S. M. Budenny
Budënny, Semën Mikhailovich (1883-1973), a Russian army officer. From 1903 to 1917, Budënny was with the Cossack cavalry in the czar's army. As head of the Red Army's cavalry, he helped defeat the White Russian armies in the civil war that followed the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917. Budënny was made marshal in 1935. In World War II, he was removed from command of the southern front in November, 1941, following a major victory by the Germans.