colonel (21.02.1985)
major general (10/29/1987)
lieutenant general (07/07/1992)
Colonel General (02/09/1995)
Born in the Stepnoy state farm of the Oktyabrsky district of the North Kazakhstan region in a working class family. In 1964, after graduating from high school, he entered the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School named after V. I. Lenin. He graduated with honors. In 1968–1973 served in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany as a commander of a reconnaissance platoon, a tank platoon, then a reconnaissance company in a tank regiment of the Guards Motorized Rifle Division.
Until 1974 he served in the Trans-Baikal Military District, also in the guards motorized rifle units as a company commander and battalion chief of staff. At that time, the army was being reduced, some officers commanded units for many years. Nevertheless, the young officer managed to prove himself, reach the battalion level and win the right to enter the academy. In 1974–1977 - student of the Military Academy named after M. V. Frunze. He graduated from the Academy as a captain, received a diploma with honors, and later received an assignment to the Far Eastern Military District, where he successfully promoted himself in motorized rifle units and formations: chief of staff of the regiment (1977–1978), commander of the regiment (1978–1982), chief of staff of the division ( 1982–1985), division commander (1985–1987 and 1987–1988).
Twice he was given advance ranks ahead of schedule: lieutenant colonel (December 1980) and colonel (February 1985), and a year and a half later they were given general epaulettes. As a growing and promising commander, L.V. Shevtsov enrolled in the Military Academy of the General Staff, which he graduated in 1990. Great practical experience, excellent organizational skills, excellent combined arms training allow him to continue to successfully advance in the service. In 1990–1991 - Chief of Staff of the Guards Army, 1992–1993 - Commander of the Guards Tank Army, 1993–1995 - Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, 1995–1997 - First Deputy of this department. Accordingly, general ranks grow. Leonty Pavlovich is not a parquet general, but a military commander. From December 1994 to April 1995, he headed the headquarters of the United Group of Federal Forces in the territory of the Chechen Republic.
In October 1995, when the question of selecting a candidate for a general to carry out a very important and responsible mission abroad was being decided, the choice fell on him. Not by accident and well deserved. He becomes the head of the operational group of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Armed Forces of NATO in Europe for the Russian contingent in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The NATO troops operating in the region have been called the Multinational Stabilization Force (8ROK).
On the basis of the experience gained in peacekeeping, Colonel General L.P. Shevtsov spoke in London at the international conference "Rapid Response - 97" with a report on the topic: "The Future of Joint Operations: the Russian Point of View." The conference was attended by the NATO leadership, military representatives of many countries.
A whole series of invitations and speeches by General L.P. Shevtsov in other countries followed. On March 6-7, 1997, he participates in a seminar of the French Institute of International Relations and MGIMO (Moscow) at the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command of the Allied Forces (Belgium). In the same year, lectures were held in the United States: at Harvard University and the Military Academy at West Point. He also spoke at the 14th NATO International Seminar held 21-25 June 1997 in Prague.
All presentations were listened to with great interest and received positive feedback. General L.P. Shevtsov not only did an excellent job with the military tasks assigned to him, but also proved to be a capable military diplomat, becoming the representative of the Russian Armed Forces at NATO headquarters in Mons near Brussels.
By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated July 24, 1997, Colonel General L.P. Shevtsov was appointed Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation - Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. He was already familiar with the internal troops when he was in the Chechen Republic. Now it was time to get to know each other better. He, as an army general, had to delve deeply into the multilateral activities of the internal troops. As a result of trips to units and formations, he developed his own vision of the issues and problems that the internal troops need to resolve. He shared this in detail with the readers of the magazine "On a combat post" in his interview (January issue 1998). He spoke in favor of maintaining internal troops in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but at the same time noted the need to "ensure clear coordination of the actions of all components of the military organization of the state", where "creative energy should be directed in the course of reforming the army and law enforcement forces."
L. P. Shevtsov. 1998
There was a process of reduction in the troops (from 403 thousand, numbered on January 1, 1992, it was planned to bring them to 220 thousand in 1999). The priority areas for reforming the internal troops then became the creation of battalions of priority readiness, focusing efforts on raising the professional level of the officers and at the same time taking effective measures to improve their material and living conditions (so far one in four needed housing).
