The 23rd Budapest Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Corps was a
tank corps of the
Red Army
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during
World War II
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It was part of the "operational army" or "active army" (
:ru:Действующая армия и флот) from April 12, 1942, to May 9, 1945.
History
The corps was formed in 1942. With the
21st Tank Corps
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, it was earmarked for the Soviet offensive that became the
Second Battle of Kharkiv
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At the end of May 1942, during the battle and after large numbers of Soviet troops had been encircled, near the village of Lozovenka,
Barvinkove Raion
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(?), the brigade was took part in the breakthrough from the Barvenkovo pocket as part of the combined tank group of Major General Kuzmin, which consisted of the remnants of
5th Guards,
7th,
37th,
38th, and
43rd tank brigades, as well as the remnants of the 21st and 23rd Tank Corps. The breakthrough was accompanied by very heavy losses for the Soviet troops.
Commanders
* ''Generál-mayór''
Yefim Pushkin
Yefim Grigoryevich Pushkin (; 28 January 1899 – 11 March 1944) was a Red Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War
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(12 April–4 June 1942)
* ''Polkóvnik'' Abram Khasin (4 June–30 August 1942, major general 21 July 1942)
* ''Generál-mayór'' Aleksey Popov (30 August–16 October 1942)
* ''Polkóvnik'' Vasily Koshelev (16 October–29 November 1942)
* ''Generál-mayór'' Yefim Pushkin (29 November 1942–11 March 1944, ''General-leytenant'' 18 January 1943)
* ''Generál-mayór''
Aleksey Akhmanov (12 March 1944–October 1947, ''General-leytenant'' 13 September 1944)
Notes
Bibliography
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* Holm, Michael http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/td/23td.htm - sketch divisional history for 23rd Tank Division after 1945, drawing on V.I. Feskov et al 2013.
Combat Journal 18 March to 17 April 1944{{Soviet Union corps
Tank corps of the Soviet Union
Military units and formations established in 1942