Vladimir Kurdyumov

Vladimir Nikolayevich Kurdyumov ( 1 October 1895, Ilmen14 February 1970) was a Soviet Lieutenant General.

Kurdyumov served in the Red Army since 1918 in World War I and the Russian Civil War. He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1925 and served as military attaché in the Baltic countries. From August 1931 Kurdyumov was a commander and commissar of the 25th Rifle Division. He was promoted as Lieutenant General in 1940. Kurdyumov was Red Army Director of Combat Training 1940–41. Later Kurdyumov served as Deputy Commander of Logistics of the Western Front, Deputy Commander of the Caucasian Front and Commander of North Caucasian and Siberia Military Districts in the Second World War.