Oka Gorodovikov
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Born | 1 October [O.S. 19 September] 1879 Mokraya Elmuta village, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire (located within present-day Rostov Oblast) |
Died | 26 February 1960 Moscow, USSR | (aged 80)
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Service/ | Land forces, cavalry |
Rank | Colonel general |
Battles/wars | World War I Russian Civil War World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov (Russian: Ока Иванович Городовиков; 1 October [O.S. 19 September] 1879, in Mokraya Elmuta village, current Rostov Oblast – 26 February 1960, in Moscow) was a Kalmyk Red Army cavalry general.
Biography[]
During July and August 1920, he commanded the 2nd Cavalry Army. He served as Inspector-General of Cavalry from 1938 to 1941, and as Deputy Commander of Cavalry from 1943 until his retirement in 1947. The town of Gorodovikovsk in his native Kalmykia was named after him in 1971.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Городовиков Ока Иванович". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
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Categories:
- 1879 births
- 1960 deaths
- Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery
- People from Proletarsky District, Rostov Oblast
- People from Don Host Oblast
- Kalmyk people
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- First convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
- Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic people
- Soviet colonel generals
- Russian military personnel of World War I
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Soviet people stubs