Pyotr Pshennikov

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Pyotr Stepanovitch Pshennikov (

Biography

Pshennikov participated in the

On 22 September, General Pshennikov was appointed commander of the Neva Operational Group on the Leningrad Front. Parts of the group were able to cross the Neva River and capture a bridgehead in the area of the village of Nevskaya Dubrovka, which became known as the Nevsky Pyatachok. It was not possible to develop an offensive from the bridgehead and extremely fierce battles were continuously raging on it. At the end of September, the 10th rifle brigade of Colonel V.N. Fedorov from the Neva operational group in the Otradny district suffered heavy losses, and its commander died. Georgy Zhukov (at that time commanding the Leningrad Front) considered Pshennikov's excuses unconvincing and on 6 October 1941 Pshennikov was dismissed from his post and replaced by Major General V.F. Konkov. About two months P. Pshennikov was at the disposal of the headquarters of the Red Army.

On 13 December 1941, P.S. Pshennikov was appointed commander of the 3rd Army of the Bryansk Front. Under his command, the army advanced in the direction of Oryol. But already 2 weeks later, General Pshennikov was killed when his car was blown up in a minefield.

He was buried in Voronezh, in the mass grave of Soviet soldiers No. 14.

Sources

• Generals.dk
• the article in the Russian Wikipedia, Пшенников, Пётр Степанович.