Vladimir Sviridov (military commander)

Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov (Russian: Владимир Петрович Свиридов; Belarusian: Уладзімір Пятровіч Свірыдаў; December 7, 1897 – May 3, 1963) was a Soviet military commander and lieutenant general of artillery, who played an important role in the Soviet occupation of Central Europe after the War.

From 1916, he served in the Tsarist Army as a platoon commander on the North-Western Front of World War I.

In February 1918 he started studies at the Pedagogical Institute in Mogilev, but after completing his first year he was drafted into the Red Army.

Between July 1945 and November 1947, he was Deputy Chairman of the Control Committee in Hungary, and between January 1948 and April 1949 commander of the Special Mechanized Army.

In December 1954 he was recalled to Russia and became Deputy Commander of the Odessa Military District, until March 1957, when retired.