Fyodor Korol
Fyodor Korol | |
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| Native name | Фёдор Петрович Король |
| Born | 23 November 1894 Afanasevka, Gadyachsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 September 1942 (aged 47) near Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR |
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| Years of service | 1916–1942 |
| Rank | Major general |
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| Awards | Order of the Red Banner |
Fyodor Petrovich Korol (
German invasion of the Soviet Union. After leading the division in the Battle of Moscow, Korol became commander of the 111th Tank Brigade. He was killed leading the brigade in late September 1942 on the outskirts of Voronezh
by a German bomb.
Early life, World War I and Russian Civil War
Korol was born on 23 November 1894 in the village of
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel. In 1920, he became a Communist Party of the Soviet Union member.[1]
Interwar
Korol became commander of a rifle regiment after the end of the war. He later became a teacher and from August 1931 was a tactics instructor at the Red Army Military-Technological Academy. From September 1932, Korol became a teacher at the Red Army Academy of Mechanization and Motorization. In 1938, he was promoted to Kombrig. In March 1938, he became a senior lecturer and director of the tactics department. Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Pavel Poluboyarov, and Mikhail Katukov were among his students.[2] In June 1940, Korol became a major general when the rank was introduced.[1]
World War II
After the
Moscow-Volga Canal, where it stopped the German advance at Lobnia Station. On 2 and 4 December, the division counterattacked at Krasnaya Polyana, losing 20 percent of its soldiers and 30 percent of its attached tanks. On 6 December the division attacked Krasnaya Polyana along with the rest of the army, capturing the village in conjunction with the 28th Rifle Brigade. The division helped capture Volokolamsk on 20 December. In the spring of 1942 Korol took command of the newly formed 111th Tank Brigade of the 25th Tank Corps. On 1 September, Korol was appointed commander of 40th Army's armored and mechanized forces, but did not leave the brigade.[2] The brigade fought with the 40th Army in the suburbs of Voronezh and Chuzhevka in late September. On 29 September Korol was killed by a bomb explosion during a German air raid. Korol's body was sent to Moscow and he was interred in the Vvedenskoye Cemetery.[1] In December 2011 a larger monument was placed on Korol's grave.[3]
Personal life
Korol married Olga Nikolaevna and had at least one son.[1]
Notes
- Citations
- ^ a b c d Maslov 1998, p. 62–66.
- ^ a b "Король Федор Павлович" [Korol Fyodor Pavlovich]. pamyat-naroda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ "В Москве на Введенском кладбище состоялось открытие памятника командиру 331-й Брянской пролетарской стрелковой дивизии генерал-майору Фёдору Королю" [Monument to commander of the 331st Bryansk Proletarian Rifle Division Major General Fyodor Korol opened in Moscow's Vvedenskoye cemetery] (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defense. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
References
- Maslov, Aleksander A. (1998). Fallen Soviet Generals: Soviet General Officers Killed in Battle, 1941–1945. Translated by David Glantz. London: Frank Cass. ISBN 9780714647906.