Alexander Lozovsky

Alexander Lozovsky
Alexander Lozovsky
Native name	Александр Борисович Лозовский
Born	23 September 1907; Golenishchevo village, Krasninsky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	26 February 1981 (aged 73); Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried	Kuntsevo Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Red Army (later Soviet Army)
Years of service	1925–1966
Rank	Major general
Commands held	15th Tank Corps
Battles/wars	1929 Sino-Soviet conflict; Battles of Khalkhin Gol; World War II;
Awards	Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner (5); Order of Suvorov 2nd class; Order of Kutuzov 2nd class; Order of the Patriotic War 1st class; Order of the Red Star;

Alexander Borisovich Lozovsky (Russian: Александр Борисович Лозовский; 23 September 1907 – 26 February 1981) was a Soviet Army major general.

Lozovsky served in the

Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union

.

Early life and interwar military career

Lozovsky was born on 23 September 1907 in the village of Goloenishchevo,

Soviet Far East with the Special Red Banner Far Eastern Army, where he served as a platoon commander. From July 1929 to January 1930, he participated in the Sino-Soviet conflict over control of the Chinese Eastern Railway. In July, he became an assistant company commander^[1] for technical affairs.^[2]

In November 1930, Lozovsky was sent to study at the Leningrad Armored Refresher Courses for Red Army commanders. After completing the course, he became a company commander of the 1st Separate Tank Battalion in the

Ukrainian Military District. Transferred to the Far East in February 1934, Lozovsky became the assistant chief of the 2nd Mechanized Brigade's operations staff department. In November, he entered the Military Academy of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army, graduating in June 1939. Lozovsky then returned to the Far East, where he was appointed assistant chief of staff of the 9th Armored Motor Brigade, fighting in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol as part of the 1st Army Group.^[1]

World War II

In July 1941, Lozovsky became chief of staff of the newly formed

Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive, Operation Star, and the Third Battle of Kharkov between January and March 1943. During Operation Star, the corps suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment and shifted to the defense after a German counterattack began the Third Battle of Kharkov. The German counterattack cut off the corps from main forces in the Sokolovo area, and it was ordered to break out through Novaya Vodolaga. After corps commander Major General Vasily Koptsov died on 3 March, Lozovsky took command of the corps^[3] and led the breakout in the area of Zmiiv.^[1]

Lozovsky supervised the rebuilding of the corps during the next months, while simultaneously being both corps commander and chief of staff. On 11 June, Major General

Prague Offensive.^[1]

Postwar

On 27 June 1945, Lozovsky was promoted to major general, and on 22 May 1946, he became head of the personnel section of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Ground Forces

Ministry of Defense as head of the department of promotions and awards. He retired on 27 June 1966^[2] and lived in Moscow. Lozovsky died on 26 February 1981 and was buried at the Kuntsevo Cemetery.^[1]

Awards and honors

	Order of Lenin (15 November 1950)^[5]
	Order of the Red Banner, five times (17 November 1939, 23 May 1943, 17 July 1944, 6 November 1945, 30 December 1956)^[5]
	Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (10 January 1944)^[5]
	Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class (25 May 1945)^[5]
	Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (8 April 1943)^[5]
	Order of the Red Star (3 November 1944)^[5]
	Medal "For the Liberation of Prague" (1945)
	Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" (1945)
	Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)
	Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (1965)
	Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1975)
	Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1969)
	Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1976)
	Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" (1938)
	Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy" (1948)
	Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1958)
	Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1968)
	Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1978)
	Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" (1947)
	War Cross 1939–1945 (Czechoslovakia)