Nikolai Gagen
Nikolai Alexandrovitsch Gagen | |
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.jpg) Nikolai Gagen c. 1945 |
Nikolai Alexandrovitsch Gagen (Russian: Николай Александрович Гаген) (Lakhta, Saint Petersburg, March 12/24 1895 - Moscow, May 20, 1969) was a Soviet Lieutenant General in World War II.
Biography
Nikolai Gagen's ancestors were
.Gagen served as an officer in the Imperial Army during World War I, joined the Reds after the October Revolution and took part in the Russian Civil War on their side. In 1939 he became a member of the Communist Party.
At the beginning of the German-Soviet War (June 1941) he commanded the
On April 28, 1943 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and was given command of the
In January 1945, he returned to active service and was given command of the 26th Army deployed in southern Transdanubia, during the battle for Hungary. Among other things, Gagen took part in the defense against the German Lake Balaton offensive and, from mid-March 1945, in the Vienna offensive.
After the end of the war in Europe, he remained the commander of the 26th Army until its disbandment in September 1945. In December 1945 he became the commander of the
In February 1947, he became the deputy commander of the Primorsky Military District, and in 1953, deputy commander for combat training of the Far Eastern Military District. He remained in this position until January 1959, when he was transferred to the reserve due to poor health.
After being transferred to the reserve, he moved to Moscow, where he died in 1969.
He was awarded the Order of Lenin twice and the Order of the Red Banner four times.