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Nikolai Georgiyevich Lebedev
Nikolai Georgiyevich Lebedev (Russian: Никола́й Гео́ргиевич Ле́бедев; 3 December 1901 – 10 May 1992) was a Red Army major general. Lebedev served in both the Eastern Front and Soviet-Japanese War. He later served as head of the Soviet Civil Administration in Korea (present-day North Korea) from 1947 to 1948. He is considered as one of the founders of North Korea and the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Lebedev was born in 1901 in the Buda village in the Zhizdrinsky Uyezd of Kaluga Governorate (now Duminichsky District, Kaluga Oblast) to a peasant family. Until 1916, he studied at a zemstvo school and later attended a teacher's seminary in Kozelsk until 1918. In 1920, he joined the Communist Party of Soviet Union and began serving in the Red Army.[citation needed]
In 1924, he graduated from the Higher Military Pedagogical School and in the same year, he was appointed as a teacher of social studies at the Tver Cavalry School of the Comintern named after Leon Trotsky. In December 1927, he completed his post-graduate courses in social studies. Lebedev was appointed as an assistant to the head of the educational unit for party political work at the school of anti-aircraft artillery. In March 1934, he was appointed as the political commissar to the commander of the 45th Artillery Regiment. In November 1936, Lebedev was appointed as the head of the propaganda, agitation and press department of the political department of the Kiev Military District. From 1939, he served as the head of the Military-Political School at the Kiev Military District.[citation needed]
In August 1939, Lebedev was appointed head of the political department of the 49th Rifle Corps. As part of this unit, he participated in the Soviet invasion of Poland and the Winter War. For this, he received the Order of Lenin. In 1940, Lebedev was promoted to brigade commissar.[citation needed]
On 15 June 1941, he was appointed a member of the Military Council of the 25th Army. Following the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Lebedev was promoted to major general in 1942. In 1944, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for good combat and political training of military units transferred from the 25th Army to the Western Front. In August 1945, Lebedev was one of the commanders of military operations of the 25th Army of the Far Eastern Front during the Soviet-Japanese War, which led to the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese rule.[citation needed]
Following the liberation of Korean Peninsula and the subsequent Soviet occupation of the northern part of Korean Peninsula, Lebedev was appointed as the head of the Soviet Civil Administration. He was in charge of carrying out the instructions from the top officials, such as Terenty Shtykov in Pyongyang.[citation needed]
During his time as the head of Soviet civil administration in Korea, Lebedev directed several political initiatives to make Kim Il Sung, who was an unknown person at home, the leader of North Korea. Il-Sung Park, who taught Marxist-Leninist ideology to Kim at that time, testified that Lebedev was the first person to initiate the idolization and cult of personality of Kim Il Sung.
For his efforts, Lebedev is considered as one of the founders of the Workers' Party of Korea. On 10 September 1948, he returned to the Soviet Union after the official establishment of the North Korean government. Kim invited him to North Korea every year since then.
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Nikolai Georgiyevich Lebedev
Nikolai Georgiyevich Lebedev (Russian: Никола́й Гео́ргиевич Ле́бедев; 3 December 1901 – 10 May 1992) was a Red Army major general. Lebedev served in both the Eastern Front and Soviet-Japanese War. He later served as head of the Soviet Civil Administration in Korea (present-day North Korea) from 1947 to 1948. He is considered as one of the founders of North Korea and the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Lebedev was born in 1901 in the Buda village in the Zhizdrinsky Uyezd of Kaluga Governorate (now Duminichsky District, Kaluga Oblast) to a peasant family. Until 1916, he studied at a zemstvo school and later attended a teacher's seminary in Kozelsk until 1918. In 1920, he joined the Communist Party of Soviet Union and began serving in the Red Army.[citation needed]
In 1924, he graduated from the Higher Military Pedagogical School and in the same year, he was appointed as a teacher of social studies at the Tver Cavalry School of the Comintern named after Leon Trotsky. In December 1927, he completed his post-graduate courses in social studies. Lebedev was appointed as an assistant to the head of the educational unit for party political work at the school of anti-aircraft artillery. In March 1934, he was appointed as the political commissar to the commander of the 45th Artillery Regiment. In November 1936, Lebedev was appointed as the head of the propaganda, agitation and press department of the political department of the Kiev Military District. From 1939, he served as the head of the Military-Political School at the Kiev Military District.[citation needed]
In August 1939, Lebedev was appointed head of the political department of the 49th Rifle Corps. As part of this unit, he participated in the Soviet invasion of Poland and the Winter War. For this, he received the Order of Lenin. In 1940, Lebedev was promoted to brigade commissar.[citation needed]
On 15 June 1941, he was appointed a member of the Military Council of the 25th Army. Following the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Lebedev was promoted to major general in 1942. In 1944, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star for good combat and political training of military units transferred from the 25th Army to the Western Front. In August 1945, Lebedev was one of the commanders of military operations of the 25th Army of the Far Eastern Front during the Soviet-Japanese War, which led to the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese rule.[citation needed]
Following the liberation of Korean Peninsula and the subsequent Soviet occupation of the northern part of Korean Peninsula, Lebedev was appointed as the head of the Soviet Civil Administration. He was in charge of carrying out the instructions from the top officials, such as Terenty Shtykov in Pyongyang.[citation needed]
During his time as the head of Soviet civil administration in Korea, Lebedev directed several political initiatives to make Kim Il Sung, who was an unknown person at home, the leader of North Korea. Il-Sung Park, who taught Marxist-Leninist ideology to Kim at that time, testified that Lebedev was the first person to initiate the idolization and cult of personality of Kim Il Sung.
For his efforts, Lebedev is considered as one of the founders of the Workers' Party of Korea. On 10 September 1948, he returned to the Soviet Union after the official establishment of the North Korean government. Kim invited him to North Korea every year since then.