Ivan Alekseyevich Kornilov
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Ivan Alekseyevich Kornilov (1899–1953) was a Soviet general.
Kornilov rose through the ranks of the Red Army
in the 1930s and was promoted to the rank of major-general in June 1940, commanding the 45th Rifle Division. He was in command of the 49th Rifle Corps during the early phases of Operation Barbarossa
in 1941, but was badly wounded and had to give up his command. Shortly thereafter he was captured by the German army
and spent the rest of World War II
as a prisoner of war
.
He was detained by Soviet security services for the routine security checks as part of the filtration process administered to ensure that the newly-liberated captured Soviet soldiers had not collaborated with their Nazi captors during captivity, but cleared and allowed to resume his military career in the same year. He served as head of the military departments at the Kuybyshev Planning Institute (1947–1950) and Rostov State University (1950–1953) .
Kornilov rose through the ranks of the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
in the 1930s and was promoted to the rank of major-general in June 1940, commanding the 45th Rifle Division. He was in command of the 49th Rifle Corps during the early phases of Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
in 1941, but was badly wounded and had to give up his command. Shortly thereafter he was captured by the German army
German Army
The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Following the disbanding of the Wehrmacht after World War II, it was re-established in 1955 as the Bundesheer, part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr along with the Navy and the Air Force...
and spent the rest of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
as a prisoner of war
Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
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He was detained by Soviet security services for the routine security checks as part of the filtration process administered to ensure that the newly-liberated captured Soviet soldiers had not collaborated with their Nazi captors during captivity, but cleared and allowed to resume his military career in the same year. He served as head of the military departments at the Kuybyshev Planning Institute (1947–1950) and Rostov State University (1950–1953) .