Issa Pliyev

Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev
Born	25 November 1903 Stariy Batakoyurt, Russian Empire (now North Ossetia, Russia)
Died	2 February 1979 (aged 75)
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Years of service	1926 - 1968
Rank	General of the Army
Commands held	5th Cavalry Division 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps 1st Guards Cavalry Mechanized Group Mobile Group Pliyev Soviet Mongolian Cavalry Mechanized Group 13th Army North Caucasus Military District Soviet Ground Forces in Cuba
Battles/wars	Battle of Moscow Battle of Romania (1944) Battle of Debrecen Invasion of Manchuria
Awards	Twice Hero of the Soviet Union

Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev (Ossetian: Плиты Алыксандры фырт Иссæ; Russian: Исса Александрович Плиев) (25 November [O.S. 12 November] 1903 — 2 February 1979) was a Soviet military commander, Army General (1962), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (16 April 1944 and 8 September 1945), Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (1971). Member of the CPSU since 1926. He was an ethnic Ossetian.

During World War II, he commanded several mechanized cavalry units, ranging from regiments to army corps. He later commanded the North Caucasus Military District from 1958 to 1968.

Books Authored

• Плиев И.А.. Через Гоби и Хинган (Through the Gobi Desert and the Khingan Mountains). 1965.
• Плиев И.А.. Конец Квантунской армии (The End of the Kwantung Army). 1969

Honours and Awards

Soviet Awards

	Hero of the Soviet Union, two times
	Order of Lenin, seven times
	Order of the October Revolution
	Order of the Red Banner, three times
	Order of Suvorov, 1st class, two times
	Order of Kutuzov 1st class
	Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
	Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
	Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
	Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
	Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

Foreign Awards

	Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Order of Sukhbaatar, three times (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Order of the Red Banner, two times (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Medal "For Victory over Japan" (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Order of the Polar Star (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Medal "30 year anniversary of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol" (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Medal "40 year anniversary of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol" (Mongolian People's Republic)
	Order of Red Banner (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
	Czechoslovak Military Commemorative Medal (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)
60px	Silver Cross of Virtuti Militari (Poland)
	Commander's Cross Polonia Restituta, (Poland)
	Commander, Legion of Merit (USA)
	Commander of the Legion d'Honneur (France)
	Croix de guerre 1939–1945 with bronze palm (France)

See also

• Soviet invasion of Manchuria
• Book Review at FMSO on Cuban Crisis
• Operation August Storm Leavenworth Paper No. 7 by David Glantz