Aleksei Fedorovich Kushnir ( 1907 , Moysentsy - May 9, 1979 ) - major general of the USSR tank forces (05/31/1954) [1] [2] [3] .
| Alexey Fedorovich Kushnir | |||||||||
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| Date of Birth | 1907 | ||||||||
| Place of Birth | Moisentsy, Moisen volost , Zolotonoshsky uyezd , Poltava province , Russia | ||||||||
| Date of death | May 9, 1979 | ||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||||
| Type of army | tank forces | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1930-1946 | ||||||||
| Rank |  major general | ||||||||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War
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Biography
He was born in 1907 in the village of Moisentsy, Zolotonoshsky uyezd, Poltava province [2] (the village was located on the territory of modern Cherkasy region , in 1960 it was flooded). He studied in 1930-1932 at the Vladikavkaz infantry school, in 1940 he graduated from the MV Frunze Military Academy [2] [3] .
A veteran of the Great Patriotic War from the first days: he fought as part of the 20th Panzer Division of the 9th Mechanized Corps under the command of K.K. Rokossovsky . A participant in tank battles between Lutsk , Rivne and Novograd-Volynsky [2] , the tank division covered Lutsk-Rivne and Korostensky-Zhytomyr directions [3] . In August 1941, when withdrawing parts of the division from the encirclement in the Korosten area, Kushnir was seriously wounded, but was awarded the Order of the Red Banner [2] [3] for completing this task.
Until December 1941, he was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Tbilisi , after recovering, he served in the armored and mechanized troops of the Transcaucasian Front [2] [3] . A participant in the battles of Mozdok and Nalchik: in October 1942, he led armored forces to repel the German offensive on Vladikavkaz [2] . From the beginning of 1944 until the end of World War II, he fought in the 1st Army of the Polish Army ( 1st Belorussian Front ) [2] [3] . Member of the liberation of Ukraine, Poland (the capture of Warsaw), the capture of Berlin and access to the Elbe [2] . In total, during the war he was twice wounded and once shell-shocked [3] . He returned from the front in 1946 [2] .
He was awarded the Order of the Red Star (February 9, 1943), the Order of the Red Banner (September 7, 1944), the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (March 8, 1945), medals for the defense of Kiev and the Caucasus, the liberation of Warsaw [3] and the capture of Berlin. Also awarded the Polish Order of Virtuti Militari [2] .
Was married. Daughter - Nelly, granddaughter - Ogita Matveevna Klimova [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Kalashnikov K. A., Dodonov I. Yu. The highest command of the USSR Armed Forces in the post-war period. References (1945-1975). Volume 3. The command staff of the tank troops. Ust-Kamenogorsk: Media Alliance, 2017. - ISBN: 978-601-7887-15-5. - S. 625.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Official website of the movement “Immortal Regiment”. Kushnir Alexey Fedorovich (Russian)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Immortal regiment - Moscow. Kushnir Alexey Fedorovich (Russian)
Literature
- Henryk Kosk. Generalicja polska. - Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks", 1998. - T. I.