Semyon Bogdanov

Semyon Bogdanov
Semyon Bogdanov
Native name	Семён Ильич Богданов
Born	10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1894; Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	12 March 1960 (aged 65); Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Russian SFSR; Soviet Union;
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Red Army (Soviet Army from 1946);
Years of service	1915–1918; 1918—1938; 1939–1956;
Rank	Marshal of tank forces
Commands held	12th Tank Corps; 6th Mechanized Corps (became 5th Guards Mechanized Corps); 9th Tank Corps; 2nd Tank Army (became 2nd Guards Tank Army); Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Soviet Army; 7th Mechanized Army; Military Academy of the Armored Forces;
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; Polish–Soviet War; World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union (twice)

Semyon Ilyich Bogdanov (Russian: Семён Ильи́ч Богда́нов; 10 September [O.S. 29 August] 1894 – 12 March 1960) was a Soviet Marshal of tank forces, and twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union, he was deputy commander of the 5th Army (1941–1942), commander of the 6th Mechanized Corps (1942–1943), and later commander of the 2nd Tank Army, which transformed into the 2nd Guards Tank Army in November 1944.

Units under Semyon Bogdanov's command took part in the Battle of Moscow, in the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky, Uman-Botoshany, Belarusian, Vistula-Oder, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations. His 2nd Guards Tank Army was the first Soviet Army to enter Berlin during combat operations.

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