Nikolai Kuzmich Kirillov ( November 30, 1897 , Saratov - August 25, 1950 , Moscow ) - Soviet military leader, Major General ( 1940 ). Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 1st convocation.
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| Date of Birth | November 30, 1897 | ||
| Place of Birth | Saratov | ||
| Date of death | August 25, 1950 (52 years) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow | ||
| Affiliation |  Russian Empire →  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | Infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1916 - 1918 years 1920 - 1941 | ||
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| Commanded | 97th Infantry Regiment 50th Infantry Regiment 19th Infantry Division 13th infantry corps | ||
| Battles / Wars | World War I Russian civil war The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Initial biography
Nikolai Kuzmich Kirillov was born on November 30, 1897 in Saratov.
Military Service
World War I and Civil War
In May 1916 he was drafted into the ranks of the Russian Imperial Army and sent as a private to the 90th reserve infantry regiment stationed in Saratov. In December of the same year, he was sent to study at the Orenburg school of ensigns , after which in June 1917 he was sent to the 305th infantry regiment, as a member of the rank of ensign who participated in combat operations on the Western Front as a platoon commander, elected company commander and battalion.
In February 1918 he was demobilized from the army, after which he studied at the construction college in Saratov, and then worked at the plant.
In February 1920, he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army , after which he served as a commissioner for the Directorate of Sanitary Units of the Caucasus Front .
Interwar Time
In June 1921, he was appointed the company commander of the general education of the Saratov provincial military registration and enlistment office, and in May 1922, the platoon commander of the 4th infantry regiment of the 2nd brigade stationed in Saratov.
From June 1922 he served in the 33rd Infantry Division as Assistant Commander and Commander of the Company of the 94th Infantry Regiment, Chief of the Divisional School, Chief of Staff and Commander of the 97th Infantry Regiment .
In December 1928 he was sent to study at the shooting and tactical courses " Shot ", which he graduated in August 1929 .
In 1931 he joined the ranks of the CPSU (b) .
In 1932 he graduated in absentia two courses of the Military Academy named after MV Frunze .
In August 1932, Kirillov was sent to study at the Air Force Academy. Professor N. Ye. Zhukovsky , but in September of the same year he was recalled and appointed to the position of inspector of the 15th air raid .
In March 1933, he was appointed as commander of the 50th rifle regiment , in January 1937 - as chief of staff, then - as commander of the 19th rifle division , and in February 1938 - as commander of the 13th rifle corps. ( Kiev Military District ). He was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 1st convocation.
Great Patriotic War
At the beginning of World War II, a corps under the command of Kirillov took part in a border battle west of the city of Stanislav . In early August, due to flank attacks by the enemy and an exit to the Pervomaisk region, the corps was surrounded south of the city of Uman . Major-General Nikolai Kuzmich Kirillov August 10, 1941 was captured. By order of the General Headquarters of the Supreme Command No. 270 of August 16, 1941, Kirillov was declared a malicious deserter who violated the oath and betrayed his Homeland, and by decision of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR of October 13, 1941, was sentenced to death in absentia.
Immediately the prosecution machine worked - wives and adult children of generals V. Ya. Kachalov , P. G. Ponedelin, and N. K. Kirillov suffered. Repressed and mother-in-law Kachalova. "…Quote…"
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Kirillov was held captive in the concentration camps of Wolfheide and Dachau .
On May 3, 1945, Kirillov was released by the Allied forces and handed over to representatives of the Soviet military administration in Germany , after which he was sent to Moscow , where he was arrested by order of the head of the investigation department of the SMERSh GUAMR, sanctioned by the head of SMERSH GUEMR V. S. Abakumov and the Chief Military Prosecutor, Lieutenant General of Justice N. P. Afanasyev December 30, 1945, after which he was under investigation. On August 25, 1950, he was convicted by the Military Collegium of the USSR Supreme Court under Art. 58, p. 1 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR (“treason against the motherland to servicemen”) and sentenced to capital punishment. On the same day he was shot, buried in Donskoy cemetery . According to the definition of the Military Collegium of the USSR Supreme Court of February 29, 1956, the case against Nikolai Kuzmich Kirillov was terminated “due to the absence of corpus delicti,” and he himself was reinstated in military rank and awards.
The families of generals Kirillov, Ponedelin and Kachalov were rehabilitated in 1954.
Awards
- Order of the Red Banner ;
- Anniversary medal "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" .
Memory
Notes
- ↑ Order No. 270, or executed generals.
- ↑ Selected thematic publications.
Literature
- The team of authors . Great Patriotic: Komkory. Military Biographical Dictionary / Under the general editorship of M. G. Vozhakina . - M. Zhukovsky: Kuchkovo Pole, 2006. - T. 1. - p. 262-263. - ISBN 5-901679-08-3 .
- Mirkiskin V. Further fate is unknown ... // Nezavisimaya Gazeta. - 2004. - 30 Apr