Karp Vasilyevich Sviridov (; 24 May 1896 – 4 February 1967) was a

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and a

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. Drafted into the

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during

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, Sviridov briefly saw combat in 1917 and was demobilized in early 1918. Drafted into the

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during the

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, he fought as a section commander on the Southern and Eastern Fronts, escaping from

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captivity. Sviridov served in staff and command positions during the

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and by the beginning of

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commanded the

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. His division was mostly destroyed in encirclement during the Battle of Smolensk, but Sviridov managed to break out and received command of the 363rd Rifle Division, which became the

22nd Guards Rifle Division The 22nd Guards Rifle Division was a division in the Soviet Armed Forces. The division was unique in being the only Guards rifle division formed twice during the Second World War. It was first formed from the 363rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union), 36 ...

in early 1942 for its actions in the

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. In late 1942, the division was converted into the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps, which Sviridov led for the rest of the war and the early postwar period. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the corps in the

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and the

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. Postwar, Sviridov continued his military service, successively commanding two rifle corps and serving as deputy commander and assistant commander of several armies before retiring in 1955.

Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War

Sviridov was born on 24 May 1896, in Chiganak, Makarovskoy volost, Balashovsky Uyezd,

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, to a peasant family. During

, Sviridov was called up for military service in the

on 1 August 1915 and sent to a reserve rifle regiment in

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. After graduating from the regimental training detachment in October 1916, he served with it as a junior ''unter-ofitser'' and squad leader. Sent to the front with a marching company in April 1917, Sviridov fought with the 745th Novo-Alexandrovsk Infantry Regiment on the

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. Before his demobilization in April 1918, he was elected a member of the regimental committee. During the

, on 15 September, Sviridov was drafted into the

and assigned to the 2nd Rifle Regiment. As a

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and section commander, he fought with the regiment on the Southern Front near Balashov. Near the ''

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, he was captured by the

in October 1918 and imprisoned. After escaping on 15 February 1919, Sviridov returned to the Red Army in March and joined the 8th Rifle Regiment of the 2nd Red Communards Brigade, forming in

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. After the regiment was sent to the Ural Front, he served as section leader and assistant platoon commander in the fight against the

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. After the Ural Front was abolished in March 1920, Sviridov was transferred to work in the

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of the Ural

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Interwar period

From December, Sviridov studied at the 1st Moscow Machine Gun Courses, which became the 1st VTsIK Combined Military School. After graduating from the latter in November 1923, he was assigned to the 94th Red Banner Rifle Regiment of the

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, successively serving as an assistant platoon commander and platoon commander, assistant rifle company commander, machine gun company commander, and head of the regimental school for the next several years. Transferred to the 34th Rifle Division in

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to serve as chief of staff of its 101st Rifle Regiment in March 1931, Sviridov became head of the 1st (operational) section of the staff of the

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in March 1932. Appointed commander of the 182nd Rifle Regiment of the 61st Rifle Division in

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in May 1933, he served as temporary head of the department of reservist training of the

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from December 1937, and from November 1938 was acting head of the 2nd staff department of the Volga Military District. Sviridov became assistant commander of the

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in February 1939, and in August was transferred to the

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to command the 111th Rifle Division, which was renumbered as the 18th in February 1940. After entering the Higher Commanders' Improvement Courses at the

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in October, he graduated in May 1941, returning to command of the 18th Division. The latter began relocating to

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in the

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on 12 June.

World War II

After

, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began on 22 June, the trains carrying the division were rerouted to the Western Front in the

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area, where after unloading, it joined the 20th Army. Sviridov was appointed head of the Orsha Military Sector on the eastern bank of the

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on 29 June. Entering battle with the German 18th Infantry Division on 6 July, the division repulsed German attempts to cross the river until 18 July. On 12 July, German troops broke through the defensive line in a neighboring sector and captured

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four days later, surrounding part of the division. After making contact with the 19th Army headquarters, the division broke through and rejoined the army. Following the breakout, Sviridov was treated in a hospital for one and a half months, taking command of the 363rd Rifle Division, forming at

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in the

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, during September. From 18 November, the 363rd was sent to the

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to join the 30th Army, operating on the

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direction during the Kalinin Defensive operation. During the same month, the division was transferred to the Western Front and fought in the Klin–Solnechnogorsk and Rzhev–Vyazma Offensives. For its "successful completion of command tasks" in the offensives, the division was renamed the

on 22 March 1942, while Sviridov received the

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. The 22nd Guards was withdrawn to the

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in April and May, then sent to the

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and fought with it until November against the German 16th Army holding the

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bridgehead. Sviridov was promoted to major general on 1 October. By 6 November 1942, the division was relocated to

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, where it reorganized as the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps under his command. The corps fought on the

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and Southern Front. In December, Sviridov "skillfully commanded" the corps during the attack against German forces around Kotelnikovo and Tormosin, then with other front units helped recapture

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and

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. He was promoted to

on 7 June 1943. From August 1943, the corps fought in the

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, Bereznegovatoye–Snigeryovka, and

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s, during which it recaptured

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, and

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. For its "courage" in the recapture of Nikolayev, the corps received the name of the city as an honorific, and Sviridov was awarded the

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, 1st class. The corps went on to fight in the advance into Hungary, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. In conjunction with the

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of the

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, the corps helped capture

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, Tata, Nesmey,

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, and

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. For its "courage" in the

the 2nd Guards Mechanized received the name of the city as an honorific. For his "skillful organization and command of corps units and personal courage", Sviridov was made a

and awarded the

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on 23 April 1945.

Postwar

Sviridov continued in command of the corps, which became the 2nd Guards Mechanized Division of the

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during November 1945, during the early postwar period. Entering Higher Academic Courses at the Voroshilov Higher Military Academy in March 1946, upon graduation a year later he was appointed assistant commander for personnel of the 2nd Guards Mechanized Army in the

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. From April 1949 he served as temporary deputy commander of the 5th Guards Mechanized Army in the

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. From July of that year he commanded the

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of the

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, and in January 1951 transferred to the

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to command the 1st Guards Rifle Corps. Placed at the disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Soviet Army in October 1952, Sviridov was appointed assistant commander of the 6th Guards Mechanized Army in the

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during January 1953; the position became assistant army commander and head of the army combat training department in November 1954. After retiring on 17 December 1955, Sviridov lived in

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, where he died on 4 February 1967, aged 70. He was buried in the city's

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Awards and honors

Sviridov received the following awards: *

(2) *

(3) *

, 1st class *

Order of Suvorov The Order of Suvorov () is a military decoration of the Russian Federation named in honor of Russian Generalissimo Prince Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800). History The Order of Suvorov was originally a Soviet Union, Soviet award established on ...

, 2nd class *Medals *Foreign orders

References

Citations

Bibliography

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sviridov, Karp 1896 births 1967 deaths People from Saratov Oblast People from Balashovsky Uyezd Bolsheviks Soviet lieutenant generals Frunze Military Academy alumni Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni Russian military personnel of World War I Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Soviet military personnel of World War II Soviet prisoners of war Heroes of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class Burials at Baikove Cemetery