Pavel Vasilievich Yegorov (1889 – 1965) was a Russian military leader during the war with Ukraine and the forces of Denikin. Born in 1889 in peasant family, during

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Yegorov graduated a military college in

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, in 1915. In 1917 he joined

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and was a member of Moscow Red Guards. In December 1917 Yegorov led his Red Guards to Ukraine along with the Antonov's expeditionary task force in fight with counter-revolution in the South Russia. He played a key role in taken

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during the Yekaterinoslav Bolshevik Uprising and defeat of the Doroshenko Simferopol Regiment. In the beginning of 1918 his detachment grew into the 1st Revolutionary Army. In March - April 1918 Yegorov headed troops of the Russian Southern Front and later - the Vladikavkaz Military District. From summer of 1918 to spring of 1919 he was placed in charge of forces in combat area around

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to block off movement of the Denikin's troops. In summer of 1919, Yegorov led the Poltava task force against the mutinied 6th Ukrainian Soviet Division of

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and the Denikin's army. Later he commanded a brigade of the 34th Rifle Division in defense of

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and liberation of

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. In the fall of 1920 Yegorov was in charge of the 26th brigade of 9th Rifle Division that fought Wrangel troops in the

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. In 1921 Yegorov moved to the

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. In 1941-45 he participated in

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after which lived in Sochi where he died in 1965.

External links

Pavel Yegorov
at the History of Poltava website {{DEFAULTSORT:Yegorov, Pavel 1889 births 1965 deaths Bolsheviks Russian revolutionaries Soviet people of the Ukrainian–Soviet War Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner