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Andrej Andrejevič Vlasov
1901 – 1946
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryAndrey Andreyevich Vlasov was a Soviet Russian Red Army general. During the Axis-Soviet campaigns of World War II, he fought against the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Moscow and later was captured attempting to lift the siege of Leningrad in 1942. After his capture, he defected and collaborated with Nazi Germany. He nominally headed the Russian Liberation Army, also becoming the political leader of the Russian collaborationist anti-Soviet movement.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 1, 1901
Lomakino
Date of death
August 1, 1946
Moscow
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
military officersoldier
Awards & honours
Order of LeninOrder of the Red BannerOrder of the Red BannerJubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"Ostvolk MedalOstvolk Medal 2nd Class in Bronze with Swords
- Field and occupation
- sovietsky generál
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