honor
  3. By Order of the People's Commissariat of Defense No. 076 of 31 January 1943, the Military Communications Directorate was renamed into the Central Military Communications Directorate – Significant Dates
  4. Ivan Kovalev. Museum "House on the Embankment"
  5. Grave of Ivan Kovalev
  6. Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 20 (19 January 2018)

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