The photo shows a World War One participant, future officer of the Red Army Aleksey IgnAtiev.
Aleksey Ignatiev was born in VelIkiye LUki in 1895.
In 1910 he graduated from the Velikiye Luki Railway School; then in 1923 he attended the evening general education courses in Leningrad. From June 1916 until 1918 he fought in the World War I in the Russian Imperial Army, where he obtained the rank of senior non-commissioned officer.
After the events of the October Revolution, Aleksey Ignatiev served in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
In 1910 he graduated from the Velikiye Luki Railway School; then in 1923 he attended the evening general education courses in Leningrad. From June 1916 until 1918 he fought in the World War I in the Russian Imperial Army, where he obtained the rank of senior non-commissioned officer.
After the events of the October Revolution, Aleksey Ignatiev served in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
In the 1930s, he served in the tank forces, taught tactics at the Stalin Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization and developed tactics for tank troops.
At the start of World War II he was Assistant Inspector General of the Red Army Automotive-Armored Tank Troops of the People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union. In July 1941, he became the first head of the Chelyabinsk Tank Engineering School. In 1942, he was appointed deputy head of the combat training directorate of the Main Automotive-Armored Tank Directorate of the Red Army.
Since March 1943, Alexey Ignatiev served on the Bryansk Front as deputy commander of the front’s armored and mechanized forces for combat use and deployment of tank forces. At this time he took part in the development and implementation of the Orel Strategic Offensive Operation Kutuzov and the Bryansk Operation.
In December 1943 Ignatiev continued his service at the I.V. Stalin Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization, and then he enrolled in the Military Law Academy. After the war he was appointed Head of the Tactical Department at the Academy.
During his service, Aleksey Ignatiev received many awards: the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, the medal ‘20 Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, ” and others. Ignatiev retired from active service as major general with the right to wear a military uniform.
This photograph was taken in PetrogrAd, in Konstantin BorshchEnko’s photo studio at 30 PorokhovskAya Street in December 1916. It was pasted in a photo album personally made by Aleksey Ignatiev in the 1960s. In 2014, a photo album with 156 photographs was handed over to the Museum of History and Local Lore by ZinaIda IgnAtieva, the major general’s daughter and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
At the start of World War II he was Assistant Inspector General of the Red Army Automotive-Armored Tank Troops of the People’s Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union. In July 1941, he became the first head of the Chelyabinsk Tank Engineering School. In 1942, he was appointed deputy head of the combat training directorate of the Main Automotive-Armored Tank Directorate of the Red Army.
Since March 1943, Alexey Ignatiev served on the Bryansk Front as deputy commander of the front’s armored and mechanized forces for combat use and deployment of tank forces. At this time he took part in the development and implementation of the Orel Strategic Offensive Operation Kutuzov and the Bryansk Operation.
In December 1943 Ignatiev continued his service at the I.V. Stalin Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization, and then he enrolled in the Military Law Academy. After the war he was appointed Head of the Tactical Department at the Academy.
During his service, Aleksey Ignatiev received many awards: the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, the medal ‘20 Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, ” and others. Ignatiev retired from active service as major general with the right to wear a military uniform.
This photograph was taken in PetrogrAd, in Konstantin BorshchEnko’s photo studio at 30 PorokhovskAya Street in December 1916. It was pasted in a photo album personally made by Aleksey Ignatiev in the 1960s. In 2014, a photo album with 156 photographs was handed over to the Museum of History and Local Lore by ZinaIda IgnAtieva, the major general’s daughter and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
