Mikhail Seryugin
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Mikhail Petrovich Seryugin (Russian: Михаил Петрович Серюгин; 6 November 1906 – 27 March 1975) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held division command during World War II.
Mikhail Petrovich Seryugin | |
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Born | 6 November 1906 Ilyinskoye, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 27 March 1975(1975-03-27) (aged 68) Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service/ | Red Army (later Soviet Army) |
Years of service | 1928–1961 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Commands held | |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards |
Conscripted into the Red Army in the late 1920s, Seryugin became an officer and served in Azerbaijan and Ukraine before World War II. A regimental commander when the war began, he escaped encirclement in the Second Battle of Kharkov while a division chief of staff. Seryugin became commander of the 160th Rifle Division in mid-1942, leading the unit, which became the 89th Guards Rifle Division in early 1943, for the rest of the war. Postwar, he commanded divisions and a corps, rising to deputy commander of an army before his retirement.