The Commander-in-Chief set a number of specific tasks that the troops needed to implement. They concerned training, accommodation, technical support, and especially the fight against hazing and other negative phenomena. Much still had to be done to raise the quality of service, to minimize combat and non-combat losses. The army experience of the commander-in-chief played a positive role, but much still depended on initiative work directly in the units and, of course, on improving the maintenance of the troops themselves. The implementation of the planned innovations required quick, energetic efforts.
Considering that the internal troops became warring formations, on the initiative of Leonty Pavlovich, the necessary organizational and structural changes were carried out. First of all, they were aimed at raising the level of combat training of troops, especially command personnel from escort units, who did not have the skills to conduct combined arms combat, organize interaction between different units and subunits, and manage them. It was necessary to ensure a higher degree of combat readiness in the troops, to increase the responsibility for organizing this at all levels of command from the regiment to the district.
To this end, the positions of deputy commanders of the districts of internal troops for combat training were introduced (as a rule, they were recruited from among the generals who arrived in the troops from the personnel of the Ministry of Defense), the administrative apparatus of combat training of the GUKVV and the combat training departments of district directorates, headquarters of divisions and parts. In addition, a general's position was introduced in the head office to supervise the training of special forces units, their special training increased, and the selection of personnel improved. Headquarters were created in the departments of armaments and rear, which contributed to better interaction within the departments and the headquarters as a whole, to an increase in the level of combat and mobilization readiness. The functions of operational control have been clarified - it has been exempted from performing a number of tasks unusual for it in the service of the troops.
Minister of Defense of Russia P. Grachev, L. Shevtsov, Supreme Commander of the Allied Armed Forces of NATO in Europe, General D. Joulven. Mons (Belgium), November 1995
Since the insufficient staffing of troops with equipment and weapons reduced the level of combat readiness and combat readiness for actions under emergency circumstances, priority battalions were created in each operational regiment, fully equipped with equipment, personnel, weapons, and appropriate supplies, capable of quickly departing for a given area to perform official duties. combat missions.
All this made it possible to significantly increase the mobility and combat readiness of the troops.
L.P. Shevtsov commanded the internal troops for 9.5 months. From May 25, 1998 to April 6, 1999 - Deputy Minister of the Interior of Russia. The situation in the North Caucasus was still the main object of his activity. On April 12, 1999, he became the chief inspector-coordinator of the High Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2007 he was dismissed from military service. Currently, he is a senior researcher at the Center for Operational and Tactical Research of the State Committee for Airborne Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
Leonty Pavlovich was fond of sports from his youth. He is an excellent marathon runner and long distance runner.
He was awarded the Orders "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" II and III Art., "For Military Merit", "For Services to the Fatherland" IV Art., the American award of the Honored Legion (Legion of Merit).
Honored Military Specialist of the Russian Federation. Awarded with personalized weapons from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and the Ministry of Defense.
The son, Alexei Shevtsov, graduated with honors from MGIMO, is in diplomatic work.
Literature and sources
Shevtsov L.P. The azimuth of reforms is dictated by life // At a combat post. - 1998. - No. 1. - S. 4–8.
General Leonty Shevtsov - the first "our man" in NATO // Red Star. - 1995. - November 4. (Conversation correspondent of the "Red Star" with General L.P. Shevtsov). TsMVV of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, O. 5, D. 31, P. 79.
Moskvin E. Multinational unity of command // Independent military review. - 1997. - April 26 - May 16.
Portuguese R. M., Runov V. A. The military elite of Russia. The Russian Federation. - M.: Veche, 2010. - S. 271, 272.
Commander of the 9th Separate Missile Corps from May 1965 to June 1970
Commander of the 31st RA from 06/27/1970 to 06/5/1979
Born November 3, 1919. He graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank School in 1941, in 1948 - the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Troops, in 1956 - the Military Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces. Hero of the Soviet Union (1943).
At the front in the Great Patriotic War since May 1942: commander of a tank platoon, company, battalion. In the post-war period - chief of staff of the regiment, head of the operational department of the headquarters of a tank division, deputy commander, commander of a tank division.
In the Rocket Forces since August 1961: deputy commander, since May 1965 commander of the 9th separate missile corps (Khabarovsk).
Corps formations occupied positional areas on a vast territory from Chukotka to the border with China, in places with harsh climatic conditions. I.L. Shevtsov, as deputy corps commander, and then corps commander, took a direct part in the formation and construction of combat missile systems. It is no secret that at that time all attention in construction was paid to starting positions, and the families of officers were accommodated or huddled as best they could. Some regiments were already on combat duty, and combat crews were still living in tents or prefabricated barracks.
