Fyodor Bakunin | |
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Native name | Фёдор Алексеевич Бакунин |
Born | 2 March 1898 Staroye Ilmovo, Chistopolsky Uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 22 January 1984 Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
(aged 81)
Allegiance |
Russian Provisional Government (1917) |
Service/branch | Red Army/Soviet Army |
Years of service | 1917 1919–47 |
Rank | Major general |
Commands held |
11th Rifle Division |
Battles/wars | |
Awards |
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Russian Provisional Government (1917)
11th Rifle Division
2nd Rifle Corps
61st Rifle Corps
Order of the Red Banner (2)
Order of Kutuzov 2nd class
Fyodor Alexeyevich Bakunin (Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Бакунин; 2 March 1898–22 January 1984) was a Soviet Army major general. Bakunin briefly served in the Imperial Russian Army in 1917 and in 1919 joined the Red Army, fighting in the Russian Civil War. He became an officer and in 1938 was appointed to lead the 11th Rifle Division. A year later Bakunin became commander of the 2nd Rifle Corps. Nearly a year later, he became commander of the 61st Rifle Corps. The corps fought in the Battle of Smolensk after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Bakunin led the corps during the Siege of Mogilev, in which it was destroyed. He escaped the encirclement and became a teacher at the Frunze Military Academy. In the fall of 1943 he was given deputy command of the 10th Rifle Corps and in May 1944 command of the 63rd Rifle Corps. Bakunin led the corps until 1947, when he retired.