Died 1973-10-26.
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Semyon Budyonny
Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny was a Russian and Soviet cavalryman, military commander during the Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War and World War II, and politician, who was a close political ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
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culture · Soviet military commander (1883–1973) · politician · military officer · writer · soldier · also Semyon Budyonny, Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny, Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy, Simón Mijáilovich Budionny, Budyonny
Born 13 April 1883 · Died 26 October 1973 · Q242474
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1973· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1973).
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1970· 3 entries
Won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Army" (1970).
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Won Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution" (1970).
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1970–1973).
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1968· 2 entries
Won Gold Star medal (1968).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1968).
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1967· 1 entry
Won Medal of Friendship (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1966–1970).
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1963· 2 entries
Won Gold Star medal (1963).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1962–1966).
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Sukhbaatar (1961).
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1958· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1958).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1958).
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Won Gold Star medal (1958).
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Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1958–1962).
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1954· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1954–1958).
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1953· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1953).
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Resumed his post of inspector of the cavalry
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1950· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1950–1954).
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1948).
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1946· 1 entry
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1946–1950).
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1945· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1945).
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1944· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Suvorov, 1st class (1944).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1944).
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1943).
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1941· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1941).
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1939).
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1938· 2 entries
Career landmark: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1938–1946).
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Career landmark: member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1938).
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1937· 1 entry
Budyonny divorced her before September 1937.
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1936).
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1935· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1935).
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Budyonny was made one of the first five Marshals of the Soviet Union
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1934· 1 entry
Was made a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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1932· 1 entry
Studied at M.V. Frunze Military Academy (1932).
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1930· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1930).
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1928· 1 entry
Budyonny returned to the attack in an open letter to Gorky accusing Babel of "crude, deliberate and arrogant slander", which Gorky said was an "undeserved insult"
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1925· 1 entry
Married a singer, Olga Stefanovna Mikhailova, who was around half his age, the daughter of a railway worker from Kursk
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1924· 1 entry
Nadezhda Ivanovna was killed by a gunshot
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1923· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1923).
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Budyonny arrived in Chechnya with a proclamation from the Central Executive Committee announcing the formation of the Chechen Autonomous Region
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1922· 1 entry
Also became commander of all the troops in the north Caucasian military district
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1920· 1 entry
Soviet songwriter Dmitry Pokrass wrote the song "Budyonny's March", which was one of the first songs to become widely popular throughout the Soviet Union
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1919· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner (1919).
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1917· 1 entry
Budyonny was elected chairman of the squadron committee and a member of the regimental committee
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1908· 1 entry
Studied at Cavalry Officer School (1907–1908).
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1907· 1 entry
Was sent to the Academy for Cavalry Officers in the St
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1883· 1 entry
Born 1883-04-13.
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