Semyon Budyonny


Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny ( listen ; sometimes transliterated as Budennyj, Budyonnyy, Budennii, Budyoni, Budyenny, or Budenny; Russian:Семён Миха́йлович Будённый; April 25 [O.S. April 13] 1883 – October 26, 1973) was a red cossack, Soviet cavalryman, military commander, politician and a close ally of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.