Ivan Rubanyuk
Ivan A. Rubanyuk was a Soviet colonel general.Career
He was born in modern-day Belarus. He served in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks. During the Great Purge, he was removed from the army but was later re-instated. As colonel, he became commander of the 11th Rifle Corps in October 1942 before being promoted to major general on November 10, 1942. As a lieutenant general, he was made commander of the 14th Army in April 1952 and the 25th Army in May 1953. He was promoted to colonel general on August 8, 1955. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov and the Order of Kutuzov. He died in Moscow.
