Semen llyich Bogdanov was a Soviet

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 Marshal of the Armour

Marshal of the Soviet Union

Marshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ....

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From the start of the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

 in world war two (1941–45) he was commander of the 30th tank division. Later, he was the deputy commander of the 10th Tank Army, commander of a tank and mechanized corps, commander of the 2nd Tank Army transformed into a Guards Army in November 1944.

Units under Semen Bogdanov's command took part in the Battle of Moscow

Battle of Moscow

The Battle of Moscow is the name given by Soviet historians to two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between October 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler's attack on Moscow, capital of...

, in the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky

Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket

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, Belarusian, Vistula-Oder

Vistula-Oder Offensive

The Vistula–Oder Offensive was a successful Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II; it took place between 12 January and 2 February 1945...

, East Pomeranian

East Pomeranian Offensive

The East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive operation was an offensive by the Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front...

 and Berlin operation

Battle of Berlin

The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II....

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Awards

He was twice made a Hero of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union

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and was awarded many other orders and medals.