Karakoz, Mark Trofimovich

Ukrainian. In 1921 he joined the Red Army. Member of the civil war. Passed training courses on team courses.

In 1936 he graduated from the Military Academy. Frunze .

In 1939–1940, he served as head of the 1st Division of the Air Defense Forces Directorate.

In 1940-1941 - a student of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Red Army .

In 1941–1942 - Chief of Staff of the body of the Transcaucasian air defense zone . From 1942 - Chief of Staff of the Army of the Transcaucasian Air Defense Zone .

Then, from 11/20/1942 to 12/19/1942, Colonel M. T. Karakoz - commander of the 416 rifle division ( Transcaucasian Front ).

From 12/20/1942 to 04/25/1944 he commanded the 402nd Azerbaijani rifle division . Major General since 03/16/1943.

In connection with the creation of the 1st Army of the Polish Army and the strengthening of the Polish People's Army, he was enlisted in the ranks for the post of deputy army commander for logistics.

He served in the Polish army in this post from 1944 to 1945. He participated in the liberation of Warsaw, in a breakthrough through central Poland, the capture of Bydgoszcz , the assault of Kolberg , the East Pomeranian operation , the capture of Berlin .

In 1945–1946, he commanded the Fourth Military District of Poland ( Silesia ).

In 1946 - returned to the USSR in the rank of lieutenant general. He was appointed commander of the 8th Separate Guards Rifle Brigade (1946-1947), from March 1947 to March 1949 - Commander of the 13th Separate Guards Rifle Brigade ^[1] .

In 1949-1955 - senior lecturer at the Military Academy of the General Staff.

From 1955 until his retirement in 1962, he served in command positions in the Air Defense Forces and taught at the Military Academy of the General Staff .

In the post-war period, Lieutenant-General (Ret.) M. T. Karakoz - organizer of regular meetings of participants in the liberation of Poland.

the USSR

• Order of Lenin (1946)
• three orders of the Red Banner - (11/03/1944, 04/06/1945, 1951)
• Order of Kutuzov I degree (05/29/1945)
• Order of the Patriotic War, I degree (04/06/1985)
• Order of the Red Star (05/08/1943)

• • Medals:
  • "For military merit" (10/28/1967)
  • "XX years of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
  • “For military prowess. In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin " (1970)
  • "For the Defense of the Caucasus" (1944)
  • "For the capture of Berlin" (1945)
  • "For the liberation of Warsaw" (1945)
  • "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." (1945)
  • "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
  • "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
  • "Forty years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945."
  • "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1976)
  • "30 years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
  • "40 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
  • "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
  • "60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
  • "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" ^[2]

Foreign awards

• Golden Cross of the Virtuti Militari Order
• Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Order
• Golden Cross of Merit
• Medal "For Warsaw 1939-1945"
• Medal "For Audra, Nisa and Baltic"
• Medal "Victory and Freedom"
• Medal for participation in the battles for Berlin
• Medal on guard of the world

• M. Szczurowski. Dowodcy Wojska Polskiego pa froncie wschodnim 1943-1945. 1996

• MT Karakoz
• Retired Lieutenant-General Mark Trofimovich Karakoz with former brother-soldiers - photo