The deadlines for putting missiles on combat duty were very strict and were carried out due to large physical overloads and an extended working day. The corps commander had rich experience in commanding formations and units, was exceptionally hardworking, tireless and persistent. He possessed high organizational skills, was able to see, analyze, generalize the experience of working in the corps troops, so he was able to successfully complete complex tasks in the formation of new units, the construction of the DBK, the training of combat crews, and putting on combat duty.
In 1970, the Rocket Forces switched from a corps to a general army organizational structure. Rocket armies were formed from separate missile corps. General I.A. Shevtsov in June 1970 was appointed commander of the 31st Missile Army. The Orenburg army was formed on the basis of the Kirov, Orenburg and Dzhambul missile corps, each of which was armed with different types of missiles, so the new army had ten types of ground-based and silo-based missiles. Army troops were deployed on the territory of four military districts - the Urals, Volga, Central Asian and Turkestan. The army had in its combat strength five missile divisions, four missile brigades and a separate missile regiment with support and maintenance units.
The army administration and army supply and repair bases were located in the city of Orenburg. Army commander General I.A. Shevtsov took command of the army in June 1970 after the disbandment of the 9th Separate Rocket Corps and directed his main efforts during this period to studying the situation in the troops and assisting the commanders of divisions, brigades and regiments.
Commanders, their deputies and chiefs of army services, divisions and brigades were given a unified procedure for managing combat duty and the daily activities of troops, a unified form for reporting to the commander was established, and unified forms of planning and reporting documents were worked out. All the attention of the commander, headquarters, services and departments was focused on commissioning a temporary command post of the army, ensuring its constant and reliable communication with each regiment and division. Particular attention was also paid to combat training and the coordination of army command and control.
As always, the commander was concerned about the issue of housing for officers. The army command building needed a major overhaul, support and maintenance units were scattered around the city and lived in wooden prefabricated panel barracks.
The state of affairs required an urgent solution. A promising five-year plan for the construction of army facilities is being developed under the leadership of the commander. Construction began and in 1979 it was basically completed. The command post of the army was on combat duty. By the end of 1975, almost all officers were provided with apartments.
The army commander made an unusual decision to form all the duty forces of the army with a single schedule for preparing to carry and change from combat duty, from the army command to the combat crew of the regiment, with a shift frequency of 3-4 days. This schedule was subject to the entire life and activities of the troops of the army. Appropriate schedules and methods were developed by the army headquarters. uniform shifts of duty forces were formed.
The Commander-in-Chief and the Main Staff supported the Commander, and after carrying out experimental duty for 6 months in the 31st Rocket Army, all the Rocket Forces were transferred to duty as duty forces according to uniform schedules. It was a great victory and the pride of the commander, who solved the difficult problem facing the Rocket Forces. This was one of the sides of the commander's innovation, his persistent character.
Much attention in the army was paid to the preparation, engineering equipment of positional areas and the dispersal of formations and units. Uniform field training centers were created in each division, the first of which were equipped in 1973. A simulator was developed on its own, which, by the work of combat crew operators, did not differ from standard equipment. During the same period, the construction of new combat missile systems was underway in the army, including the third-generation lead one (R-36M UTTKh, R-36M2), decommissioning and dismantling of R-16 missiles. By 1971, all regiments in the 59th missile division (Kargaly) were put on combat duty, in 1975-1979. they are already being converted to the new RS-20A complex.
Medium-range missiles are being liquidated, removed from combat duty and withdrawn from combat strength by the 17th, 48th and 68th missile brigades (Shadrinsk, Saryozek, Kattakurgan). In 1976-1977. the first regiments "Pioneer" are formed. In November 1978, the first missile regiment in the Strategic Missile Forces in the Tagil Missile Division took up combat duty. In 1974-1975. RS-10 missile systems are being upgraded. Work on re-equipment with new missile systems was deployed in almost all formations of the army (in the Dombarovskaya, 38th, Tagil and 59th missile divisions). The 98th missile brigade (Tyuratam, Leninsk) mastered the complex with orbital rockets. Such work in the army was carried out simultaneously on dozens of launchers, the total number of which reached one hundred or more. It was a huge work of thousands of people, hundreds of machines and mechanisms, and their actions needed constant monitoring, coordination and comprehensive support.
