Konstantin Leontievich Sorokin ( June 3, 1901 - May 4, 1989 ) - Soviet military leader, lieutenant-general (1945).
| Konstantin Leontievich Sorokin | ||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | June 3, 1901 | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | D. Nikolaevka Kalininsky district of the Saratov region | |||||||||
| Date of death | May 4, 1989 (87 years) | |||||||||
| Place of death | Kuibyshev | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  Russian empire RSFSR the USSR | |||||||||
| Type of army | ground troops | |||||||||
| Years of service |  1920 - 1956 | |||||||||
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| Battles / Wars | Russian Civil War , Great Patriotic War , Soviet-Japanese War | |||||||||
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| Retired | 1956 | |||||||||
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Biography
Born in the village of Nikolaevka, Kalininsky district, Saratov region, in a peasant family. In the Red Army since 1920. Member of the Civil War in the Tambov region and Ukraine.
In 1924 he graduated from the military-political school. In 1924-1933, the political officer of the squadron, company, military commissar of the company, the senior instructor of the political department of the division.
In 1937 he graduated from the Military-Political Academy. V.I. Lenin . In 1937–1940 in the political department of the Trans-Baikal IN , first deputy head.
From June 1940 - Head of the Political Propaganda Department of the 16th Army . In June 1941 the rank of brigadier commissioner was conferred.
In the Patriotic War since July 1941 as part of the 16th Army of the Western Front.
In October 1941 - the military commissar of the newly formed 1st Guards Rifle Corps , then a member of the Military Council of the newly formed 26th Army . Since November 1941 a member of the Military Council of the 50th Army .
Since November 1942, the head of the political department of the Transcaucasian Front , participated in the liberation of the North Caucasus.
From July 1944 to September 1945 a member of the Military Council of the Trans-Baikal Front . Member of the war with Japan.
He continued his service in the Army until 1956 (head of the political department of the Primorsky VO, a member of the Military Council of the Carpathian and Volga VO). Upon his retirement, he worked as director of the Kuibyshev Regional Museum. The author of memoirs.
Awards
- The order of Lenin;
- three orders of the Red Banner;
- two orders of World War I degree;
- Order of the Red Star;
- Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree;
- medal "XX years of the Red Army", other medals, awards MNR.
Honorary citizen of the cities of Shchekino (12/20/1976), Tula and Kaluga (1967). Buried in Samara.
Literature
- Sorokin K. L. And behind us is Moscow !: Dokum. narration. - 2nd ed., Corr. and add.- Kuybyshev: Prince. publishing house, 1990.- 243 p.
- KL Sorokin. Difficult days of the forty-first .- M .: Voenizdat, 1991.- 237 s.- (Military memoirs)
- Sorokin K. Fight for Tula // At the distant approaches to Moscow .- M., 1942.- P.63-68.
Movies
- On the Tula direction. 1941.
Literature
- Who was who in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Oleg Alexandrovich Rzheshevsky, Nikolai Vasilievich Borisov, E. K. Zhigunov. Republic, 2000 - Total Pages: 428
Links
- http://www.generals.dk/general/Sorokin/Konstantin_Leontevich/Soviet_Union.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094935/http://www.tounb.ru/library/tula_region/history/ArticleByName.aspx?ArticleName=%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0 % BE% D0% BA% D0% B8% D0% BD% 20% D0% 9A% D0% BE% D0% BD% D1% 81% D1% 82% D0% B0% D0% BD% D1% 82% D0 % B8% D0% BD% 20% D0% 9B% D0% B5% D0% BE% D0% BD% D1% 82% D1% 8C% D0% B5% D0% B2% D0% B8% D1% 87
- http://sensusware.ru/sorokin_konstantin_leont_.html
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