Karp Zheleznikov
Karp Afanasyevich Zheleznikov (; 13 October 1895 – 16 January 1957) was a Soviet Army major general who held division command during World War II. Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War A Belarusians, Belarusian, Karp Afanasyevich Zheleznikov was born on 13 October 1895 in Orsha, Mogilev Governorate. During World War I he was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army in May 1915 after graduating from a higher primary school in Orsha. Zheleznikov was sent to serve in the 73rd Reserve Infantry Battalion at Baranovichi as a Ryadovoy, private. In late June he was sent to the Western Front (Russian Empire), Western Front and joined the 224th Yukhnov Infantry Regiment. Due to being relatively well educated, Zheleznikov was sent to the 2nd Moscow School of ''Praporshchik''s and after graduation as a warrant officer (''praporshchik'') on 1 May 1916 was appointed a junior officer in the 217th Reserve Infantry Regiment. During the February Revolution Zheleznikov was serving with ...
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Orsha
Orsha ( be, О́рша, Во́рша, Orša, Vorša; russian: О́рша ; lt, Orša, pl, Orsza) is a city in Belarus in the Vitebsk Region, on the fork of the Dnieper and Arshytsa rivers. History Orsha was first mentioned in 1067 as Rsha, making it one of the oldest towns in Belarus. The town was named after the river, which was originally also named Rsha, probably from a Baltic root *''rus'' 'slowly flowing.' In 1320, Orsha became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Between 1398–1407, the Orsha castle was built. On 8 September 1514 the famous Battle of Orsha occurred, between allied Grand Duchy of Lithuania with Kingdom of Poland and Muscovite army.
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