Gennady Korotkov

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Gennady Petrovich Korotkov
Born18 August 1898
Gavrilov-Yam, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire
Died23 November 1982(1982-11-23) (aged 84)
Voronezh, Soviet Union
Allegiance
  • Russian Empire
  • Russian SFSR
  • Soviet Union
Service/branch
Years of service
  • 1916–1917
  • 1918–1958
RankLieutenant general
Commands held
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of Lenin (2)

Gennady Petrovich Korotkov (18 August 1898 – 23 November 1982) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held field army command during World War II.

Early life and World War I

Gennady Petrovich Korotkov was born on 18 August 1898 in the city of

unter-ofitser.[1]

Russian Civil War

During the

Dashnaks in the Transcaucasus between September and November 1920, and against the Makhnovites in Ukraine. That year in battle near Andreyevka he was captured by the Makhnovites, escaping two days later.[1]

From March 1921, Korotkov commanded a company of the 126th Regiment of the Reserve of Command Personnel in Mozdok. After the disbandment of the regiment he was sent to serve in the same position in the 21st Rifle Regiment of the 20th Rifle Division at Prokhladnaya.[1]

Interwar period

After the war, in November 1921, Korotkov was sent to study at the Kiev Combined Higher Military School. After graduating in August 1923, he continued serving at the 5th Kiev Infantry School as a platoon commander, assistant company commander, chief of the machine gun detachment and acting commander of a student company. In December 1926, having completed machine gun courses, he was appointed assistant battalion commander in the 21st Rifle Regiment of the

1st Turkestan Mountain Rifle Division in Ashkhabad as chief of ammunition supply of the regiment, and from April 1933 as regimental chief of staff. From February to June 1936 he studied at the Vystrel courses. From July 1937 he served at the district headquarters as chief of the training section of the Reserve Command Personnel Improvement Courses of the district and assistant chief of the 2nd staff department. From October 1938 to May 1939 he completed Command Personnel Improvement Courses at the General Staff Academy. On graduation he was appointed commander of the 150th Mountain Rifle Regiment of the 83rd Mountain Rifle Division (the renamed 1st Turkestan) of the Central Asian Military District. From May 1940 then-Colonel Korotkov served as deputy commander of the 194th Rifle Division, and in March 1941 was appointed commander of the 238th Rifle Division.[1]

World War II

After the

49th Army of the Western Front fought in defensive battles with superior German forces. In December during the counteroffensive near Moscow the division in conjunction with other units of the army advanced towards Kondrovo and Maloyaroslavets, advancing up to 60 km into the rear of the German defenses and liberating Aleksin. From May 1942 Korotkov served as chief of staff of the 49th Army, and from 10 June took command of the 5th Guards Rifle Corps. His units as part of the 16th Army of the Western Front fought sustained defensive battles on the Zhizdra river southwest of Sukhinichi. Exhausting the German troops and inflicting significant losses, the corps went over to the offensive, forced the Zhizdra river and captured a bridgehead on the west bank. Subsequently, Major General Korotkov directed the operations of the corps to hold the bridgehead until the approach of other army units.[1]

From 14 October 1942 Korotkov commanded the

Demyansk offensive. On 26 February the army attacked and in conjunction with the 27th Army of the front by the end of 28 February reached the Lovat river, eliminating the Demyansk bridgehead. From 1 April 1944 he commanded the 22nd Army, which as part of the 2nd Baltic Front took part in the Leningrad-Novgorod, Madona, and Riga offensives. The units of the army successfully fulfilled the task to destroy the German troops and liberated a number of areas in the Baltic, including Dno on 24 February 1944, Idritsa on 12 July, Daugavpils on 27 July, Rezekne on 27 July and Riga on 30 October. From October 1944 to April 1945 under the command of Korotkov the army together with other forces blockaded the Courland Pocket.[1]

Postwar

After the end of the war, Korotkov continued to command the army in the Southern Group of Forces until its disbandment in September 1945, then was placed at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate. From November he commanded the 27th Guards Rifle Corps of the Central Group of Forces, and in January 1946 it was transferred to the Kiev Military District. From February 1947 he commanded the 25th Army of the Primorsky Military District in North Korea. In April 1948 he was sent to the Higher Academic Courses at the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy. After completing the courses in May 1949 he was appointed chief of staff and first deputy commander of the Voronezh Military District. From February 1955 he served as deputy head military advisor and senior advisor to the chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army. From July to November 1958 he was at the disposal of the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, and on 5 November 1958 retired. Korotkov died on 23 November 1982 in Voronezh.[1]

Decorations

Korotkov received the following decorations:[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Tsapayev & Goremykin 2015, pp. 365–368.

Bibliography

  • Tsapayev, D.A.; et al. (2015). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 4. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole.
    ISBN 978-5-9950-0602-2
    .
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