Years of service 1915—1945 | Name Mikhail Meandrov | |
Native name Mihail alekseevich Meandrov Born October 22, 1894
Moscow, Russian Empire ( 1894-10-22 ) Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia Rank Staff captain
Colonel
Major general Unit 192nd Romanian Infantry Regiment Battles/wars World War I
Southwestern Front
Winter War
World War II
Battle of Uman Died August 1, 1946, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Battles and wars Winter War, World War II, Battle of Uman Service/branch Imperial Russian Army, Red Army, Russian Liberation Army Similar People Gerd von Rundstedt, Semyon Budyonny, Mikhail Kirponos, Ivan Tyulenev, Kirill Meretskov | ||
Mikhail Alekseyvich Meandrov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Меандров) (October 22, 1894, Moscow - August 1, 1946, Moscow) was an Imperial Russian and later Soviet officer. Taken prisoner by the Germans in World War II near Leningrad in 1941, he later became an important commander (general) in the Nazi-allied Russian Liberation Army. Taken prisoner by the Soviets, he was executed in 1946.
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Early career
Meandrov graduated from an officer academy at the time of World War I. During that conflict, he fought on the Southwestern Front. He originally commanded the 37th Rifle Corps, before being reassigned to the command staff of the 6th Army in 1941. He fought around Kiev and later was taken prisoner by German Army forces near Uman.
Defection and death
Meandrov joined Lieutenant General Andrey Vlasov, a Red Army defector, in the Russian Liberation Army (Русская освободительная армия, РОА; in Latin "ROA"), and was promoted to the rank of major general. He fought with the ROA until the end of the war, and was captured by the Red Army. He was found guilty of treason and was executed in Moscow, on August 1, 1946, with eleven other ROA officers, including Vlasov.