Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (help·info) (also spelled Budennii, Budenny, Budyoni, Budyenny, etc, Russian: Семён Михайлович Будённый) (April 25 [O.S. April 13] 1883 – October 26, 1973) was a Soviet military commander and an ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Budyonny was born into a poor peasant family in the Don Cossack region of southern Russia (now Rostov Oblast). Contrary to what many believe, although he grew up in a Cossack region, Budyon...
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Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (help·info) (also spelled Budennii, Budenny, Budyoni, Budyenny, etc, Russian: Семён Михайлович Будённый) (April 25 [O.S. April 13] 1883 – October 26, 1973) was a Soviet military commander and an ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
Budyonny was born into a poor peasant family in the Don Cossack region of southern Russia (now Rostov Oblast). Contrary to what many believe, although he grew up in a Cossack region, Budyonny was not a Cossack—his family actually came from Voronezh province. He worked as a farm laborer until 1903, when he was drafted into the army of the Russian Empire, becoming a cavalryman and serving in the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. During World War I he was a non-commissioned officer on the western front until 1916, when he was transferred to the Caucasus front. He became famous for his military courage and four times awarder with St. George Cross. When the Russian Revolution overthrew the Tsarist regime in 1917, he was radicalized like...
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