Filipp Zhmachenko
Filipp Feodosyevich Zhmachenko | |
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Native name | Филипп Феодосьевич Жмаченко |
Born | 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1895 Mogilno, Ovruchsky Uyezd, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 19 June 1966 Kiev, Soviet Union | (aged 70)
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Service/ | Red Army |
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Rank | Colonel general |
Commands held | 67th Rifle Corps 3rd Army 47th Army 40th Army |
Battles/wars | First World War Russian Civil War Second World War |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (twice) Order of the Red Banner (four times) Order of Suvorov First Class Order of Kutuzov First Class Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky First Class (twice) Order of the Red Star Order of the Badge of Honour |
Filipp Feodosyevich Zhmachenko (Russian: Филипп Феодосьевич Жмаченко; 26 November [O.S. 14 November] 1895 – 19 June 1966) was a Soviet Army colonel general and Hero of the Soviet Union.
Biography[]
Zhmachenko was born on 26 November 1895 to a Ukrainian peasant family in the village of Mogilno, Ovruchsky Uyezd in the Volhynian Governorate. After graduating from the village school in 1906, he became a railway repair worker.[1]
He participated in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. In 1937-1938, he was commander of the , until he was arrested in June 1938. He remained in custody until July 1939. He was restored in the Red Army and in November 1939, he was appointed chief of staff of the Kharkov Military District. Since March 1941, he was the commander of the 67th Rifle Corps.
After the start of Operation Barbarossa, the 67th Rifle Corps became in July 1941 part of the 21st Army of the Western Front and under the command of Zhmachenko, participated in the Battle of Babruysk during the Battle of Smolensk. In mid-July 1941, he was replaced as commander by Kuzma Galitsky. He then received command of the 42nd Rifle Division, but was wounded and out of action until September 1941.
From September 1941 he was Deputy Commander of the 38th Army of the Southwestern Front. In February-May 1942, he became commander of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front. In September 1943 he was appointed commander of the 47th Army of the Voronezh Front.
From October 1943 until the end of the war, he commanded the 40th Army. With his army, he fought in the Battle of Kiev (1943), Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive, Bucharest-Arad Offensive, Battle of Debrecen, Siege of Budapest, Banská Bystrica and Bratislava–Brno Offensive, Prague Offensive, and the capture of Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
In October 1943, Zhmachenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for crossing the Dnieper River and holding the bridgehead south of Kiev.
He was promoted to the rank of colonel general on 29 May 1945.[2] After the war, he was appointed deputy commander of the Central Group of Forces in Austria. Since 1949, he was the deputy commander of the Belarusian Military District and in November 1953 of the Carpathian Military District. In 1955-1960, he was Chairman of the Central Committee of the DOSAAF of the Ukrainian SSR.
He retired in 1960 and died in Kiev on 19 June 1966. A street in the city was named after him.
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ "Жмаченко Филипп Феодосьевич" [Zhmachenko, Filipp Feodosyevich] (in Russian). Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Постановление СНК СССР от 29.05.1945 N 1241" [Decree of the SNK SSSR of 29 May 1945 No. 1241] (in Russian). 29 May 1945. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
Bibliography[]
- Beloborodov, Afanasy, ed. (1963). Военные кадры Советского государства в Великой Отечественной войне 1941 – 1945 гг [Military Leaders of the Soviet State in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. OCLC 500069534.
- Bulkin, Anatoly (2018). Генералитет Красной Армии (1918-1941). Военный биографический словарь в 3-х томах [Red Army Generals, 1918–1941: Three-volume Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). 1. Penza.
- Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2005). Великая Отечественная. Командармы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Army Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 5860901135.
Sources[]
- Generals.dk
- the article in the Russian Wikipedia, Жмаченко, Филипп Феодосьевич.
- 1895 births
- 1966 deaths
- Soviet colonel generals
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Russian people of World War II
- People from Volhynian Governorate
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union), 1st class
- Commanders of the Legion of Merit
- Recipients of the Military Order of the White Lion
- Burials at Baikove Cemetery
- Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
- Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- People from Korosten Raion