It is impossible not to note another important feature of the commander I.A. Shevtsov. He was a master of selection, education and placement of personnel. Almost always, their own officers were promoted to higher positions in the army. Known in the Rocket Forces, Generals Yu. Plotikov, V. Ivanov, V. Kirilin, R. Markitan, A. Drukarev served in the 31st Army for 10-13 years and went from regiment commander to deputy army commander, and some came from Orenburg army, including Yu. Yashin, S. Kochemasov, A. Ryazhsky, D. Zhilnikov. I. Panin, became prominent military leaders. As Lieutenant General R. Markitan writes in his memoirs, “... Colonel General Ivan Andreevich Shevtsov is one of the most prominent military leaders that I knew. Wise and courageous, as only a front-line soldier who fought for many years can be, equally demanding of himself and his subordinates, sometimes even harsh, he knew how to appreciate people and be fair to them. My colleagues and I are proud of the opportunity to be considered his disciples...”.
And Ivan Andreevich has many such students. So. Lieutenant General Kirilin, commander of the 43rd Missile Army, considers the photo of I.A. Shevtsov in dress uniform with the inscription "To my best student V. Kirilin", signed by his characteristic handwriting.
In June 1979, Colonel General I.A. Shevtsov is appointed head of the faculty of the Military Academy. F.E. Dzerzhinsky, where for some time he passed on his rich military experience and knowledge to the teaching staff and students. Since 1983, Colonel General I.A. Shevtsov retired. Currently, Ivan Andreevich continues to participate in the veteran rocket movement. Cheerful and energetic, lives in Moscow. Ivan Andreevich himself says this in his memoirs: "... the feeling of pride for belonging to the rocket soldiers, for the strength and power of military duty, has not left me until now ...".
Awarded two Orders of Lenin, Orders of the October Revolution, Red Banner, Suvorov 3rd class, Alexander Nevsky, Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class, Red Banner of Labor, Red Star and many medals.
(November 3, 1919, the village of Andreevka, now Novomoskovsky district, Dnepropetrovsk region, Ukraine - May 17, 2008, Moscow; buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery), Colonel General (1976), commander of the missile army (1970-1979), head of the faculty special weapons of the Military Academy. F.E. Dzerzhinsky (1979-1983), Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). In the Soviet Army from 1939 to 1983. He graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank School (1941), the Military Academy of Armored Forces. I.V. Stalin (1948), Military Academy of the General Staff (1956).
Member of the Great Patriotic War since May 1942. Passed a glorious path from the commander of a tank platoon to the commander of a missile army. For the feat accomplished in 1943 in the district of Art. Maloarkhangelsk (Orel region) for capturing and holding a bridgehead, was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The company commander of the 142nd tank battalion (95th tank brigade, 9th tank corps, Central Front), senior lieutenant Sh., with a company in cooperation with the infantry on July 15, 1943, was among the first to break into the Maloarkhangelsk station and held it for 5 hours , inflicting significant damage to the enemy in manpower and military equipment. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded on 27.08.43. In the Strategic Missile Forces since 1961: deputy commander, commander of a separate missile corps (1965-1970); missile commander.
He made a great contribution to the introduction of new types of special weapons. Retired since 1983.
Awarded: Orders of Lenin (1943, 1969), Order of the October Revolution (1980), Order of the Red Banner (1942), Order of Suvorov 3rd class. (1944), Alexander Nevsky (1943), Patriotic War 1st Art. (1985), Red Banner of Labor (1974), Red Star (1965) and medals.
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The command, the military council of the Strategic Missile Forces, the command of the Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces, the council of the Union of Veterans-Rocketmen, comrades, colleagues and students with deep regret report that on May 17, 2008, at the age of 89, the head of the special weapons department of the Military Academy died named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky, former commander of the Orenburg Missile Army, Hero of the Soviet Union, retired Colonel-General Shevtsov Ivan Andreevich.
I.A. Shevtsov was born on November 3, 1919 in the village of Andreevka, now Novomoskovsky district, Dnepropetrovsk region.
In the Red Army since 1939. In 1941 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Tank School. At the front since May 1942. He took part in military operations on the Western, Central and 1st Belorussian fronts. The commander of a tank company of the 142nd Tank Battalion, Senior Lieutenant Ivan Shevtsov, distinguished himself during the Battle of Kursk. On July 15, 1943, at the head of the entrusted tank unit, he was among the first to break into the Maloarkhangelsk railway station and held it for five hours, inflicting significant damage to the Nazis in manpower and military equipment. In that battle, the brave tank officer was wounded, but did not leave the battlefield. By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 27, 1943, Senior Lieutenant Shevtsov Ivan Andreevich was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
After the war, I.A. Shevtsov graduated from the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Troops, and then from the Military Academy of the General Staff. He commanded a tank battalion, was chief of staff of a tank regiment, head of the operational department, deputy commander and commander of a tank division.
