caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title birth_name
marshal of the soviet union semyon mikhailovich budyonny . 1903 -- 1954 imperial russian army 23px red army 1st cavalry army moscow military district reserve front moscow , russian sfsr 26 october 1973 platovskaya , don host oblast , russian empire russian 1917-1922 -rrb- -lrb- 1922-1973 -rrb- empire -lrb- 1903-1917 -rrb- russian sfsr 1918 -lrb- -lrb- 6 -rrb- order of the october revolution order of suvorov 8 , 1st class cross of st. george , 1 -- -rrb- 4 classes order of the red banner -lrb- russo-japanese war world war ii war world war i russian civil war polish-soviet 25 april 1883 marshal of the soviet union semyon budyonny.jpg semyon budyonny
 semyon mikhailovich budyonny
semyon budyonny

semyon mikhailovich budyonny -lrb- ; sometimes transliterated as `` budennyj '' , `` budyonnyy '' , `` budennii '' , `` budyoni '' , `` budyenny '' , or `` budenny '' ; ; -- october 26 , 1973 -rrb- was a red cossack , soviet cavalryman , military commander , politician and a close ally of soviet leader joseph stalin .
