Fyodor Mikhailovich Kharitonov (24 January 1899 – 28 May 1943) was a Soviet military leader, participant of the

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Biography

Born on 24 January 1899 in the village of Vasilievskoye (now within the city limits of

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). He graduated from a four–year school in his native village (now School No. 7). In the

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since 1919. Member of the

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, Red Army soldier. Member of the

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since 1918.The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945: An Encyclopedia – 1985 – Page 767 Since the spring of 1941 – the commander of the 2nd Airborne Corps. During the

, from July 1941, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, from September 1941, Commander of the 9th Army of the Southern Front, from July 1942, Commander of the 6th Army of the

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, later of the Southwestern Front. With the direct participation of the army under the command of General Kharitonov, the Donbass–Rostov Strategic Defensive Operation, the Rostov Offensive Operation of 1941, the

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, the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Operation, the Donbass Offensive Operation, the Kharkov Defensive Operation and some others were prepared and carried out."Tashkent" – Rifle Cell / Andrey Grechko">Andrei_Grechko.html" ;"title="dited by Andrei Grechko">Andrey Grechko– Moscow: Voenizdat">Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, 1976 – Page 359 – (

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1976–1980, Volume 8) He died on 28 May 1943 from a serious illness.

Remembrance

The Yaroslavl Military Infantry School was named after him. The monument to the general was installed in the city of Rybinsk, sculptor

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. On 6 May 2007, in the homeland of Fyodor Kharitonov, on the banks of the

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River in the village of Vasilievskoye, a monument was erected in his honor. A memorial plaque is installed on the house where Kharitonov was born. Streets in

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and

bear the name of Kharitonov. The latter is directly related to him: it was on her that he was born and spent his childhood. General Fyodor Kharitonov is dedicated to the story of Mark Kolosov and the feature film of the same name "Comrade General" (1973) based on it (in which the name of the protagonist was changed into Kapitonov, but the name and patronymic remained the same – Fyodor Mikhailovich).

Awards

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner () was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of S ...

(22 October 1941) * Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class (28 January 1943) *

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References

Sources

*"Tashkent" – Rifle Cell / Andrey Grechko">Andrei_Grechko.html" ;"title="dited by Andrei Grechko">Andrey Grechko– Moscow: Voenizdat">Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, 1976 – 690 Pages – (

1976–1980, Volume 8)
The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945
Encyclopedia / Edited by Mikhail Kozlov – Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1985 – Page 767 – 500,000 Copies *Albert Domank, Richard Portugalsky. Army Commander Kharitonov. Yaroslavl: Upper Volga Book Publishing House, 1989. 176 Pages

External links

Biography of Fedor Kharitonov
On the Chronos Website

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