Since 1961, I.A. Shevtsov served in the Strategic Missile Forces: deputy commander, from 1965 to 1970 - commander of a separate missile corps, from 1970 to 1979 - commander of the 31st Missile Army with headquarters in Orenburg. He made a great contribution to the introduction of new types of missile weapons and to increasing the combat readiness of the Strategic Missile Forces. Since 1979 I.A. Shevtsov - Head of the Faculty of Special Weapons of the Military Academy named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky. Since 1983 - retired.
I.A. Shevtsov was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov III degree, Alexander Nevsky, the Patriotic War I degree, the Red Banner of Labor, the Red Star and many medals.
The bright memory of Ivan Andreevich Shevtsov, the faithful son of the Fatherland, will forever remain in our hearts.
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Ground Forces, Internal Troops
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation,
Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation,
Representative of the Russian Federation in the Allied Command in Europe
Shevtsov Leonty Pavlovich (March 14th ( 19460314 ) , North Kazakhstan region, Kazakh SSR) - Russian military leader and politician, colonel general.
Early years and military education
Leonty Shevtsov was born on March 14, 1946 in a village near the city of Petropavlovsk, North Kazakhstan region, Kazakh SSR. In 1968 he graduated with honors from the Tashkent Higher Combined Arms Command School. Subsequently, he graduated from the Military Academy. M. V. Frunze and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1990).
Military service
He served in various command positions in the Trans-Baikal and Far Eastern military districts.
In December 1994 - April 1995 - Chief of Staff of the Joint Group of Forces in the Chechen Republic, then for a short time was the Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Since October 1995 - Head of the Operational Group of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Deputy Supreme Commander of the NATO Stabilization Forces (SFOR) for the Russian contingent of troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina, since December 1995 - Russian representative in the High Command of the NATO Joint Armed Forces in Europe ( Brussels).
In December 1997, Leonty Shevtsov was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in May 1998 he was relieved of the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of Russia, and in June he headed the operational headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus, remaining under this Deputy Minister of the Interior. The operational headquarters was created after the President entrusted the Ministry of Internal Affairs with coordinating the interaction of law enforcement agencies in ensuring security in the North Caucasus. The subdivisions of the North Caucasian Military District, the Federal Border Service and the FSB were transferred to the operational subordination of the headquarters.
In April 1999, he was relieved of the posts of Deputy Minister and Chief of the Operational Headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus and was appointed Chief Inspector-Coordinator of the High Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
Personal life and social activities
Married, has a son.
He is the chairman of the presidium of the all-Russian public organization "Union of Social Justice of Russia".
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Not every soldier who dreams of becoming a general rises to this rank, but even more rarely this destiny is destined for women, although exceptions do occur. One of such rare cases of a female general in the Russian army is T.V. Shevtsov. She was appointed to the post of deputy defense on August 4, 2010, according to the order of the President of Russia. Let's find out what was her path to this position.
Childhood and youth
The hometown of Tatyana Shevtsova was a small settlement Kozelsk, near Kaluga. She was born in July 1969. The family played an important role in her fate, because. her father was a professional soldier. For this reason, she has been familiar with army life since childhood.
After receiving a certificate of secondary education, she decided to connect her life with the field of finance and became a student at the Leningrad Financial Institute. She graduated in 1991 and became a certified specialist in finance.
Career
After graduating, she decided to connect her profession with work in government structures. In 1991, she joined the tax department and continued to work in various divisions of this department. I had to start with the position of an ordinary inspector of the district branch of St. Petersburg.
In her positions, she always showed responsibility and zeal, which of course was noticed by her immediate supervisors. In 2000, she changed her city of residence to Moscow, where she was offered the responsible position of head of the tax service department. In 2004, she was already on the staff of the Federal Tax Service under the Cabinet of the Ministry of Finance. There she received the post of deputy head of the Federal Tax Service, while Anatoly Eduardovich Serdyukov was her immediate supervisor, who would later contribute to her career advancement.
In 2006, she was awarded the title of the best financier in the country.
