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Vasily Shakhnovich
Soviet lieutenant general

Vasily Shakhnovich

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Soviet lieutenant general
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Place of birth
Sluck District, Minsk Region, Belarus
Place of death
Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire, Duchy of Moscow
Age
61 years
Education
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
Awards
Order of the Red Star
 
Order of the Red Banner
 
Order of Lenin
 
Order of the Patriotic War
 
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
 
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Biography

Vasily Vasilyevich Shakhnovich (Belarusian: Васіль Васілевіч Шахновіч, Vasil Vasilevič Šachnovič; Russian: Василий Васильевич Шахнович; 12 January 1922 - 13 August 1983) was a Lieutenant General of the Soviet Army, and a military adviser in African countries.

He was born on January 12, 1922, in the village of Seryagi, Slutsk District, Minsk Oblast, into a peasant family. In 1939 he entered the Minsk Military Infantry School named after MI Kalinin, after which in June 1941 he arrived at a military unit of the Leningrad Military District with the rank of lieutenant. During the Second World War, he participated in the defense of Leningrad and the reconquest of the Baltic states. During the war, he was promoted from platoon commander to battalion commander, and suffered five wounds.

After the war he graduated from the MV Frunze Military Academy and the M.V. KE Voroshilov General Staff Academy.

From August 1961 to November 1964 he commanded the 75th Motor Rifle Division of the 4th Army of the Transcaucasian Military District, located in Nakhichevan. He was promoted to the rank of general-major on 02.22.1963.

He was the representative of the Soviet Army in African countries. In May 1969, he was sent to the Republic of Somalia as chief military adviser and concurrently - adviser to the commander of the Somali National Army Siad Barre. For his help in Somalia, he received the title of National Hero of Somalia. In August 1971 he was recalled to his homeland.

From November 1971 to August 1975, he commanded the 7th Guards Army in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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