Ilya Smirnov

Ilya Smirnov
Born	30 July 1887 Bolshoye Otryakovo (now Parfenyevsky District), Kologrivsky Uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	28 June 1964 Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army
Years of service	1908–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1953 (Soviet Union)
Rank	lieutenant general
Commands held	18th Army 24th Army 4th Guards Army Lvov Military District
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II

Ilya Kornilovich Smirnov (Russian: Илья́ Корни́лович Смирно́в; 30 July 1887 – 28 June 1964) was a Soviet army general. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent Civil War. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Kutuzov. He retired in 1953 at the age of 66.

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• Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2005). Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Army Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. pp. 213–215. ISBN 5860901135.
• Kuzelenkov, V.N., ed. (2005). Командный и начальствующий состав Красной Армии в 1940-1941 гг [Commanders and command staff of the Red Army 1940–1941] (in Russian). Moscow/St. Petersburg: Letny sad. pp. 198–199. ISBN 5-94381-137-0.
• Коллектив составителей и редакторов (2006). Военный совет при народном комиссаре обороны СССР. 1938, 1940 гг.: Документы и материалы (1000 экз ed.). Moscow: РОССПЭН. p. 336. ISBN 5-8243-0694-X.