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Alekseyenko
Alekseyenko, Alekseenko, Alexeenko (russian: Алексеенко) is a Russified form of the Ukrainian surname Oleksienko, Oleksiienko derived from the first name Oleksiy, Oleksii (Oleksiy), (from Greek Alexius; Russian: Aleksey). Similar surname: Aleksenko. Notable people with the surname include: * Kirill Alekseenko (born 1997), Russian chess grandmaster *Ilya Alekseyenko (1899–1941), Soviet general * Mikhail Alekseyenko (1847–1917), Russian lawyer See also * {{surname Russian-language surnames Surnames of Ukrainian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilya Alekseyenko
Ilya Prokofyevich Alekseyenko (; 20 June 1899 – 3 August 1941) was a Ukrainian Red Army major general. After joining the Red Army in 1918, Alekseyenko served as a junior commander in machine gun units during the Russian Civil War and the Polish–Soviet War. Stationed in Ukraine for much of the 1920s and 1930s, he held command and staff positions and from the early 1930s served in armored units. Decorated for his command of a tank brigade during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, Alekseyenko commanded the 5th Mechanized Corps at the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa. He led it during the Battle of Smolensk, receiving a second Order of Lenin for his performance during the Lepel counterattack, and was mortally wounded in early August 1941. Early life and Russian Civil War Alekseyenko was born to a peasant family on 20 June 1899 in the ''sloboda'' of Podol, Grayvoronsky Uyezd, Kursk Governorate. After graduating from a four-year primary school in 1913, he worked at a noodle factory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |