MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE SOVIET PRESS, 1 AUGUST-5 OCTOBER 1955

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Military - Order of Battle
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REPORT NO.
1955
Nov 1955
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION FROM THE SOVIET PRESS,
1 AUGUST-5 OCTOBER 1955
[Comment: This report presents information on outstanding Soviet
military and paramilitary personalities, obituaries, the most recent
press references to major military and naval commands, and summaries
of articles and editorials of special military interest. The report
supplements the FDD Summary series, Soviet Military Information From
"Krasnaya Zvezda" and Other Publications.
An asterisk after a personal name indicates that information is
contained under that name in the "Personalities" or "Obituaries" sec-
tion of this report. A bracketed rank or position, e.g. [Col Gen],
indicates that the officer has previously been identified in that
rank or position, but was not so identified in the sources of this
report. When identification is not positive, a question mark fol-
lows the indicated rank or position.]
Cruiser Dzerzhinskiy
The caption of a photograph of Mar SU N. A. BULGANIN -- who is shown in-
"
specting the
cruiser
ship's company of a warship -- identified the ship as the
Dzerzhinskiy
of the Black Sea Fleet," and stated that the photograph was taken
on 14 August
1955? (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 4
Sep 55)
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Identification of Military and Naval Commands
Baltic Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 17 Sep 55)
Belorussian Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 11 Sep 55)
Black Sea Fleet (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 17 Sep 55)
Carpathian Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 8 Sep 55)
Caspian Sea Flotilla (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 6 Sep 55)
Far East Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Sep 55)
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (Moscow, Pravda, 22 Sep 55)
Leningrad Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 14 Sep 55)
North Caucasus Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 14 Sep 55)
Northern Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Sep 55)
Pacific Fleet (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 6 Sep 55)
Transbaykal Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 15 Sep 55)
Ural Military District (Moscow, Pravda, 14 Sep 55)
Volga Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Sep 55)
Voronezh Military District (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 6 Sep 55)
ALAFUZOV, V. A. (Vladimir Antonovich, Ada, Former Chief of the Main Naval
Staff?)
Listed as author of book, Doktriny ermansko o flota (Doctrines of the
German Navy), Veyenizd t, 1955, price 6 rubles. The book, which will be pub-
lished in the fourth quarter of 1955, contains a critique of the doctrines of
the German Navy during the "epoch of imperialism." (Moscow, Sovetskyye Knigi,
No 12, 1955)
(Note: ALAFUZOV's name was misspelled "ALFAUZOV" in FDD Summary 635.
Admiral Vladimir Antonovich ALAFUZOV, wartime Chief of the Main Naval Staff,
was last identified in the press as author of article, "Concerning the Nature
of Naval Operations," in Voyennaya Mysl', No 8, 1946.)
ARUSHANYAN, B., General Officer
An article concerning the city of Goris, Armenian SSE, stated that Goris
and the village of Khndzoresk gave to the Soviet Army generals S. KARAPETYAN
[deceased], B. ARUSHANYAN, and A. YEOLYAN*. Two other residents of the area,
Col G. GALSTYAN and a senior sergeant, both Heroes of the Soviet Union, "died
the death of the brave." (Yerevan, Kommunist, 21 Aug 55)
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BAGRAMYAN, I. Kh. [Ivan Khristoforovich), Mar SU
BAGRAMYAN, Mar SU S. S. BIRYUZOV*, and Deputy to the Supreme, Soviet USSR
I. N. KOZBEDUB* [Maj Gen Avn, Thrice BSU] were present at a reception in Mos-
cow on 16 September 1955, given by the Chairmen of the Council of the Union
and the Council of Nationalities in honor of a visiting delegation from the
French Parliament. (Moscow, Pravda, 17 Sep 55)
Present at a reception in Moscow on 22 September 1955 given by the French
Ambassador in honor of the above delegation. (Moscow, Pravda, 23 Sep 55)
BAKAYEV (M., Rear Adm), Kronshtadt Naval Fortress
Identified as the principal speaker at a meeting of the party aktiv of the
Kronshtadt Naval Fortress. (Moscow, Sovetskiy Flot, 13 Aug 55)
BAYKOV [Ivan Ivanovich) Vice-Adm, Cmdr of the Kronshtadt Naval Fortress
Spoke at a meeting of the party aktiv of the fortress on the necessity of
carrying out the decisions of the July Plenum of the Central Committee of the
CPSU. (Moscow, Sovetskiy Flot, 13 Aug 55)
BIRYUZOV, S. S. [Sergey Semenovich), Mar SU
See BAGRAMYAN, I. Kh.; and KRUGLOV, S. N.
