Vasily Shugayev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vasily Shugayev

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1905

Place of Birth: Stavropol Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1976

Profession: military leader

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Vasily Shugayev

  • Vasily Minayevich Shugayev (Russian: ??????? ???????? ??????; 9 April 1905 – 21 November 1976) was a Soviet Army major general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Drafted into the Red Army in the late 1920s, Shugayev became a junior officer in cavalry units after enlisted service.
  • After graduating from the Frunze Military Academy's staff department in the late 1930s, he served in staff positions, which he held by the beginning of Operation Barbarossa.
  • After fighting in the Battle of Smolensk and the Battle of Moscow, Shugayev became a regimental commander in the 154th Rifle Division in early 1942.
  • He continued in command of the same regiment when the division was converted into the 47th Guards Rifle Division, leading it during the division's advance into Ukraine from mid-1943.
  • Given command of the division in March 1944, Shugayev was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership in the Lublin–Brest Offensive in August, but was severely wounded in late August and evacuated.
  • Returning to command of the 47th Guards after nearly two months, he led it for the rest of the war, which it ended in the Battle of Berlin.
  • After graduating from a course at the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy in the late 1940s, he commanded the 180th and 36th Rifle Divisions before his 1954 retirement for health reasons.

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