28 December [O.S. 16 December] 1897 – May 21, 1973
Ivan Stepanovich Konev (28 December [O.S. 16 December] 1897 – 21 May 1973) was a Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II, liberated much of Eastern Europe from occupation by the Axis Powers, and helped in the capture of Germany's capital, Berlin. Later, as the Commander of Warsaw Pact forces, Konev led the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 by Soviet armed divisions. Konev remained one of the Soviet Union's most admired military figures until his death in 1973. Marshal of the Soviet Union, and Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, he was buried in the Kremlin Wall with the greatest heroes of the USSR, which can be visited today.
Ivan Konev Quoted in "The Last Six Months: Russia's Final Battles with Hitler's Armies in World War II" - Page 312 - by Serge? Matveevich Shtemenko - History - 1977