Nikolai Simoniak

Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak
Birth name	Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak
Born	17 February 1901(1901-02-17) Temizhbekskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Empire
Died	19 April 1956(1956-04-19) (aged 55) Leningrad, Soviet Union
Buried at	Leningrad
Allegiance	USSR
Service/branch	Infantry
Years of service	1918–1948
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	8th Rifle Brigade 136th Rifle Division 63rd Guards Rifle Division 30th Guards Rifle Corps 67th Army 3rd Shock Army
Battles/wars	Soviet-Finnish War World War II Battle of Hanko Peninsula Siege of Leningrad Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive Baltic Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (3) Order of the Red Banner (3) Order of Suvorov, 1st Class Order of Suvorov, 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class Order of the Red Star

Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak (Russian: Симоняк Николай Павлович, February 17 [O.S. February 4] 1901 – April 23, 1956), was a Soviet military commander.

References

• Glantz, David M. (2002). The Battle for Leningrad 1941–1944. Kansas University Press. ISBN 0-7006-1208-4. 

Persondata
Name	Simoniak, Nikolai Pavlovich
Alternative names	Симоняк, Николай Павлович (Russian)
Short description	Soviet military commander
Date of birth	February 17, 1901
Place of birth	Temizhbekskaya, Krasnodar Krai
Date of death	April 23, 1956
Place of death	Leningrad