Vasily Rakovsky

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Vasily Stepanovich Rakovsky (Russian: Василий Степанович Раковский; 1 January 1898–7 January 1978) was a Soviet Army major general. Drafted into the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, Rakovsky briefly served as a non-commissioned officer without seeing action in 1917 before the dissolution of the army and was conscripted by the White forces in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, deserting to the Red Army. Decorated for his actions as a junior commander, he served at a military school during much of the 1930s and became commander of the 167th Rifle Division as the Red Army expanded before Operation Barbarossa. Rakovsky led the division in a temporarily successful counterattack during the Battle of Smolensk, and managed to lead a small group from his command out of encirclement seve rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Vasily Stepanovich Rakovsky
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rdf:langString Order of the Red Banner
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xsd:date 1898-01-01
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rdf:langString Vasily Stepanovich Rakovsky (Russian: Василий Степанович Раковский; 1 January 1898–7 January 1978) was a Soviet Army major general. Drafted into the Imperial Russian Army during World War I, Rakovsky briefly served as a non-commissioned officer without seeing action in 1917 before the dissolution of the army and was conscripted by the White forces in Siberia during the Russian Civil War, deserting to the Red Army. Decorated for his actions as a junior commander, he served at a military school during much of the 1930s and became commander of the 167th Rifle Division as the Red Army expanded before Operation Barbarossa. Rakovsky led the division in a temporarily successful counterattack during the Battle of Smolensk, and managed to lead a small group from his command out of encirclement several weeks later. His division disbanded due to its losses, Rakovsky was given command of the in late 1941, leading it with the 2nd Shock Army in the first days of the January 1942 Lyuban Offensive. Relieved of command in the same month, he headed a military school for the rest of the war. Postwar, he served on the faculty of the Vystrel course before retiring in the late 1950s.
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xsd:gYear 1957
xsd:gYear 1919
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xsd:string 167th Rifle Division

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