Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Semyon Timoshenko

Battles of Semyon Timoshenko

Soviet military commander (1895-1970)

Semyon Timoshenko is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1939 and 1942: 7 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Russia (3), Ukraine (2), Soviet Union (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,159 km apart end to end, 693 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Eastern Front (5), Winter War (1), World War II (1).

Battle of SummaBattle of the Sea of AzovBattle of KievBattle of SmolenskBattle of BryanskBattle of VoronezhSecond Battle of KharkovBattle of KievBattle of SmolenskBattle of BryanskBattle of VoronezhSecond Battle of KharkovViennaStockholmSt. PetersburgBucharestWarsawBudapestHelsinkiMinskNizhny NovgorodSamara1000 km53.254N, 34.111E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1939: 1 engagements1941: 4 engagements4 in 19411942: 2 engagements19391942
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Summa, 1939Battle of Kiev, 1941Battle of Smolensk, 1941Battle of the Sea of Azov, 1941Battle of Bryansk, 1941Battle of Voronezh, 1942Second Battle of Kharkov, 194219391942
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
22 December 1939Battle of SummaSumma, RussiaFirst battle: Finnish victory; Second battle: Soviet...
1941Battle of KievKyiv, Ukraine1,122 km SGerman victory; Encirclement and destruction of Soviet...
1941Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Soviet Union492 km NGerman victory
1941Battle of the Sea of Azov1,037 km SAxis victory; Encirclement & destruction of Soviet 9th &...
1941Battle of BryanskRussia827 km NGerman victory
1942Battle of VoronezhRussia372 km SEAxis victory
12 May 1942Second Battle of KharkovKharkiv, Ukraine309 km SWAxis victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.