Kuzma Galitsky

Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky Кузьма Никитович Галицкий
Born	(1897-10-24)October 24, 1897 Taganrog, Russian Empire
Died	March 14, 1973(1973-03-14) (aged 75) Moscow, USSR
Buried at	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	USSR
Service/branch	Soviet Army
Years of service	1917-1962
Rank	Army General
Commands held	24th Rifle Division (1939-1941) 3rd Shock Army (Soviet Union) (1942-1943) 11th Guards Army (1943-1945) Northern Group of Forces (1955-1958) Transcaucasian Military District (1958-1961)
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War, Soviet-Finnish War, German-Soviet War
Awards	(4) Order of the Red Banner (4) Order of the Red Star Order of Kutuzov Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Order of Suvorov

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Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky (Russian: Кузьма́ Ники́тович Гали́цкий; 24 October 1897 – 14 March 1973) was a Soviet army general who earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Kuzma Galitsky was born on October 24, 1897 in the city of Taganrog into a worker's family. He studied at the Taganrog Boys Gymnasium, which he graduated from in 1912, and worked at the Taganrog Train Station's depot. Galitsky joined the Bolshevik Party in 1918.

During the German-Soviet War, he commanded the 24th Rifle Division and the 67th Rifle Corps. Starting in September 1942, he commanded the 3rd Shock Army (Soviet Union), and from November 1943 to May 1945 he commanded of the 11th Guards Army. General Galitsky's army finished the war at Kaliningrad, where he built the first memorial in the Soviet Union to soldiers who fell during the war.

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