In 2007, when A. Serdyukov took over as Minister of Defense, he oversaw the activities of the Federal Tax Service for another 3 years. 2010 was a turning point in the career of Tatyana Viktorovna Shevtsova. The post of head of the Federal Tax Service was taken by M.V. Mishustin. All employees included in the team of A. Serdyukov were fired.
Appointment to a post under the Ministry of Defense
Despite this unpleasant moment in her career, high professionalism and her abilities were not forgotten. Anatoly Serdyukov remembered the members of his team, he also remembered his former employee. In the spring of 2010, she received the post of official adviser to the Minister of Defense on financial matters, and in August 2010 she received the post of Deputy Minister of Defense.
In her new position, she continued to work with her usual responsibility and high professionalism. Moreover, army issues were not a new area for her, because since childhood she has been familiar with the problems and life of the military.
For a short time, she was awarded the rank of colonel general, thanks to which she became a general of the Russian Army. In a difficult time for her after the removal of Serdyukov from his post, no criminal prosecution was carried out against Tatyana Shevtsova. Therefore, she remained in her position even after the change of defense minister took place.
Personal life
As expected by officials in such a position, she does not cover her personal life. It is only known that despite such a workload, she managed to start a family. Her husband is also an ex-military and now deals with more peaceful matters. There are also children.
Despite her professional activities, she was able to take care of the family and showed herself as a specialist capable of taking on a task of any complexity. At the moment, she is doing an excellent job with the tasks assigned to her and fully corresponds to the rank of general of the Russian Federation.
Born on November 3, 1919 in the village of Andreevka, Novomoskovsky district, Dnepropetrovsk region. Father - Andrei Fedorovich (1875-1953), devoted his whole life to working on the ground. Mother - Shevtsova Lukeria Vasilievna (1887-1928). Wife - Shevtsova Tamara Fedorovna (born in 1926), graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University. Daughters: Tatyana (born in 1949) and Olga (born in 1954) - both have a higher education. Granddaughter Elena (born in 1974), economist.
In the pre-war years, Ivan Shevtsov could not get a secondary education. The family was large, experienced great financial difficulties. Therefore, after the end of the seven-year plan, he entered the FZU, worked as a mechanic at the factory. The work experience and hardening acquired in those years came in handy for Ivan both in military service in the 1st Primorsky Army, where he was drafted in 1939, and in the Ulyanovsk Tank School, from which he graduated in 1941.
Shevtsov arrived in the active army in February 1942. He was appointed commander of a tank platoon of the 142nd separate tank battalion of the 95th tank brigade of the 9th separate tank corps. In this battalion, he fought on the Western, Central and 1st Belorussian fronts.
Do not count the battles and operations in which the young officer participated. The 142nd tank battalion most often operated in the first echelon of the brigade, at the forefront of attacks. He got more than the others. He suffered considerable losses both in people and in technology. But in a short time, the battalion restored its combat capability and again engaged in battle with the enemy.
Most clearly, Ivan Andreevich remembered the battle on the Kursk Bulge, near Ponyri. There, unable to overcome the stamina of the Soviet troops and having suffered heavy losses, the Nazis went on the defensive on July 12, 1943.
The 95th tank brigade received the task of breaking through the enemy defenses on the heights east of Ponyri and, developing the offensive in depth, to capture the Maloarkhangelsk station. At 4 am on July 14, the tankers rushed to the attack. At first, it developed successfully. But at the front line of the enemy's defense, the units stumbled upon a continuous minefield. Several cars were blown up, the attack bogged down.
Senior Lieutenant Shevtsov, even during reconnaissance in force, drew attention to the way in which the enemy tanks retreated from the front line. "We must find this place," he decided. Having got out of the lower hatch, he himself found a track from a fascist tank and led his company through it without loss through a minefield.
The Nazis did not expect such audacity and did not immediately realize what to do. And the senior lieutenant turned the company around and led it to the north. At high speed, the tankers broke into the Maloarkhangelsk station and cut off the railway, along which the enemy troops were supplied. In a matter of seconds, the company destroyed the locomotive and ammunition wagons, ready to be sent. The senior lieutenant reported in the prescribed code: the company had captured the Maloarkhangelsk station. However, they did not believe him. How did he get there?
Then Shevtsov announced his whereabouts in plain text. Everyone got it: the company is behind enemy lines. The order was brief: "Hold on, help will come!"
