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Timofey Shapkin
Born(1885-03-05)March 5, 1885
DiedMarch 22, 1943(1943-03-22) (aged 58)
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1906–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1943 (Soviet Union)
Rank lieutenant general
Commands held 4th Cavalry Corps
Battles/wars World War I
Russian Civil War
Polish-Soviet War
World War II

Timofey Shapkin (March 5, 1885 – March 22, 1943) was a Soviet corps commander. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks. He fought in the war against Poland.

In World War II, he commanded the 4th Cavalry Corps.
In March 1943, he fell seriously ill and died on March 22 in a hospital in Rostov-on-Don from a cerebral hemorrhage.

He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Kutuzov.

Bibliography

  • Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2006). Великая Отечественная. Комкоры. Военный биографический словарь [Great Patriotic War: Corps Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. pp. 91–92. ISBN  5901679083.
Preceded by
None, office created
Commander of the 4th Cavalry Corps
January 18, 1941 – March 22, 1943
Succeeded by
Major General Mikhail Maleyev
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Timofey Shapkin
Born(1885-03-05)March 5, 1885
DiedMarch 22, 1943(1943-03-22) (aged 58)
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1906–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1943 (Soviet Union)
Rank lieutenant general
Commands held 4th Cavalry Corps
Battles/wars World War I
Russian Civil War
Polish-Soviet War
World War II

Timofey Shapkin (March 5, 1885 – March 22, 1943) was a Soviet corps commander. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks. He fought in the war against Poland.

In World War II, he commanded the 4th Cavalry Corps.
In March 1943, he fell seriously ill and died on March 22 in a hospital in Rostov-on-Don from a cerebral hemorrhage.

He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Kutuzov.

Bibliography

  • Vozhakin, Mikhail Georgievich, ed. (2006). Великая Отечественная. Комкоры. Военный биографический словарь [Great Patriotic War: Corps Commanders: Military Biographical Dictionary] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. pp. 91–92. ISBN  5901679083.
Preceded by
None, office created
Commander of the 4th Cavalry Corps
January 18, 1941 – March 22, 1943
Succeeded by
Major General Mikhail Maleyev

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