BOLTIN, Ye. [A.], Maj Gen, Candidate of Military Science
Author of article, "On Soviet and Bourgeois Military Science." (Moscow,
Krasnaya Zvezda, 30 Aug 55)
[Comment: BOLTIN's article, which expresses interesting new Soviet ideas
on "bourgeois" military science, has been translated in full in 00-W-31530].
BOYKOV, I. I., Lt Gen, Cmdr of Soviet Forces in Austria
Identified as Commander of Soviet Forces in Austria. BOYKOV held a re-
ception in Vienna on 12 September 1955 in connection with the "imminent" with-
drawal of Soviet troops from Austria. (Moscow, Pravda, 14 Sep 55)
Participated in Vienna on 15 September 1955 in wreath-laying ceremonies at
the monument to the Soviet soldiers killed in the Battle of Vienna. (Moscow,
Pravda, 17 Sep 55)
BOYKOV and Soviet Ambassador IL'ICHEV visited Austrian Vice-Chancellor
SCBAERF on 19 September 1955 to notify him that the withdrawal of Soviet troops
from Austria would be completed on 20 September 1955. BOYKOV also thanked
SCHAERF for the help given by the Austrian government in the evacuation of the
troops. (Moscow, Pravda 20 Sep 55)
BUDENNYY, S. M. [Semen Mikhaylovichj, Mar SU
BYSTRIKOV [Grigoriy Fedorovich], Lt Gen, Baltic Fleet
Listed as author of article, "Know Your Equipment and Always Keep It in
Combat Readiness," which appeared in Na Vakhte, newspaper of the Baltic Fleet.
(Moscow, Sovetskiy Flot, 13 Aug 55)
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CHUYKOV, V. [Vasiliy Ivanovich, Mar SU, Cmdr of the Kiev MD]
Identified as "General V. CHUYKOV" in an article concerning the painting
of his portrait by members of the Studio of Military Artists imeni Grekov.
(Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 13 Aug 55)
FURASOV, I., Maj Gen
Listed as chief consultant in the making of the movie "Sluchay s efrey-
torom Kochetkovym" (An Incident in the Life of Pfc Kochetkov). (Minsk, Sovet-
skaya Belorussiya, 1 Sep 55)
(Note: A Maj Gen I. FURSOV was identified in Krasnaya Zvezda, 19 December
1953.)
GALITSKIY, I. P. [Ivan Pavlovich], Col Gen [Engr Trps, Chief of the Military
Engineering Academy imeni Kuybyshev]
Soviet General [I. P.?] GALITSKIY directed a 5-day war game at Papa, Hun-
gary, at the end of June 1955. The purpose of this game was to test the "mo-
torization" of the Hungarian Army. (Munich, Uj Hungaria, 20 Aug 55)
See also KRUGLOV, S. N.
GUSEV, N. I., Col Gen
See KRUGLOV, S. N.
INAURI, A. N. [Aleksey Nikolayevich, Maj Gen, Chairman of the KGB Georgian SSR],
Deputy to the Supreme Soviet Georgian SSR
Identified only as deputy to the Supreme Soviet Georgian SSR. INAURI was
present at the airfield in Tbilisi on 17 August 1955 to welcome a visiting del-
egation from the Yugoslav Parliament. (Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 18 Aug 55)
INAURI and V. P. MZHAVANADZE* were present at a dinner on 17 August 1955,
given by the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Georgian SSR in honor of the above
delegation. (Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 18 Aug 55)
Present at the airfield for the departure of the above delegation on
18 August 1955. (Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 19 Aug 55)
KATUKOV, M. Ye., Col Gen Tank Trps [Twice HSU]
As a colonel KATUKOV commanded a tank brigade in the Battle of Moscow; the
brigade was given the title "Guards" for its fighting ability in that battle.
