Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Ефимович Петров; 30 September [O.S.

Born in Trubchevsk in 1896, he began his military service in the Red Army in 1918, the year when he also joined the Bolshevik Party.

During World War II, Petrov participated in the Siege of Odessa, Siege of Sevastopol and was noted for heading the Separate Coastal Army from October 1941 to July 1942 and in November 1943-February 1944, 44th Army in August–October 1942, Black Sea Group of Forces, North Caucasus Front, 33rd Army in 1944, 2nd Belorussian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and several other units.

[1] The United States awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in War Department General Order No.

After the war Petrov commanded the Turkestan Military District and was inspector general of land forces.