Ivan Alekseyevich Kornilov (1899–1953) was a

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general. Kornilov rose through the ranks of the

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in the 1930s and was promoted to the rank of major-general in June 1940, commanding the 45th Rifle Division. He was in command of the 49th Rifle Corps during the early phases of

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in 1941, but was badly wounded and had to give up his command. Shortly thereafter he was captured by the

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and spent the rest of

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as a

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. He was detained by Soviet security services for the routine security checks as part of the filtration process administered to ensure that the newly liberated captured Soviet soldiers had not collaborated with their Nazi captors during captivity, but cleared and allowed to resume his military career in the same year. He served as head of the military departments at the Kuybyshev Planning Institute (1947–1950) and

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(1950–1953).

Notes

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References

* Aleksander A. Maslov. ''Captured Soviet Generals: The Fate of Soviet Generals Captured by the Germans, 1941-45'', London (UK) - Portland (Ore.), Frank Cass Publishers, ''Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Institutions'' ISSN 1462-1835, No. 2, 2001, p. 310 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kornilov, Ivan Alekseyevich 1899 births 1953 deaths Soviet major generals Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet prisoners of war Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni