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Aleksandr Maykov
Aleksandr Glebovich Maykov (; 17 October 1902 – January 1977) was a Soviet Army Polkovnik, colonel who held divisional command during World War II. Maykov rose through a series of command positions in the prewar Red Army, and commanded replacement units in the first months after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. He commanded a battalion in the Battle of the Caucasus and was seriously wounded when his unit was wiped out in early August 1942. After recovering, Maykov served as a regimental commander and brigade deputy commander as the battle for the Caucasus continued. In mid-1943, he became deputy commander of the 257th Rifle Division (July 1943 formation), 257th Rifle Division, and succeeded to command the division in early 1944. Maykov led the 257th in the Crimean Offensive and the Soviet advance into the Baltic states, ending the war in the blockade of the Courland Pocket. Postwar, he served as a brigade deputy commander before retiring in the early 1950s. Early life and pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maykovo, Tomsk Oblast
Maykovo () is a ''village#Russia, derevnya'' in Molchanovsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Russia. The village is under the administration of the Molchanovsky Rural Settlement, and had a population of 101 according to the 2021 Russian census. History According to local legend, the first resident of the village and its founder was Pimen Maykov, one of the original Russian settlers in Siberia. The village was founded in 1746 on the bank of the Nizhny Tatosh and Kaymas rivers, tributaries of the Ob (river), Ob river, and first named Nizhne-Maykovo. After Molchanovo, Tomsk Oblast, Molchanovo, Mogochino and Ust-Chulyma, Maykovo was the fourth village established in the Molchanovsky District. The first settlers struggled in the taiga conditions to raise vegetable gardens and crops. During World War I, when most able-bodied peasant men were mobilized into the army, many political exiles arrived in the village. Four to five political exiles resided with every family, and they outnumbered the loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |