Mikhail Petrovich Seryugin (; 6 November 1906 – 27 March 1975) was a
Soviet Army
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lieutenant general
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who held division command during
World War II
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Conscripted into the
Red Army
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in the late 1920s, Seryugin became an officer and served in Azerbaijan and Ukraine before World War II. A regimental commander when the war began, he escaped encirclement in the
Second Battle of Kharkov
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while a division chief of staff. Seryugin became commander of the
160th Rifle Division The 160th Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army may refer to:
* 160th Rifle Division (1940 formation)
* 160th Rifle Division (1941 formation)
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