Ivan Fedko
| Ivan Fedko | |
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| Born | July 6, 1897 Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | February 26, 1939 Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |
Russian Empire (1916–1917) Soviet Union (1918–1938) |
| Service/branch |
Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
| Rank | Komandarm 1st rank |
| Commands held |
13th Rifle Corps Red Banner Caucasus Army Volga Military District Maritime Group of Forces Kiev Military District |
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Ivan Fedko (July 6, 1897 – February 26, 1939) was a Soviet Komandarm 1st rank and army commander. He was born in what is now the Left-bank Ukraine. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before joining the Bolsheviks. During the Russian Civil War, he fought against the White movement army of Abram Dragomirov in Kiev. He was a 4-time recipient of the Order of the Red Banner (1919, twice in 1921, 1924) and the Order of Lenin. He was made a Komandarm 2nd rank in 1935 and a Komandarm 1st rank on February 20, 1938. In 1938, he was awarded the Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army". During the Great Purge, he was arrested on July 7, 1938 and executed the following year. After the death of Joseph Stalin, he was rehabilitated in 1956.
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