Korsun
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Korsun may refer to:
People
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People
- Nikolai Georgiyevich Korsun (1876-1958), a Soviet military historian
- Nikolai Nesterovich Korsun (1911-1988), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet UnionHero of the Soviet UnionThe title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...
- Paweł Korsun a Warsaw-born musician, music journalist, Polish TV personality
Places
- Korsun, Slavic name for the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea
- Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy (or Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyy), a city in Ukraine
Other
- The Battle of KorsunBattle of KorsunBattle of Korsun , was the second significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in central Ukraine, a numerically superior force of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under the command of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Tuhaj-Bej attacked...
in 1648 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising - The Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy PocketKorsun-Cherkassy PocketThe Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive led to the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket which took place from 24 January to 16 February 1944. The offensive was part of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive...
between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II - Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun PocketDecisive Battles of WWII: Korsun PocketDecisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by the Strategic Studies Group . The game is part of the Decisive Battles of World War II series and was released on August 25, 2003. The game depicts the historical World War II battle of the Korsun Pocket,...
- A computer game based on the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket