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Years of service
  
1920–1947

Allegiance
  
Soviet Union

Rank
  
Major general

Service/branch
  
Red Army

Name
  
Mikhail Girshovich



Born
  
April 18, 1904 Kutno, Poland, Russian Empire (
1904-04-18
)

Battles/wars
  
Russian Civil War World War II

Awards
  
Order of the Red Banner Order of Lenin Order of Kutuzov

Died
  
July 26, 1947, Khabarovsk, Russia

Similar People
  
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Mikhail Grigoryevich Girshovich (Russian: Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Гиршо́вич) (1904–1947), was Major General (since 18 November 1944) of the Red Army.

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Early years

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Born in a Jewish family of officials. Finished 4 classes of Jewish school. Moved to Belorussia.

Red Army

In the Red Army since 1920. In 1926 graduated Moscow artillery school. In 1938 graduated Anti-aircraft artillery course.

During the World War II

  • Deputy commander of Army Air Defense.
  • Head of Moscow Anti-aircraft warfare (1942–1943).
  • Head of Red Army Anti-aircraft warfare (1944–1945).
  • Head of Amur PVO Army, Deputy Far East PVO Commander (1946). In this role Mikhail died in 1947.

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