(Moscow, Pravda, 25 Sep 55)
(Note: An article in Bloknot agitators) No 24, 1955, stated that KATUKOV's
unit went on to fight in the battles of the Kursk Salient, Stalingrad, the
Ukraine, the Baltic, and Belorussia; at Berlin; and in Manchuria against the
Japanese.)
KOLESNDCOV, I. S. [Ivan Stepanovich], Maj Gen, Commandant of the City of Moscow
Present at the departure of Chancellor ADENAUER from Moscow on 14 September
1955. (Moscow, Pravda, 15 Sep 55)
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Present at a reception in Moscow on 16 September 1955, given by the Mexi-
can Ambassador to the USSR in honor of a Mexican national holiday. (Moscow,
Pravda, 17 Sep 55)
See also KRUGLOV, S. N.; SOKOLOVSKIY, V. D.; and ZHUKOV, G. K.
KOLPAKCRI, V. Ye. [Vladimir Yakovlevich, Col Genj, Cmdr of the Northern MD
Participated in the Sixth Plenum of the Central Committee of the CP of the
Karelo-Finnish SSR, 15-16 August 1955. (Petrozavodsk,'Leninskaya Pravda,
20 Aug 55)
Presented a valuable gift to Officer BODNEV, commander of the engineer
(sapernoye) podrazdeleniye of an unidentified chest', for his outstanding work
in training his subordinates. Gifts were also presented to other officers.
(Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda) 16 Atg 55)
A letter from KONEV was read at a meeting honoring the 20th anniversary of
Krasnyy Boyets, newspaper of the Ural M. KONEV's letter congratulated the ed-
itors and workers of the paper for the outstanding aid they render to com-
manders and political workers. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Sep 55)
See also ZRUKOV, G. K.
KOZREDUB, I. N. [Ivan Nikitovich, Maj Gen AvnThrice HSU], Deputy to the Su-
preme Soviet USSR
See BAGRAMYAN, I. Kh.
KOZLOV, M. A. [Mark Aleksandrovich] Lt Gen, Chief of the Military Political
Academy imeni Lenin
Gave the principal speech at the regular graduation of students from the
academy, in Moscow on 2 September 1955. Participants in the graduation cere-
mony warmly greeted the presence of Mar SU G. K. ZHUKOV*, Minister of Defense
USSR. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Sep 55)
KRAS L.'NIKOV, S. [N.], Lt Gen, Professor, Doctor of Military Science
Author of article, "What Is Military Potential?" (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda,
20 Aug 55)
[Comment: KRASIL'NIKOV's article has been translated in full in 00-W-31521.]
KRUGLOV) S. N. [Sergey Nikiforovich, Col Gen] Minister [of Internal Affairs]
KRUGLOV; Mars SU. S. S. BIRYUZOV* and S. M. BUDENNYY*; Mars Avn S. F.
ZHAVORONKOV* and V. A. SUDETS*; Adm S. Ye. ZAKRAROV*: liens Arm G. K. MALANDIN*
and I. A. SEROV*, Col Gens I. P. GALITSKIY*, N. I. GUSEV*, and F. F. KUZNETSOV*;
and Maj Gen I. S. KOLESNIKOV* were present at a reception in Moscow on 9 Sep-
tember 1955, given by the Bulgarian Ambassador to the USSR in honor of Lib-r-
ation Day. (Moscow, Pravda, 10 Sep 55)
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KRUGLOV, Mar SU V. D. SOKOLOVSKIY*, and Gen Arm I. A. SEROV* were present
at BULGANIN's 12 September 1955 reception in honor of Chancellor ADENAUER.
(Moscow, Pravda, 13 Sep 55)
See also ZHUKOV, G. K.
KUZNETSOV, F. F. [Fedor Fedotovich] Col Gen (Chief of the Political Adminis-
tration of the Soviet Army?]
