Alexander Utvenko

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Alexander Ivanovich Utvenko
19th Rifle Division
33rd Guards Rifle Division

38th Guards Rifle Corps
65th Rifle Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsOrder of Lenin

Order of the Red Banner (3)
Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Order of Kutuzov 2nd class

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd class

Alexander Ivanovich Utvenko (

Yelnya Offensive and the Battle of Moscow
.

In December 1941 Utvenko was wounded and after taking the

Prague Offensive in the last months of the war. Postwar Utvenko continued to command the corps which in the summer of 1946 became an airborne unit. He graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff and became commander of the 65th Rifle Corps. During the early 1950s he served in positions at the Frunze Military Academy and retired in 1954. [1]

Early life

Alexander Utvenko was born on 12 December 1905 in what is now the village of Dyvin in

19th Rifle Division. In August 1939, Utvenko became the commander of the 315th Rifle Regiment, renumbered from the 56th.[2]

World War II

In July 1941, Utvenko became the commander of the 19th Rifle Division, which he led during the

Vystrel courses. On 10 May 1942, he became the commander of the 274th Rifle Division in the Moscow Defence Zone. On 16 August Utvenko became commander of the 33rd Guards Rifle Division on the Stalingrad Front.[4] He was promoted to Major general on 14 October 1942. [1]The 33rd Guards Rifle Division fought in the Battle of Stalingrad as part of the 62nd Army.[5] In December, the division was advanced to the Myshkova River, where it helped repulse Operation Winter Storm. The division then fought in an advance in the direction of Rostov, where it captured Novocherkassk. For his leadership of the division, Utvenko was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class[2] on 31 March. [6]

In April 1943, Utvenko became the commander of the

Prague Offensive.[2][10]

Postwar

After the war, Utvenko continued in command of the corps. He graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff in May 1948, after which Utvenko commanded the 65th Rifle Corps. Utvenko became the head of a course and then a faculty member at Frunze Military Academy in July 1951. In 1954, he was transferred to the reserve and died on 20 August 1963[1][2] in Moscow.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biography of Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Utvenko - (Александр Иванович Утвенко) (1905 – 1963), Soviet Union". www.generals.dk. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
  2. ^ a b c d "Память народа::Боевой путь военачальника::Утвенко, Александр, Иванович, майор/полковник/". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  3. ISBN 9785457074057
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  4. ^ "33-я гв. Севастопольская Краснознаменная ордена Суворова стрелковая дивизия - страница клуба "Память" Воронежского госуниверситета". samsv.narod.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  5. ^ Krylov, Nikolay Ivanovich (1979). Сталинградский рубеж [Stalingrad Abroad] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 35.
  6. ^ Order of Suvorov 2nd class citation, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  7. ^ Roslyy, Ivan Pavlovich (1983). Последний привал — в Берлине [Shady Rest - to Berlin] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. p. 184.
  8. ^ Order of Kutuzov 2nd class citation, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  9. ^ Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd class citation, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  10. ^
    ISBN 9785995004578
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