Konstantin Koroteev

Konstantin Apollonovich Koroteev ( _ru. Коротеев Константин Аполлонович) (born February 12, 1901, village Shcheglovka, Bogodukhovskoy uezd, Kharkiv Oblast - died January 4, 1953,Moscow), a Soviet military officer, colonel-general (1944), recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union (April 6, 1945)

Military career

Konstantin Koroteev was enrolled into the Russian Imperial Army in 1916. In 1918 he joined the Red Army and was a platoon commander. After the Russian Civil War Konstantin Koroteev was a staff officer. He started his commading career with attending the Higher Officer Training School "Vystrel" in 1926. In 1938 he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. During the Winter War he was a division commander. In March 1940 Konstantin Koroteev headed an infantry corps and was an inspector over infantry in the Leningrad Military District. During the Great Patriotic War he commanded various armies. After the war he graduated from the Higher Academic Courses of the General Staff Academy in 1947. In the same year he was appointed as a commander of the Transbaikal Military District until March 1951. Since 1950 Konstantin Koroteev was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet.