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Nikolay Aleksandrovich Nikitin (general)
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Nikitin (; 19 December 1900 – 9 November 1984) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held corps and division command during World War II. An ordinary soldier of the Russian Civil War, Nikitin became an officer and served in Central Asia and Ukraine during the interwar period. A corps chief of staff when Operation Barbarossa began, Nikitin escaped encirclement and rose to command the 153rd Rifle Division during the Battle of Stalingrad. After serving as a corps chief of staff through 1943 and early 1944, he commanded the 348th Rifle Division in Operation Bagration. After commanding the 120th Guards Rifle Division in late 1944, Nikitin led the 35th Rifle Corps in the Soviet advances of 1945. After the war ended in Europe he was sent to command the 17th Rifle Corps in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Postwar, Nikitin commanded several corps and held high-level staff positions before his retirement in the late 1950s. Early life and Russian Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobrovsky Uyezd
Bobrovsky Uyezd (''Бобровский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Voronezh Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Bobrov. Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Bobrovsky Uyezd had a population of 286,745. Of these, 83.2% spoke Russian, 16.5% Ukrainian, 0.1% Polish, 0.1% Romani and 0.1% Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ... as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей References ...
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