LIZYUKOV, A. I., General Officer
LIZYUKOV, identified only as "general," commanded a soyedineniye (of
tanks?] in the Battle of Moscow. The soyedineniye was given the title
"Guards" for its actions in'the battle. (Moscow, Pravda, 25 Sep 55)
MALANDIN, G. K. (German Kapitonovich] Gen Arm
MALANDIN and Maj Gen S. V. SOKOLOV*, Chief of the Foreign Liaison Section
(otdel) of the Ministry of Defense USSR, were present at the Leningradskiy
Station in Moscow on 20 September 1955 for the departure of the Finnish Min-
ister of Defense. (Moscow, Pravda, 21 Sep 55)
MESHCHERYAKOV, M., Gds Maj Gen, HSU [Chief of the Stalingrad Suvorov Mili-
tary School]
Author of article, "There Is No Surer Path to Happiness Than the Path of
Free Labor," concerning the happiness of working freely under the Soviet
system as opposed to working under "capitalist slavery." (Moscow, Molodoy
Kommunist, No 8, 1955)
MUS'YAKOV, P. (I.] MaJ Gen (Editor of Sovetskiy Moryak]
Author of article reviewing the novel, Chernomortsy (Black Sea Sailors),
by Vasil' KUCHER. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 11 Sep 55)
MZHAVANADZE, V. P. (Vasiliy Pavlovich, Lt Gen, First] Secretary of the Cen-
tral Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia
Present at the airfield in Tbilisi on 18 August 1955 for the departure
of a visiting delegation from the Yugoslav Parliament. (Tbilisi, Zarya Vos-
toka, 19 Aug 55)
See also INAURI, A. N.
PAVLOV, A., Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstan Republic Dosaaf Committee
Author of article calling for improvement in the work of various Dosaaf
organizations in the Kazakh SSR. (Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 27 Aug 55)
POKROVSKIY, G. [Georgiy Iosifovich, Maj Gen Engr-Tech Serv], Doctor of Techni-
cal Science
Author of article, "The Problems of the Far-Reaching Uses of Atomic
Energy," concerning the possibilities of using atomic energy for industry as
discussed at the Geneva Conference and at the latest sessions of the Academy
of Sciences USSR. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 21 Aug 55)
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POLUBOYAROV, p. (Pavel Pavlovich], Gds Col Gen Tank Trps, BSU [Member of the
Editorial Board of VoyennV?yennail-]
Opened a meeting in Moscow on 24 September 1955 commemorating Tankmen's
Day. (Moscow, Pravda, 25 Sep 55)
Author of article, "Guarding the Peace and Security of the Motherland,"
commemorating Tankmen'a Day, 25 September 1955. POLUBOYAROV reviewed in vague
terms the history of Soviet tank and armored troops and of tank construction
in the USSR; praised the World War II role of Soviet and Czechoslovak tankmen
and of Bulgarian, Rumanian, and Yugoslav soldiers; and cited the part played
in Manchuria, in the battles against the Japanese, by the Eighth and Fourth
People's Revolutionary armies of China. POLUBOYAROV also praised the out-
standing combat qualities of the soyedineniye commanded by General A. I.
LIZYUKOV* and the tank brigade commanded by colonel (now Colonel General of
Tank Troops) M. Ye. KATUKOV*, both of which fought in the Battle of Moscow and
were awarded the title "Guards." (Moscow, Pravda, 25 Sep 55)
PROTSENKO [V., Rear Adm?]
Officer PROTSENKO was the principal speaker at an organized discussion
of the theoretical aspects of the decisions of the July Plenum of the Cen-
tral Committee of the CPSU. (Moscow, Sovetskiy Flot, 10 Aug 55)
REVENKO, P. M., Maj Gen
Identified as Chief Judge of the Summer Spartakiada of the Soviet Army
and Navy in an article based on an interview with a Krasnaya Zvezda corre-
spondent. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 14 Aug 55) ~~--
RODIMTSEV, A. [Gds Lt] Gen, [Twice RSU]
Identified only as "general" in an article concerning a portrait of him
made by members of the Studio of Military Artists imeni Grekov. (Moscow,
Krasnaya Zvezda, 13 Aug 55)
SEROV, I. A. [Ivan Stepanovich], Gen Arm [Chairman of the KGB USSR]
See KRUGLOV, S. N; and ZHUKOV, G. K.
