Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov

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Tomb of Vladimir Kryukov and Lidija Ruslanowa (2015)

Vladimir Viktorovich Kryukov ( Russian Владимир Викторович Крюков * 3 . Jul / 15. July  1897 greg. In buturlinovka ; † 16th August 1959 in Moscow ) was a Soviet cavalry officer during the Second World War he rose to lieutenant general on.

Life

Kryukov joined the Red Army in 1918 during the Russian Civil War .

In the Soviet-Finnish War he was commander of the 306 Rifle Regiment from February 1940, then from May 1940 commander of the 8th Infantry Brigade. According to the decree of the People's Commissariat of the USSR, on June 4, 1940, he was awarded the rank of major general . On March 11, 1941, he took command of the 198th Motorized Rifle Division in Karelia .

In the German-Soviet War

At the end of June 1941 his troops moved to the area northeast of Vyborg to fight the Finnish army . After heavy losses, his division was evacuated across Lake Ladoga on August 20 and reorganized into the 198th Rifle Division on September 17. From January 12 to February 3, 1942 he led the 10th Cavalry Corps on the Western Front , then from March 6 the 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps.

In April 1942, at a concert in Volokolamsk, he met the singer Lidija Andrejewna Ruslanowa , whom he married soon after. In November 1942, his cavalry corps took in the room Bjeloje on the Operation Mars part. From February to March 1943, the Krjukow cavalry group achieved a breakthrough during the Dmitryev-Sevsk operation , was cut off in the German hinterland and suffered heavy losses when retreating to Sevsk . On July 20, 1944, he took command of the mechanized cavalry group Krjukow (2nd Guards Cavalry and 11th Panzer Corps) in the area of ​​the 1st Belarusian Front, which advanced over the western Bug and reached the Polish border. Lieutenant General Krjukov's cavalry units operated under Marshal Rokossowskij in the Vistula-Oder operation and in the Battle of East Pomerania in early 1945 . In mid-January 1945 his troops crossed the Pilica and played a decisive role in the liberation of Warsaw . On April 6, 1945, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded him the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin .

post war period

In May 1946 he became head of the higher cavalry school for officers named after Marshal Budjonny . In October 1947 he became deputy commander of the 36th Rifle Corps.

On September 18, 1948, Kryukov was arrested in Moscow, and 10 days later his wife Lidija Andreevna was arrested in Kazan . The charge was "large-scale appropriation of assets". On November 2, 1951, he was sentenced to a 25-year prison term in a forced labor camp, his vast fortune was expropriated and all titles and awards were forfeited. His fortune consisted of very extensive looted goods and the like. a. from four cars, including a Horch and two Mercedes , 30 old carpets and a very large amount of jewelry from Germany. By decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on November 10, 1952, he was also removed from his military rank. After Stalin's death and the resumption of proceedings, he was rehabilitated in July 1953 and on August 10, 1953 his rank as "Lieutenant General" was restored. Another decree of the Supreme Soviet on August 14, 1953 restored his title Heroes of the Soviet Union. In 1954, Vladimir Kryukov graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff . From 1955 he worked as deputy head of the Academy for Military Justice . In 1957 he resigned from his offices.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Vladimir Kryukov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Arkadi Waksberg : The persecuted of Stalin - from the dungeons of the KGB. 1993, ISBN 3-499-19633-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Kryukov, Vladimir Viktorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Крюков, Владимир Викторович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet general
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Buturlinovka
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1959
Place of death Moscow