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May 27, 1894 Minsk Governorate Died on 11 Oct 1961 (aged 67) Gemini
Franz Perkhorovich - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Franz Perkhorovich
- Franz Iosifovich Perkhorovich (Russian: ????? ????????? ??????????; 27 May 1894 – 11 October 1961) was a Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Perkhorovich served in World War I as an Imperial Russian Army junior officer, then joined the Bolsheviks in the subsequent Russian Civil War.
- He became a Red Army officer and was briefly captured in the Polish–Soviet War.
- Perkhorovich continued to serve in the interwar period, but was dismissed from the Red Army during the Great Purge.
- Reinstated in 1939, he successively commanded two regiments after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941.
- Perkhorovich took command of the 100th Rifle Division in May 1942, the 52nd Rifle Corps in June 1943, and the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps in May 1944.
- In November of that year he became commander of the 47th Army, and for his leadership in the Vistula–Oder Offensive in January 1945 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest Soviet distinction.
- Postwar, Perkhorovich continued to serve, becoming chief of the General Staff's Combat Training Directorate before his 1951 retirement.
