Background
CHERNYAKHOVSKIY, Ivan was born on June 28, 1906 in village Oksanina, Cherkassy Oblast. Son of a railroad switchman.
CHERNYAKHOVSKIY, Ivan was born on June 28, 1906 in village Oksanina, Cherkassy Oblast. Son of a railroad switchman.
1928 graduate Kiev Artillery School. 1936 graduate Military Academy for Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army. Bor: 1919-1920 herdsman.
1920-1924 railroad repairman, apprentice fitter, railroad freight escort, cooper and driver. 1924 joined Red Army via Communist Youth League draft. 1928-1931 platoon leader.
Head, regt topographical detachment. Political officer of a battery. Commander of a reconnaissance training battery'.
1937-1941 chief of staff of a tank battalion. Commander of a separate tank battalion and a separate light-tank regiment Deputy commander, 2nd Tank Division.
1941-1942 commander, 28th Tank Division, which became the 241st Infantry Division after losing its tanks. 1942 commander, 18th Tank Corps. 1942-1944 commander, 60th Army.
1944-1945 commander, 3rd Belorussian Front.
1941 his div distinguished itself in battles at Novgorod. 1942 his corps fought staunchly at Voronezh. February 1943 his army liberated Kursk and in September 1943 crossed the Dnieper.
1944 distinguished himself in Belorussian campaign. October 1944 his troops were the first to break into East Prussia. Throughout the war displayed great personal valor.
Communist Party member from 1928.