Shevchenko, Mikhail Stepanovich
- Date of birth:
- May 22nd, 1911 (Kamenka, Cherkasy, Ukraine)
- Date of death:
- May 9th, 1992 (Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
- Buried on:
- Military Cemetery Novohrad-Volynskyi
- Nationality:
- Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)
Biography
Guards Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Shevchenko served in the Red Army from 1930 and fought on the frontline since June 1941. He commanded the 11th Guards Cavalry Corps. Colonel Mikhail Shevchenko was placed in the reserves in 1959 and died on 9 May 1992.
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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- podpolkovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Unit:
- 11-ya gvardeyskaya - kavaleriyskiy korpus (11th Guards Cavalry Corps)
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1946
No. 8998
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- podpolkovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Unit:
- 11-ya gvardeyskaya - kavaleriyskiy korpus (11th Guards Cavalry Corps)
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1946
Goes with the Gold Star No. 8998.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- podpolkovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Unit:
- 11-ya gvardeyskaya - kavaleriyskiy korpus (11th Guards Cavalry Corps)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- podpolkovnik (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Unit:
- 11-ya gvardeyskaya - kavaleriyskiy korpus (11th Guards Cavalry Corps)
Sources
- Photo: warheroes.ru (public domain)
- - warheroes.ru
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