SBAPOSHNIKOV, V., Chief of the Propaganda and Agitation Section, Main Ad-
ministration of the Civil Air Fleet
Author of article, "Use All Power in Fulfilling the Decisions of the July
Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU." (Moscow, Grazhdanskaya Avitsiya,
No 8, 1955)
SOKOLOV, S. V., Maj Gen, Chief of the Foreign Liaison Section, Ministry of De-
fense USSR
See MALANDIN, G. K.
SOKOLOVSKIY, V. D. [Vasiliy Danilovich], Mar SU [Chief of the General Staff of
the Soviet Army and Navy]
SOKOLOVSKIY and Maj Gen I. S. KOLESNIKOV* were present at Tsentral'nyy
Airfield in Moscow on 15 September 1955 for the arrival of Finnish President
PASSIKIVI. (Moscow, Pravda, 16 Sep 55)
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Present at a luncheon in Moscow on 16 September 1955, given by K. Ye.
VOROSRILOV in honor of the President of Finland. (Moscow, Pravda, 17 Sep 55)
Present at a dinner in Moscow on 18 September 1955, given by the Presi-
dent of Finland. (Moscow, Pravda, 19 Sep 55)
SOKOLOVSKIY and Maj Gen I. S. KOLESNIKOV* were present at Tsentral'nyy
Airfield in Moscow on 21 September 1955 for the departure of the GDR govern-
mental delegation. (Moscow, Pravda, 22 Sep 55)
See also KRUGLOV, S. N.; and ZHUKOV, G. K.
SUDETS, V. A. [Vladimir Aleksandrovich], Mar Avn
See KRUGLOV, S. N.
VOROB'YEV, V. [F.] Lt Gen
Author of article, "Outstanding Victory of the Soviet Armed Forces," com-
memorating the tenth anniversary of the victory "of the countries of the anti-
fascist coalition" over militaristic Japan. VOROB'YEV does not however, de-
fine "antifascist coalition," other than to say that the USSR and China played
the "most important role" in the defeat of Japan. Fie also cited the USSR's
awareness of her commitments to her allies, and her great desire to aid the people
of the US, England, and China in the struggle against the aggressor. (Moscow,
Krasnaya Zvezda, 3 Sep 55)
YEOLYAN, A., General Officer
See ARUSHANYAN, B.
ZAKHAROV, S. Ye. [Semen Yegorovich], Aim [First Deputy Chief of the MPA, Min-
istry of Defense USSR]
See KRUGLOV, S. N.
ZHAVORONKOV, S. F., Mar Avn [Chief of the Main Administration of the Civil Air
Fleet]
See KRUGLOV, S. N.
ZHUKOV, G. K. [Georgiy Konstantinovich] Mar SU, Minister of Defense USSR
Present at the 2 September 1955 graduation ceremonies for students of the
Military Political Academy imeni Lenin in Moscow. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda,
3 Sep 55)
ZHUKOV; S. N. KRUGLOV*; Mars SU I. S. KONEV* and V. D. SOKOLOVSKIY*; Gen
Arm I. A. SEROV*; and Maj Gen I. S. KOLESNIKOV* were present at a reception in
Moscow on 17 September 1955, given by N. A. BULGANIN In honor of the Prime
Minister of the GDR. (Moscow, Pravda, 18 Sep 55)
ZHUKOV, S. N. KRUGLOV*, Mar SU V. D. SOKOLOVSKIY*, Gen Arm I. A. SEROV*,
and Mal Gen I. S. KOLESNIKOV* were present at a reception in Moscow on 18 Sep-
tember 1955, given by the President of Finland. (Moscow, Pravda, 19 Sep 55)
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A photograph in source shows, but does not identify, ZHUKOV at the sign-
ing of the treaty between the USSR and the GDR, in Moscow on 20 September
1955? (Moscow, Pravda, 21 Sep 55)
ZHUKOV, Mar SU V. D. SOKOLOVSKIY*, Gen Arm I. A. SEROV*, and Maj Gen
I. S. KOLESNIKOV* were present at a dinner in Moscow on 20 September 1955,
given by N. A. BULGANIN in honor of the GDR governmental delegation. (Moscow,
Pravda, 21 Sep 55)
ZHUKOV and Mar SU V. D. SOKOLOVSKIY* were present at a luncheon in Mos-
cow on 20 September 1955, given by the Prime Minister of the GDR. (Moscow,
Pravda, 21 Sep 55)
ZHUKOV, Mar. SU V. D. SOKOLOVSKIY*, Gen Arm I. A. SEROV*, and Maj Gen I. S.
