Nikolai Kirillovich Booger
Nikolai Kirillowitsch Popel ( Russian: Николай Кириллович Попель ; January 2, 1901 , † February 1980 in Moscow ) was a Soviet Lieutenant General of the Armored Force and an official of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
During the Second World War , at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, he was People's Commissar and Major General, deputy to General Dmitri Ivanovich Ryabyshev as commander of the 8th Mechanized Corps. In the tank battle near Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne (June 23-29, 1941) he attacked the enemy near Dubno , was initially able to decide the fighting for the Soviet side, but could not prevent the subsequent defeat. In addition to the Citadel company in 1943, the Battle of Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne was the largest tank battle of World War II. From August 25 to December 8, 1941, he was a member of the Military Council of the 38th Army . From September 1942 he was the military commissioner of the 3rd Mechanized Corps. From January 30, 1943 until the end of the war, he was a member of the military council of the 1st Panzer Army under General Katukow (renamed the 1st Guard Panzer Army from April 25, 1944).
In the Soviet film The Battle of Moscow from 1985, his role was played by Valery Yurchenko.
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- ↑ Constantine Pleshakov : Stalin's folly: the tragic first ten days of World War II on the Eastern front . 2005, p. 192 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Booger, Nikolai Kirillovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Попель, Николай Кириллович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet lieutenant general and party activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1901 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1980 |
| Place of death | Moscow |