• Joined the Red Army in 1918.
  • Fought in the Civil War , 1918-1920.
  • Lieutenant General of Signal Troops, 12/27/1941.
  • Colonel General of Signal Troops, 3/31/43.
  • Marshal of Signal Troops, 2/21/44. Only Russian World War II officer to hold this rank.
  • Responsible for communications on most fronts.
  • Commander in Chief of Signal Troops, 1941-1947.
  • Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Defense, 1957-1958.
  • Born June 18, 1904, Died October 12, 1978.
M-1943 Service / Walking Out Uniform 
Marshal of Signals
​Ivan Terentevich Peresypkin
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Soviet Marshal of Signals Ivan Terentevich Peresypkin
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Peresypkin at a staff meeting in his M-1943 Service / Walking Out uniform
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