KOLESNIKOV* were present at Tsentral'nyy Airfield in Moscow on 20 September
1955 for the departure of the President of Finland. (Moscow, Pravda,
21 Sep 55)
BORICOV, Nikolay Andreyevich, Maj Gen Engr-Tech Serv, Hero of Socialist Labor
Died on 13 September 1955 after a long, serious illness. BORISOV joined
the Communist Party in 1931; he began working as an apprentice metalsmith, and
after finishing a "worker's faculty" [special training courses] at the Moscow
Machine-Building Institute he held several technical positions and was chief
engineer at a machine-building plant.
Since 1938 BORISQV worked as Deputy Chairman of Gosplan USSR, as
Deputy Member of GOKO Gosekonomkomissiya SSR, State Economic Commission
USSR), and as a responsible worker in the Council of Ministers USSR; cur-
ing World War II he was responsible for the production and supply of ammuni-
tion (boyepripasy) to the Soviet Army, and also for organizing the production
of new weapons and combat equipment; his decorations included the title Hero
of Socialist Labor, two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of Labor Red Banner, the
Order of Kutuzov First and Second Classes, the Order of the "Badge of Honor,"
and medals of the Soviet Union. Signed: a group of comrades.
The administration and social organizations of Gosplan USSR and Gos-
ekonomkomissiya USSR also published an announcement of BORISOV's death. (Mos-
cow, Pravda, 15 Sep 55)
KOLOTIL'SHCHIKOV, Nikolay Mikhaylovich, Maj Gen Avn
Died after a serious illness. KOLOTIL'SHCHIKOV's death is a great loss
to the Air Forces of the Soviet Army, in which he served all of his adult life;
he was a member of the CPSU since 1926, and served in the Soviet Army since
1923, where he rose from officer candidate to major general; his decorations
included the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, and medals. Signed:
a group of comrades. (Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 6 Sep 55)
MAL'TSEV,I1'ya Konstantinovich, Maj Gen (Ret)
Died after a serious illness. MAL'TSEV was a member of the Communist
Party since 1918 and in that same year entered the Soviet Army, where he rose
from officer candidate to major general; he participated in the Civil and
Great Patriotic wars; his decorations included the Order of Lenin, three
Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War First Class, the
Order of the Red Star, and medals. Signed: a group of comrades. (Moscow,
Krasnaya Zvezda, 14 Sep 55)
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Death announced in Krasnaya Zvezda, 5 October 1955. (Washington, Evening
Star, 5 Oct 55)
Died on 7 September 1955, after a long, serious illness. PANITKIN was a
member of the Communist Party since 1922; he entered the Soviet Army in 1918,
where he rose from soldier to major general; during World War'II, and in the
postwar period, PANITKIN occupied several responsible positions; his deco-
rations included the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, the
Order of Kutuzov First Class, and medals. Signed: a group of comrades.
(Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 9 Sep 55)
Died on 5 September 1955, after a serious illness. PEKURIN volunteered
for the Red Army in 1918, where he rose from soldier to major general; he
joined the Communist Party in 1919; during World War II, and in the postwar
period, PEKURIN occupied responsible posts in the Ministry of Defense USSR;
his decorations included the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner,
the Order of Bogdan Khmel'nitskiy, and medals. Signed: a group of comrades.
(Moscow, Krasnaya Zvezda, 7 Sep 55)
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