Korshunov Evgeny Vasilievich (April 15, 1907, the city of Sestroretsk , St. Petersburg province - March 1, 1970, Moscow ) - Soviet military commander, Colonel General (06/16/1965).
| Evgeny Vasilyevich Korshunov | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | April 15, 1907 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Sestroretsk , St. Petersburg Province , Russian Empire | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | March 1, 1970 (aged 62) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | |||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||
| Type of army | Cavalry , Ground Forces of the USSR , Air Defense Forces | |||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1928 - 1968 | |||||||||||||||
| Rank |  Colonel General | |||||||||||||||
| Commanded | 27th Infantry Division , 4th Separate Air Defense Army , Military Command Academy of Air Defense | |||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||||||||||||||
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| Retired | since 1968 | |||||||||||||||
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Childhood and Youth
During the First World War, he lost his parents. Since December 1917, he was brought up in an orphanage in the city of Detskoe Selo (now Pushkin) . Since 1921 he worked on the construction of the Semirechenskaya railway in Central Asia , since 1922 - in Yekaterinoslav , from March 1923 - on the Merefo-Kherson railway, from October 1924 - in the locomotive depot of the station Nizhnedneprovsk-Uzel (assistant mechanic , locksmith , fireman , assistant driver ).
Pre-War Service
In the Red Army since October 1928. He graduated from the Borisoglebsko-Leningrad cavalry school in 1931. Since June 1931, he served in the 10th cavalry regiment of the 2nd Chernigov name of the German Communist Party of the Red Cossacks of the cavalry division of the Ukrainian (from 1935 - Kiev) military district : commander of a cavalry platoon , commander of a sapper platoon, assistant chief of staff of the regiment, chief of intelligence staff of the regiment , chief of communications of the regiment, chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the regiment, assistant chief of staff, chief of staff of the regiment. In 1937 he graduated from the Red Banner Cavalry Courses in Kiev .
Since May 1938 - communications chief of the 15th cavalry regiment of the 3rd Bessarabian cavalry division named after G.I. Kotovsky (Izyaslavl). In 1941 he graduated from the Military Academy of the Red Army named after M.V. Frunze . Since May 1941 - assistant chief of operations department of the headquarters of the 217th Infantry Division of the Oryol Military District ( Borisoglebsk ).
World War II
Captain E.V. Korshunov has been a participant in the Great Patriotic War since July 1941. The division as part of the 28th , 43rd , 50th armies of the Western and Bryansk fronts participated in the Smolensk defensive battle .
In October 1941 he was sent to study at the Academy of the General Staff of the Red Army , but on November 8 he was recalled and appointed chief of staff of the 77th separate naval rifle naval brigade , from which he arrived on the Karelian Front in January 1942 both in the 14th and 19th th armies fought under Kandalaksha . Since May 1942 - Chief of Staff of the 186th Rifle Division of the 26th Army of the Karelian Front . The division took up defense near Kestenga .
From August 1942 until the Victory, Colonel Korshunov commanded the 27th Infantry Division on Karelian, and from March 1945 on the 2nd Belorussian Front. Member of the defense of Karelia , Svir-Petrozavodsk and East Pomeranian offensive operations. Particularly, the division under his command distinguished itself in the assault on Danzig , and for the battles in Pomerania , in the spring of 1945 the division received the honorary name "Gdynia" and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Post-war time
In 1948 he graduated from the Higher Military Academy. K.E. Voroshilov . From March 1948, he was deputy chief, and from January 1950, he was chief of the operational management of the headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District . Since August 1953 - Chief of Operations Directorate of the Headquarters of the Central Group of Forces .
Then he was transferred from the Ground Forces to the Air Defense Forces of the country . Since December 1954 - Chief of Staff of the Baku Air Defense District . Since May 1957 - commander of the Ural Air Defense Army - deputy commander of the Ural Military District for the Air Defense Forces of the country (after renaming since February 1961, the army was called the 4th Separate Air Defense Army , the army headquarters was located in Sverdlovsk ). Since July 1963 - First Deputy Commander of the Baku Air Defense District.
Since May 26, 1964 - Head of the Military Command Academy of Air Defense ( Kalinin ). Since July 1966 - at the disposal of the Minister of Defense of the USSR . Since April 1967 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces of the country for military schools - Head of the universities of the country's Air Defense. Since November 1968 - retired due to illness.
Member of the CPSU since 1932. Candidate of Military Sciences .
He was buried at the Preobrazhensky cemetery .
Rewards
- The order of Lenin
- 5 orders of the Red Banner (2.01.1944, 05/08/1945, 06/14/1945, ...)
- Order of the Red Star (1944, for length of service in the Red Army )
- medals
Literature and Sources
- Team of authors. World War II: Divisional Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary. - M.: Kuchkovo field, 2015 .-- T. 4 .-- S. 379-380. - 330 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9950-0602-2 .
- Kucheryavy M.M. The military security of Russia . - Monograph. - Yekaterinburg: Publishing House of the Ural University, 2010. - 186 p. - (Federal Inter-University Center for Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Education). - 500 copies. .
- Curriculum Vitae and photograph E.V. Korshunova on the site "Ural fraternity . "
- Award sheets on E.V. Korshunova in OBD "Memory of the people . "