Fyodor Kostenko

Fyodor Ya. Kostenko
Born	February 22, 1896
Died	May 26, 1942
Place of birth	Bolshaya Martynovka, Russian Empire
Place of death	Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Years of service	1915–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1942 (Soviet Union)
Rank	lieutenant general
Commands held	2nd Cavalry Corps 26th Army
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II

Fyodor Ya. Kostenko (1896–1942) was a Soviet corps and army commander. He was born in Martynovsky District, Rostov Oblast to an ethnic Ukrainian family. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks during the subsequent civil war. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of the Red Star.

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