Aleksandr Korobkov

Aleksandr Andreyevich Korobkov (

Axis invasion of the Soviet Union

(Operation Barbarossa).

Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War

A Russian, Aleksandr Andreyevich Korobkov was born to a peasant family on 20 June 1897 in the city of Petrovsk, Petrovsky Uyezd, Saratov Governorate.^[1] He served in the Imperial Russian Army from August 1915 during World War I, graduating from the Orenburg School of Praporshchiks during the next year. Sent to the Southwestern Front, Korobkov served as a platoon commander and in December 1917 after the October Revolution was elected company commander, leaving the Imperial Army when it dissolved in February 1918 with the rank of podporuchik.^[2]

Later that year, Korobkov began his service in the

Communist Party, becoming a platoon and then company commander from September. Wounded in battle, he was sent to study at the General Staff Academy.^[2]

Interwar period

Korobkov served as assistant inspector of infantry of the

Kharkov Communist University, and transferred to serve as military instructor of the Saratov Communist University in September 1928.^[2]

After serving as chief of staff of the

Belorussian Special Military District (renamed the Western Special Military District), being promoted to komdiv on 25 September. His rank converted to major general on 4 June 1940 when the Red Army introduced general officer ranks,^[1] Korobkov became commander of the 4th Army of the district in January 1941. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1940.^[2]

World War II

After

rehabilitated in 1957.^[2]

Awards and honors

Korobkov was a recipient of the following decorations:[2]

Order of the Red Banner (1940)
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
Honorary weapon

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Solovyov 2019, pp. 42–43.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bulkin 2018, pp. 153–154.

Bibliography

Bulkin, Anatoly (2018). Генералитет Красной Армии (1918-1941). Военный биографический словарь в 3-х томах [Red Army Generals, 1918–1941: Three-volume Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Penza.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Solovyov, Denis (2019). Все генералы Сталина [All Stalin's Generals] (in Russian). Vol. 6. Moscow.
ISBN 978-5-532-10153-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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[FOOTNOTESolovyov201942–43-1] Solovyov 2019, pp. 42–43.

[FOOTNOTEBulkin2018153–154-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bulkin 2018, pp. 153–154.

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