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Beloborodov, Afanasy Pavlantyevich

Date of birth:
January 31st, 1903 (Akinino-Baklashi/Irkutsk Governorate, Russia)
Date of death:
September 1st, 1990 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Soviet War Cemetery Lenino-Snegiri
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Major general. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union.

Career:
1920: 8th Irkutsk Regiment, 1st Chita Infantry Division;
1923 - 1926: Nizhny Novgorod Infantry School;
? - 1936: Frunze Military Academy;
March 1939: Operations Chief of Staff, 31st Rifle Corps;
juni 1939: Chief of Staff, 43rd Rifle Corps;
July 1941: Commanding Officer, 78th Rifle Division;
1942: Commanding Officer 5th Guards Rifle Corps;
August 1943: Commanding Officer 2nd Guards Rifle Corps;
?: Commanding Officer 43rd Army;
1963 - 1968: Commanding Officer Moscow Military District.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Awarded on:
May 1st, 1944
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy, 43 Armiei (Commander, 43rd Army)
Awarded on:
July 22nd, 1944
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy, 43 Armiei (Commander 43rd Army)
Awarded on:
July 22nd, 1944
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komanduyushchy, 43 Armiei (Commander 43rd Army)
Awarded on:
April 19th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1965
Yubileinaya medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 25th, 1975
Yubileinaya medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 12th, 1985
Yubileinaya medal

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