414:. In May 1930 Shvetsov was again sent to study at the Frunze Academy's eastern department. After graduation in May 1931 he remained at the academy as an instructor, serving as a senior tactics instructor before rising to head and military commissar of the 2nd course of the special department in July 1935. Shvetsov rose to serve as head of the Intelligence Officer Improvement Courses of the
398:. In June of that year, he was appointed a tactics instructor at the Petrograd Aviation Mechanics School. Shvetsov entered the Petrograd Higher Military Pedagogical School in September and after graduating in November 1923 was appointed an instructor at the 8th Petrograd Infantry School. He transferred to serve as a tactics instructor in the commanders section of the
498:. In January, the army and other units of the front cut off German units. At the beginning of February due to a strong flanking German counterattack the 29th Army was itself cut off, but managed to break out with desperate efforts. After linking up with the 31st Army, the 29th Army continued defensive and offensive actions in the
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370:. After graduating from the tekhnikum in January 1921 he was appointed a class commander in the 6th Petrograd Military Engineer Courses. As a platoon commander in the consolidated student brigade drawn from these courses Shvetsov took part in the suppression of the
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After the end of the war, Shvetsov continued to command the 23rd Army in the
Leningrad Military District until its disbandment. In March 1947 he was sent to the Higher Academic Courses at the
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January 1922 Shvetsov became commander of a battalion of the 2nd Vladikavkaz Signals Command Personnel Courses of the
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axis. The division was especially distinguished between 26 November and 4 December, when it repulsed the offensive of elements of the German
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as an ordinary soldier, Shvetsov became an officer training instructor and rose to command the 133rd Rifle
Division by the beginning of
561:. Advancing on the main attack axis of the front along the Vyborg highway, the army broke through the Finnish defensive lines and took
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into eastern
Belorussia in late 1943. After the unsuccessful performance of the army in these actions, Shvetsov briefly commanded the
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at the Moscow
Military Engineer Courses. From July 1920 he studied at the Petrograd Military Engineer Command Personnel
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on 31 May 1954. Shvetsov was transferred west in
September 1955 to serve as first deputy commander of the
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siding and the Kola station. In June 1918 he was sent as a delegate to the All-Road
Workers Congress in
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began, the 133rd Rifle
Division was transferred west and from July held the line in the area of
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to gain practical experience as assistant commander of the 132nd Donetsk Rifle Regiment of the
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The son of peasants, Vasily Ivanovich Shvetsov was born on 12 March 1898 in the village of
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of the Leningrad Front, which fought in the elimination of the Finnish bridgehead on the
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two-year ministerial school, Shvetsov worked as a carpenter on the construction of the
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686:[Shvetsov, Vasily Ivanovich] (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defense.
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in October 1935. On 15 September 1939 he was appointed commander of the new
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in September 1926, and after graduation in July 1929 was sent to the
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on 20 June. On 3 July 1944 Shvetsov was appointed commander of the
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382:. For distinguishing himself in combat, Shvetsov was awarded the
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in April 1944. In the summer of 1944 the army took part in the
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426:. Shvetsov received the rank of major general on 4 June 1940.
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Higher Cavalry School in October 1924. Shvetsov entered the
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and then served as its deputy commander. He commanded the
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Shvetsov was a recipient of the following decorations:
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490:. For this operation, Shvetsov was awarded the
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605:in May 1953, and was promoted to the rank of
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470:. From 11 December, during the
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474:, Shvetsov commanded the
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640:Order of the Red Banner
531:Battle of Velikiye Luki
404:Frunze Military Academy
384:Order of the Red Banner
261:Battle of Velikiye Luki
619:Alexander Nevsky Lavra
496:Rzhev–Vyazma Offensive
380:Ural Military District
326:, Shvetsov joined the
235:After fighting in the
114:Years of service
436:Operation Barbarossa
420:133rd Rifle Division
301:Novgorod Governorate
48:Novgorod Governorate
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283:before his death.
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648:, 1st class
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360:Gulyai-Pole
352:Makhnovites
322:During the
219:Soviet Army
107:Soviet Army
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591:25th Army
567:23rd Army
547:21st Army
488:31st Army
476:29th Army
444:24th Army
386:in 1921.
368:Melitopol
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159:25th Army
154:23rd Army
149:21st Army
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