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Blagoveshchenskiy, Ivan Alekseyevich

Date of birth:
1893 (Yurievets/Ivanovo, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
August 1st, 1946 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Mass Graves Victims Communism New Cemetery Donskoye
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Ivan Blagoveshchenskiy was a Major General in the Red Army until his desertion in 1941. He was appointed chief of the propaganda section within the Russian Liberation Army (ROA). Blagoveshchenskiy was hanged for high treason in 1946.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1939
Orden Krasnogo Znameni

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