Mikhail Kirponos
(1892-1941)
Soviet generals
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Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Кирпоно́с, Ukrainian: Михайло Петрович Кирпонос, Mykhailo Petrovych Kyrponos; 12 January 1892 – 20 September 1941) was a Soviet Ukrainian general of the Red Army during World War II. Being accorded the highest military decoration, the Hero of the Soviet Union title, for the skill and courage in commanding a division in the 1939-1940 Finnish campaign, Kirponos is remembered for his leading role in the failed defense of Ukraine during the Battle of Brody, the Battle of Uman, and Kyiv in the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. He was killed by a landmine while trying to break out of the Kyiv encirclement on 20 September 1941.
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12 January 1892 Vertiivka, Ukraine
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| Died |
20 September 1941 (aged 49) Lokhvytsia, Ukraine
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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