- David Dragunsky
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David Abramovich Dragunsky (Давид Абрамович Драгунский) (1910 Svyatsk, Bryansk Oblast - 1992 Moscow) was born to a Jewish family and became a Colonel General in the Soviet Army. Twice he was decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union. In 1938, he commanded a tank company during combat operations near Khasan Lake and was awarded an Order of the Red Banner. During World War II, he was in command of a tank battalion and, in 1943, he became the commander of the 55th Guards Tank Brigade of the 3rd Guards Tank Army.
In 1983, he was designated chairman of Anti-Zionist committee of the Soviet public by the Ideological Department of the CPSU Central Committee and the KGB.
Publications
- A Soldier's Memoirs
References
Categories:- 1910 births
- 1992 deaths
- People from Bryansk Oblast
- Russian Jews
- Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Double Heroes of the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
- Jewish anti-Zionism
- Jewish atheists
- Soviet Jews in the military
- Soviet generals
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- Tank commanders
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