Afanasy Gryaznov

Afanasy Sergeyevich Gryaznov
Afanasy Sergeyevich Gryaznov
	Gryaznov in the 1950s or 1960s
Born	8 July 1899; Slastukha, Atkarsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	11 September 1969 (aged 70); Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian SFSR; Soviet Union;
Service/branch	Red Army (later Soviet Army)
Years of service	1919–1954
Rank	Major general
Commands held	64th Rifle Division (became 7th Guards Rifle Division); 1st Guards Rifle Corps; 14th Guards Rifle Division; 14th Rifle Corps; 15th Rifle Corps; 47th Rifle Corps; 99th Rifle Corps; 110th Rifle Corps; 82nd Rifle Corps;
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War; World War II;
Awards	Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner (5); Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class;

Afanasy Sergeyevich Gryaznov (Russian: Афанасий Сергеевич Грязнов; 8 July 1899 – 11 September 1969) was a Soviet Army major general.

Gryaznov joined the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and rose to junior command positions after its end. Holding command and staff positions in the Leningrad Military District during the 1920s and 1930s, he was studying at the Military Academy of the General Staff when Operation Barbarossa began. Gryaznov commanded the 64th Rifle Division (which became the 7th Guards) in the first months of the war and rose to lead the 1st Guards Rifle Corps in the Demyansk Offensive, but was relieved when the Soviet efforts in the latter failed. After commanding the 14th Guards Rifle Division from mid-1942, Gryaznov held a succession of corps commands during the rest of the war. His career ended in the early 1950s after serving as a professor at the Military Academy of the General Staff for several years.

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