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Romanov pereulok 3s1
Романов переулок 3с1

Иван Степанович Конев

Ivan Stepanovich Konev

Lodeyno, Vologodskaya guberniya 1897 - Moscow 1973
Soviet military commander, who led Red Army forces on the Eastern Front during World War II
(Wikipedia) 		Anatoliy Bichukov
1978

Moscow - Москва / Иван Степанович Конев   Moscow - Москва / Иван Степанович Конев

Description

Bronze commemorative plaque with portrait.

Inscription(s)

здесь с 1946 года по 1973 год жил
выдающийся советский полководец
дважды герой советского союза
маршал советского союза
иван степанович
КОНЕВ 		Here, from 1946 to 1973, lived
the outstanding Soviet military leader
twice hero of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Ivan Stepanovich
Konev

Signed:
ск. Бичуков. А.
арх. Добровольский.П. 78
(sc. Bichukov A., arch. Dobrovol'skiy '78)

Annotation

Architect P.S. Dobrovol'skiy - П. С. Добровольский. Unveiled 4 May 1978.

Romanov pereulok 3 - Романов переулок 3

House, built 1895 by the architect A.F. Meysner - А.Ф. Мейснер. Since the 1920s the building was known as the 5th House of Soviets - 5-й Дом Советов (btw, from 1917-1990 the name of the street was ulitsa Granovskogo - улица Грановского). Many famous government and party leaders and army officers of the Soviet Union lived there. The house has 18 commemorative plaques, but only 7 of them with a portrait (only these 7 plaques are illustrated - linked, blue text - the other plaques are only mentioned here (but photos were made):
    South wing
  1. Иван Степанович Конев - Ivan Stepanovich Konev (1897-1973), military commander.
  2. Владимир Павлович Бармин - Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin (1909-1993), scientist
  3. Дмитрий Захарович Мануильский - Dmitriy Zakharovich Manuil'skiy (1883-1959), important Bolshevik.
  4. Алексей Александрович Кузнецов - Aleksey Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov (1905-1950), statesman
  5. Андрей Андреевич Андреев - Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev (1895-1971), Soviet politician
  6. Владимир Михайлович Мясищев - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Myasishchev (1902-1978), aircraft designer (the plaque shows an airplane)
  7. Семен Константинович Тимошенко - Semen Konstantinovich Timoshenko (1895-1970), military commander
  8. Семён Михаилович Будённый - Semën Mikhaylovich Budënnyy (1883-1973), military leader and statesman
  9. Николай Алексеевич Вознесенский - Nikolay Alekseyevich Voznesenskiy (1903-1950), economic planner
  10. Емельян Михайлович Ярославский - Emelyan Mikhaylovich Yaroslavskiy (1878-1943), revolutionary, statesman
  11. Алексей Николаевич Косыгин - Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin (1904-1980), politician

    North wing

  12. Пётр Гермогенович Смидович - Pëtr Germogenovich Smidovich (1874-1935), revolutionary and politician
  13. Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе - Mikhail Vasil'evich Frunze (1885-1925), revolutionary and politician
  14. Владимир Александрович Судец - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sudets (1904-1981), military commander
  15. Александр Сергеевич Щербаков - Aleksandr Sergeyevich Shcherbakov (1901-1945), founding member of the Soviet Writers' Union
  16. Василий Иванович Чуйков - Vasiliy Ivanovich Chuykov (1900-1982), lieutenant general in the Red Army
  17. Климент Ефремович Ворошилов - Kliment Yeffemovich Voroshilov (1881-1969), statesman
  18. Вячеслав Александрович Малышев - Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malyshev (1902-1957), statesman
Nikita Khrushchëv - Н. С. Хрущёв - lived also in this house, but has no plaque.

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Locatie (N 55°45'11" - E 37°36'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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