Major General Iosif Leontyevich Leonovich was born on August 18

Iosif Leontyevich Leonovich was born on August 18, 1896 in the village of Kublichi (now Ushachi District, Vitebsk Region). In 1916 he graduated from the Vilna Military School and machine-gun courses at the Oranienbaum Officer School. In 1928 he completed his studies at the Frunze Military Academy in St. Petersburg. In 1939 he taught at the Military Academy of the General Staff.

He is participant of World War I and the Civil War. During the Great Patriotic War – Head of Operations of the Staff of the 18th Army, Southern Front, from October 1941 – Chief of Staff of the 18th Army. In 1952 he retired.

Died on January 27, 1975 in Moscow.

Certificate of 3rd course student of the Frunze Military Academy of the Red Army Iosif Leontyevich Leonovich. November 1927. State Archives of Vitebsk Region. F. 132. Op. 2. D. 422. L. 1.

Certificate issued to Polina Leonovich that her son Iosif Leonovich is in the service of the Red Army at the headquarters of the 27th Omsk Rifle Division of the Red Banner of the Italian Proletariat. February 11, 1929. State Archives of Vitebsk Region. F. 132. Op. 2. D. 422. L. 5.