Ivan Shepetov
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Ivan Mikhailovich Shepetov (Russian: Иван Михайлович Шепетов; 11 July 1902 – 21 May 1943) was a Soviet infantry officer who enlisted in the Red Army as a Civil War volunteer in 1918 and rose to command the 96th Mountain Rifle Division in the months following the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Born | (1902-07-11)11 July 1902 Kamenskoye, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine) |
Died | 21 May 1943(1943-05-21) (aged 40) Flossenbürg concentration camp, Germany |
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Years of service | 1918–1942 |
Rank | Major-general |
Commands | 96th Mountain Rifle Division (March 1941 - May 1942) |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
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