Background
Fedyuninsky was born into a peasant family near Tugulym in the Urals.
Fedyuninsky was born into a peasant family near Tugulym in the Urals.
He finished the village school in 1913 and was apprenticed to a painter and decorator. He studied at the Vladivostok Infantry School between 1923-1924 and was appointed to an infantry regiment.
He joined the Red Army in 1919. He fought on the Western Front in the Russian Civil war and was wounded twice. He was promoted to divisional commander in 1940, taking over the 82nd Rifle Division, later motorised rifle division.
He was commanding 15th Rifle Corps in 5th Army on 22 June 1941.
After several other army commands, including 54th and 42nd Army in the Leningrad area, took over 2nd Shock Army just before the Battle of Narva (1944). From 1946 to 1951 he commanded 7th Guards Army.
After the war Fedyuninsky was deputy commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (1951-1954), commander the Transcaucasian (1954-1957) and Turkestan (1957-1965) Military Districts. He was promoted to the rank of General of the Army in 1955 and was an inspector and advisor to the Soviet Ministry of Defence from 1965 until his death.
He was also a deputy in the Supreme Soviet.
Soviet Foreign He is an honorary citizen of the cities of: the Volkhov University, Kingisepp, Tallinn, Bryansk, Karachev, Gomel, Choibalsan (), Flomberha ().