Years of service 1916 - 1961 | Awards Rank Army general Name Vladimir Kolpakchi | |
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Commands held 8th Rifle Division62nd Army30th Army63rd Army69th ArmyBaku Military District40th Army1st Red Banner Army6th ArmyNorthern Military District Similar People Anton Lopatin, Gerd von Rundstedt, Yakov Cherevichenko, Paul Ludwig Ewald vo, Petre Dumitrescu | ||
Vladimir Yakovlevich Kolpakchi (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Колпакчи, Ukrainian: Колпакчи Володимир Якович) (* September 7, 1899, Kiev – † May 17, 1961, Moscow) was a Soviet General of the Army during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union. He was the first commander of what became the famed Soviet 62nd Army, holding the post between July and August.
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