Alexey Mikhaylov (officer)
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Alexey Iosifovich Mikhaylov | |
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 Mikhaylov, c. 1940 | |
| Born | 4 October 1895 Okhotino, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 1941 (aged 45–46) |
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| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | 161st Rifle Division |
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| Awards | Order of the Red Banner |
Alexey Iosifovich Mikhaylov (Russian: Алексе́й Ио́сифович Миха́йлов; 4 October 1895 – October 1941) was a Red Army colonel killed in World War II.
Mikhaylov became a junior officer during World War I and was captured by Bulgarian troops in early 1917. Returning to Russia on the end of the war, he was drafted into the Red Army and served in the suppression of the Kronstadt rebellion and the East Karelian uprising. He held command and staff positions between the wars and on the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa commanded the 161st Rifle Division in Belarus. Mikhaylov led the division in the Battle of Smolensk, but was relieved of command in late August. Serving in an army headquarters position, he was killed in the Vyazma pocket later that year.
Mikhaylov was born on 4 October 1895 in the village of Okhotino, Tumanovsky volost, Smolensk Governorate. Mobilized into the Imperial Russian Army in August 1915 during World War I, he was sent to the Northwestern Front, where he became a private in the 2nd Reserve Regiment. In November he was transferred to the 176th Infantry Regiment before studying at the Pskov School of Ensigns from March to June 1916. After graduating from the school with the rank of ensign, Mikhaylov returned to the 176th Regiment and served as a junior officer and company commander. In October he was sent to the Romanian Front, where he commanded a company of the 37th Siberian Rifle Regiment. In January 1917, during the retreat from Dobruja, Mikhaylov was wounded and concussed in battle at Măcin, being taken prisoner by Bulgarian soldiers. Held in prisoner of war camps in Sofia and Orhanie, Mikhaylov was released when the war ended and returned to Russia in December 1918, being invalided out of service.[1]
During the Russian Civil War, he was drafted into the Red Army in Petrograd in August 1919 and appointed a company commander in the 10th Reserve Regiment of the Northwestern Front. He commanded a march battalion of the front from September 1920, and in December became a company commander in the 96th Rifle Regiment of the 32nd Brigade of the 11th Rifle Division. With the division, he fought in the suppression of the Kronstadt rebellion, receiving a silver watch for capturing a battery. From May 1921 he served as an assistant battalion commander of the divisional training regiment. Mikhaylov and his unit subsequently participated in the suppression of the East Karelian uprising between December 1921 and March 1922. For capturing the Volazminsky factory, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner, in addition to the To the Valiant Soldier of the Karelian Front badge for participating in the operation.[1]