Serge Andolenko
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Serge Andolenko (26 June 1907 - 27 August 1973) was a French military officer of Ukrainian origin who became brigade général of the French Army.
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Born | 26 June 1907 Volotchysk (Ukraine) |
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Died | 27 August 1973 (1973-08-28) (aged 66) France |
Service/ | French Army French Foreign Legion |
Years of service | 1924–1963 |
Rank | Général de brigade |
Commands held | 5th Infantry Battalion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment Assistant Inspector of the Technical Inspection of the Foreign Legion |
Battles/wars | Moroccan Campaign World War II Algerian War |
Awards | Légion d'honneur |
Other work | Military Attaché of French mission to Vienna (1961-1963) |
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Born in Volochysk in 1907 in the Ukraine, then in the Russian Empire, he was the only son, of an aristocratic family of military traditions (Cossacks). His father, Paul, a tsarist officer, was a magistrate and dragoon captain in the Imperial Russian Army who died in 1931 in one of Stalin's first purges.