Georgy Rodin

(1897-1976)

Red army lieutenant general

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Georgy Semyonovich Rodin (Russian: Георгий Семёнович Родин; 19 November 1897 – 6 January 1976) was a Red Army lieutenant general. Rodin fought in World War I as a non-commissioned officer of the Imperial Russian Army. He joined the Red Army in 1918 and became an officer, fighting in the Russian Civil War. In 1938, he was transferred to the reserve but returned to active duty in 1939 and led a tank battalion in the Soviet invasion of Poland. Rodin led a tank regiment in the Winter War and became commander of a brigade in December 1940. The brigade became the 47th Tank Division in March 1941.

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Born	19 November 1897 Bolotovo village, Oryol Uyezd, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	6 January 1976 (aged 78) Oryol, Soviet Union
Zodiac	Scorpio
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