But help did not arrive soon. And the company had to fight behind enemy lines for almost a day. The Nazis threw 13 tanks with infantry against Shevtsov's company, trying to crush and destroy it. The senior lieutenant ordered to let the Nazis get closer and only then open fire. The fight was unusually hot. In an hour of battle, the Nazis lost 9 tanks and, having not achieved their goal, rolled back. Three hours later the Germans went on a new attack. But she, too, was repulsed. The sun was going down. And then Shevtsov saw at a height, northwest of the station, two heavy Tiger tanks. The senior lieutenant decided to fight the enemy with one of his command tanks. "Thirty-four" took an advantageous position and began to wait for the approach of the "Tiger". And so he caught up with our tank and, not noticing it, went on. Then he stopped and began to fire from the spot. The company commander took advantage of this. He aimed at the very middle of the stern and sent several shells one after the other. "Tiger" caught fire.
The crew of the enemy vehicle opened the top hatch and tried to leave the burning vehicle. But Shevtsov mowed down the Nazis with machine gun fire, not allowing anyone to escape alive. The senior lieutenant began to look for the second "tiger". At his command, the driver slowly brought the tank out from under cover. Suddenly there was a blow to the left caterpillar. The car turned sideways. And immediately several shells pierced the armor.
Only one commander survived from the crew. The commander of the platoon, Lieutenant Barbakadze, who ran up, helped Shevtsov, who was wounded in the leg and shoulder, climb out. However, the fight was not yet over, and he continued to lead it.
Parts of the corps arrived in the morning. General S. I. Bogdanov hugged Senior Lieutenant Shevtsov: "Well done! Hero! We will represent this rank."
But this was not the last feat of a tank officer. During 1943 and 1944, he bravely fought the enemy in the area of the city of Nizhyn, crossed the Dnieper, and participated in the liberation of Belarus. The 142nd tank battalion, of which he became commander, captured the crossing across the Berezina River east of Bobruisk and was the first to slam the lid of the Bobruisk pocket into which five enemy infantry and one tank divisions fell. Released Shevtsov and Minsk.
Ivan finished the war in Poland, near the town of Radom, on the Puławy bridgehead, with the rank of major. In numerous battles and battles, he was twice wounded, seriously shell-shocked, burned six times in a tank.
In December 1944, there was an operational pause on the 1st Belorussian Front. It was at this time that Ivan Andreevich was offered to go to study at the Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Troops. A new time of battles has come - now for knowledge. And it is difficult to explain where it was harder for a young officer: at the front or at the academy. After all, he had only seven classes of education, and it took ten. He gave his word in a short time to pass for ten years. And passed.
Ivan Andreevich graduated from the Academy in August 1948 with excellent marks. For the next five years he was in command and staff positions: battalion commander, regimental chief of staff, head of the operational department of the tank division headquarters. And in 1953, he again sat down at his desk, now at the Military Academy of the General Staff. After a short tenure as deputy commander of a tank division, Shevtsov becomes division commander.
In 1961, the fate of General Shevtsov changed dramatically - he was appointed deputy commander of the 9th separate missile corps. A year and a half later, General Shevtsov became the commander of the missile corps, and in 1970 - the commander of the 31st missile army with headquarters in Orenburg.
Much had to be started from scratch - the army was just being created. He was its first commander. He came up with everything himself. Rescued natural ingenuity. Under the leadership of the commander, the headquarters developed a fundamentally new combat duty schedule. The Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), having studied the experience of the Orenburgers, extended it to all missile forces. This system operates in the Strategic Missile Forces to this day. The army was one of the best associations in the Strategic Missile Forces.
In 1980, I.A. Shevtsov was transferred to the post of head of the faculty of the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Military Academy, and in 1983 he went to work in the design bureau of transport and chemical engineering. There he works and is currently in the position of head of the group for countering foreign technical intelligence, civil defense and mobilization training. In 2000, based on the results of an audit of the enterprise by the interdepartmental commissions of Rosaviakosmos, the work of the unit headed by I.A. Shevtsov, was rated as the best of all the tested enterprises of the association, and it is proposed to disseminate the experience of his work among all enterprises of Rosaviakosmos and aviation industry enterprises.
Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General Ivan Andreevich Shevtsov was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of the October Revolution, the Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov II degree, the Red Banner of Labor, the Red Star, the Patriotic War I degree, 20 medals of the USSR, the Order of Poland and the medal of Czechoslovakia.
Lives in Moscow.