Evstafii Zakharovich Tatanashvili ( ka, ესტატე ტატანაშვილი; 20 August 1902 – 30 September 1958) was a

Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...

Major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...

. In 1941 he was the Commanding Officer of the 60th Mixed Aviation Division. Between 1942 and 1945 he led the 234th Fighter Aviation Division during the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sou ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tatanashvili, Evstafii Soviet military personnel of World War II People of World War II from Georgia (country) Soviet Air Force generals Soviet major generals 1902 births 1958 deaths Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Alexander Nevsky Soviet Georgian generals