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Koshevoi, Pyotr Kirillovich

Date of birth:
December 21st, 1904 (Aleksandria/Kherson Governorate, Russia)
Date of death:
August 30th, 1976 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Novodevitsji Cemetery
Plot: 7. 
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Komandir 24 gvardeiskoi strelkovoi divizii (Commander 24th Guards Rifle Division)
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Komandir 24 gvardeiskoi strelkovoi divizii (Commander 24th Guards Rifle Division)
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Komandir 24 gvardeiskoi strelkovoi divizii (Commander 24th Guards Rifle Division)
Awarded on:
March 31st, 1943
Orden Suvorova 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Komandir 63 strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 63rd Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1943
Orden Kutuzova 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Komandir 63 strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 63rd Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
April 16th, 1944

Serial number 3598.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-mayor (Major-General)
Unit:
Komandir 63 strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 63rd Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
April 16th, 1944

Goes with Gold Star nr. 3598.
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komandir 71 strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 71st Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
July 4th, 1944
Orden Kutuzova 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komandir 36 gvardeiskogo strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 36th Guards Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
April 19th, 1945

Second Gold Star nr. 43.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komandir 36 gvardeiskogo strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 36th Guards Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1945
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 1
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Awarded on:
1945
Orden Lenina
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komandir 36 gvardeiskogo strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 36th Guards Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
May 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-leitenant (Lieutenant-General)
Unit:
Komandir 36 gvardeiskogo strelkovogo korpusa (Commander 36th Guards Rifle Corps)
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1945
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General-polkovnik (Colonel-General)
Awarded on:
May 16th, 1957
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General armii (Army General)
Awarded on:
May 7th, 1965
Yubileinaya medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza (Marshal of the Soviet Union)
Awarded on:
April 25th, 1975
Yubileinaya medal

Sources

  • - Geroļ Sovetskogo Soyuza [Heroes of the Soviet Union], Ministry of Defense, Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1987 (two volumes)
    - Warheroes.ru
    - Mirnagrad

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