Mikhail Denisenko
| Mikhail Ivanovich Denisenko | |
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| Native name | Михаил Иванович Денисенко |
| Born |
July 24, 1899 Temchenko Farm (now Kozelnoe village, Nedryhailiv Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Died | April 7, 1949 (aged 49) Vitebsk |
| Allegiance |
 Soviet Union
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| Service/branch | Red Army |
| Years of service | 1919–1949 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands held |
202nd Airborne Brigade 9th Airborne Corps 36th Guards Rifle Division 12th Guards Airborne Division 105th Guards Rifle Division 103rd Guards Airborne Division |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
  Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of Suvorov 2nd class Order of Kutuzov 2nd class |
Mikhail Denisenko (Russian: Михаил Иванович Денисенко; 24 July 1899 – 7 April 1949) was a Red Army Major general and Hero of the Soviet Union. He fought in World War II with the Soviet airborne, leading the 36th Guards Rifle Division and 12th Guards Airborne Division. Postwar, Denisenko commanded the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, before his death in 1949 in a parachute accident.
Denisenko was born on 24 July 1899 to a peasant family on the Temchenko farm, which is now the village of Kozelnoe in Nedryhailiv Raion in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. After graduating from high school, Denisenko worked on the construction of a railway in 1915.
In 1919, Denisenko was drafted into the Red Army. Denisenko was assigned to the 3rd Lebedinsky Guard Company. He fought in operations against Anton Denikin's army on the Don and in the Donbass during 1919, with the 12th Rifle Division. From December 1919, Denisenko fought with the 45th Rifle Division during the Odessa Operation and the Kiev Offensive. From 1920, he was a company political officer in the 420th Rifle Regiment and 397th Rifle Regiment of the 47th Rifle Division. In 1920, Denisenko joined the Communist Party.
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