Spiridon Chernyugov
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Spiridon Sergeyevich Chernyugov (Russian: Спиридон Сергеевич Чернюгов; 27 December 1900 – 1 November 1960) was a Soviet Army major general.
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Born | 27 December 1900 Goryunkovo, Mignovichskoy volost, Krasninsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 1 November 1960(1960-11-01) (aged 59) Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Rank | Major general |
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Chernyugov joined the Red Guards in late 1917 and transferred to the Red Army in early 1918, serving as an orderly and later as a Red Army man during the Russian Civil War. He became a junior commander after the end of the war upon graduation from command courses, serving in staff positions during the late 1930s. He became commander of the 117th Rifle Division as the Red Army expanded before Operation Barbarossa, leading it and later the 102nd Rifle Division during the Battle of Smolensk. Wounded, upon recovery, Chernyugov became commander of a rifle brigade that he continued to command when it became the 47th Rifle Division. He led the 8th Guards Rifle Division from late 1942 until a severe wounding during the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive in early 1944. After months of treatment, Chernyugov was given command of infantry courses for the rest of the war. Postwar, he briefly commanded a rifle brigade and held DOSARM positions before retiring in 1951.