Alexey Tereshkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexey Tereshkov

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1893

Place of Birth: Karma, Belarus

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1960

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Belarus

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Alexey Tereshkov

  • Alexey Dmitrievich Tereshkov (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????????; Belarusian: ??????? ??????????? ????????; 17 March 1893–18 March 1960) was a Belarusian Soviet Army Lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
  • Tereshkov fought in World War I as a non-commissioned officer and then as a platoon leader.
  • After the February Revolution he joined the Bolshevik party and became a partisan fighting against German troops in Belarus.
  • Tereshkov became a Red Army officer and fought in the Russian Civil War as a company commander.
  • He fought in the Spanish Civil War and after Operation Barbarossa, was commander of the 413th Rifle Division in the Far East.
  • The division fought in the Battle of Moscow.
  • In May 1943, Tereshkov was appointed Commander of the 38th Rifle Corps, leading the corps during the Battle of Smolensk, Operation Bagration, Vistula–Oder Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin.
  • He was awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" for his leadership in the Vistula–Oder Offensive.
  • Postwar, Tereshkov led the 113th and 5th Guards Rifle Corps.
  • He retired in 1953 and died in 1960.

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