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Alexander Dmitrievich Rumyantsev (December 30, 1899, village Shubino, Novgorod province — September 18, 1981, Riga) — Soviet military leader, Lieutenant General (1946).

Initial biography
Alexander Rumyantsev was born 30 December 1899 in the village Swine Novgorod province in the family of workers.

Civil war
In February 1918 he was drafted into the ranks of the red army, after which he served as a red army soldier in the Novoderevensky detachment, then the 5th Latvian regiment and took part in the fighting on the southern front against the troops under the command of General A. I. Denikin.

In October 1919 he was wounded and was on treatment in the hospital, after which he fought on the Petrograd front against the troops under the command of General N. N. Yudenich as a red army soldier and senior scout, Junior commander, platoon commander.

In August 1920 he was appointed to the post of platoon commander of the 4th Latvian regiment of the Latvian rifle division, after which he took part in the fighting on the southern front against the troops under the command of General P. N. Wrangel.

In 1920 he joined the ranks of the RCP(b).

The interwar period
In March 1921 he was sent to study at the Higher tactical rifle school of the red army. III of the Comintern, from September 1922 served in the 25th infantry division as commander of a platoon of the 73rd and 75th infantry regiments, the assistant chief and temporarily performed the duties of the head of the machine gun team of the 75th infantry regiment.

From December 1923 he served in the 21st rifle regiment (7th rifle division) as an assistant chief of the machine-gun team, platoon commander, company, battalion.

In September 1932 he was sent to study at The military Academy named after M. V. Frunze, after which in November 1936 he was appointed to the post of commander of a battalion of cadets at the United military school named after VTSIK in Moscow, in November 1937 — to the post of chief of the Tambov infantry school, and in August 1938 — to the post of chief of the 1st Department of Command and commanding staff of the red army red army. He took part in the fighting during the Soviet-Finnish war, for which he was awarded the order of the red banner.

In August 1940 he was appointed to the post of Deputy chief, and in December — to the post of head Of the personnel Department of the red army.

great Patriotic war
At the beginning of the war, Alexander Dmitrievich Rumyantsev was in his former position. At the same time, from 4 may 1942 to April 1943 he was Deputy Commissar of defense for personnel.

April 19, 1943 was appointed commander of the 4th guards airborne division, which during the battle of Kursk led defensive battles in the area of the city of ponyri, and then participated in the Chernigov-Pripyat offensive and the liberation of the city of Priluki, and then went to the Dnieper.

October 11, 1943, for the skillful crossing of the Dnieper river, major General Rumyantsev was presented by the commander of the 18th guards rifle corps major General Im Afonin to the rank of Hero of the Soviet Union, but the commander of the 60th army Lieutenant General I. D. Chernyakhovsky lowered the status of the award to the order of Suvorov 2nd degree.

Soon the division took part in the Kiev, Zhytomyr-Berdichev, Uman-Botoshan and Iasi-Chisinau offensive operations. On September 25, 1944 Rumyantsev was wounded, after which he was sent to the hospital for treatment.

After treatment, on 25 October 1944, he was appointed commander of the 51st rifle corps, which took part in the Debrecen, Budapest, Bratislava-Brno and Prague offensive operations, as well as in the liberation of the cities of satu Mare, nyiredhaza, Zvolen, banská Bystrica, Kremnica and Previza.

Post-war career
In July 1945, the 51st rifle corps was disbanded.

In September, major General Alexander Dmitrievich Rumyantsev was appointed commander of the 35th, and in may 1946 — commander of the 128th infantry corps.

In June 1948 he was sent to study at the higher academic courses at the Higher military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov, after which in June 1949 he was appointed commander of the 4th guards rifle corps. From December 1950 he was at the disposal of the 10th Department of the 2nd Main Directorate of the General staff of the Soviet Army.

In January 1953 he was appointed assistant commander — head of the combat training Department of the 38th army (Carpathian military district), in August 1955 — the 1st Deputy commander of the army. In 1956, while in this position took part in the suppression of the Hungarian uprising, for which he was awarded the order of Kutuzov 2 degree. In June 1957 he was appointed to the post of assistant commander of the Baltic military district in military schools.

Lieutenant General Alexander Rumyantsev in March 1959 and left in stock. He died on September 18, 1981 in Riga.

Rewards

 * Two orders of Lenin; Four orders of the red banner; Two orders of Suvorov of 2 degrees;  Two orders of Kutuzov 2 degrees;  Order Of The Red Star;  Medals.