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Pavel Terentyevich Korobkov
Pavel Terentyevich Korobkov (russian: Па́вел Тере́нтьевич Коробко́в; 5 October 1909 – 12 April 1978) was a Soviet Air Force major general, flying ace and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Korobkov claimed six victories serving with the Spanish Republican Air Force during the Spanish Civil War and went on to at least two more victories during World War II. He retired from the Soviet Air Force in 1960 with the rank of major general. Early life Pavel Korobkov was born on 5 October 1909 in the village of Lipnik in the Kursk Governorate to a peasant family. He graduated from elementary school and worked on a farm named after Karl Marx in Lipnik. Military service In November 1931, Korobkov was drafted into the Red Army. He served as a cadet at the regimental school of the 11th Turkestan Rifle Regiment, part of the 4th Rifle Division in the Leningrad Military District. He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1932. In August, he transferred to the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kursk Governorate
Kursk Governorate ( rus, Ку́рская губе́рния, r=Kúrskaya gubérniya) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, located in European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1928; its seat was in the city of Kursk. Administrative divisions As of 1914, Kursk Governorate included 15 uyezds. * Belgorodsky Uyezd * Grayvoronsky Uyezd * Dmitriyevsky Uyezd * Korochansky Uyezd * Kursky Uyezd * Lgovsky Uyezd * Novooskolsky Uyezd * Oboyansky Uyezd * Putivlsky Uyezd * Rylsky Uyezd * Starooskolsky Uyezd * Sudzhansky Uyezd * Timsky Uyezd * Fatezhsky Uyezd * Shchigrovsky Uyezd Shchigrovsky Uyezd (''Щигро́вский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Shchigry. Demographic ... Governorates of the Russian Empire 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire 1928 disestablishments in Russia States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
