Nikolai Popel
Nikolai Kirillovich Popel (Russian: Никола́й Кири́ллович По́пель; 1901–1980) was a Lieutenant-General of the eighth Soviet tank corps and political commissar in the Red Army during World War II.[1]
During the Battle of Brody in the summer of 1941, he successfully attacked the German rear, cutting off the supply lines for the 11th Panzer Division and capturing Dubno.
He is featured as a character in the 1985 Soviet film Battle of Moscow, in which he is portrayed by Valeri Yurchenko.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Pleshakov, Konstantin (2005). Stalin's folly: the tragic first ten days of World War II on the Eastern front. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 192. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
Nikolay Popel.
External links[]
- Panzerschlacht bei Dubno-Luzk-Riwne (Russian)
Categories:
- 1901 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Kherson Governorate
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Soviet lieutenant generals
- Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War
- Soviet military personnel of the Winter War
- Soviet military personnel of World War II