Casualties of commanders of Soviet divisions in Minsk & Kiev

[Kelvin]

Hi, every members, I would like to ask about casualties of commanders of Soviet divsions in the gigantic battles of Kiev and Minsk in 1941, I would like to know how many commanders of Soviet divisions killed or captured in these battles, I just look for a numbers only, not need any names of commander, I just look for a general statistics only, anyone could help?

[olia]

According to the Russian history chronology Bialystok-Minsk operation (22.06-09.07.1941) the loss of the division commanders:
KIA- 2
MIA-2
POW- 6

[Kelvin]

According to the Russian history chronology Bialystok-Minsk operation (22.06-09.07.1941) the loss of the division commanders:
KIA- 2
MIA-2
POW- 6

Hi, olia, thank a lot, very much appreciated. I would like to know if you have same data on the battle of Kiev or Vizama ?

[Kelvin]

According to the Russian history chronology Bialystok-Minsk operation (22.06-09.07.1941) the loss of the division commanders:
KIA- 2
MIA-2
POW- 6

I find some sources at least 3 divisional commanders were killed, 22nd Tank division, 113 & 137 Rifle divisions,

About which divisional commanders, still search.

I don't know why Stalin shot commander of 4th Army while it were 3rd and 10th Armies were encircled in Minsk, what the fates of both commanders ?

[Art]

I don't know why Stalin shot commander of 4th Army while it were 3rd and 10th Armies were encircled in Minsk, what the fates of both commanders ?

General Filatov commanding the 13 Army died of wounds received in early July 1941:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Filatov/ ... Union.html
General Kuznetsov commanding the 3 Army ended the war in Berlin as CO of the 3 Shock Army:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Kuznetso ... Union.html
There is a cynical version that Korobkov was available to the investigators from Moscow while other senior officers like Filatov and Kuznetsov were hanging around in forests with their whereabouts unknown. As a more serious reason he evidently screwed up not evacuating troops from the Brest fortress and a field camp near it in due time. A later investigation couldn't find out whose fail was that as Korobkov and Pavlov both blamed each other.

[Kelvin]

I don't know why Stalin shot commander of 4th Army while it were 3rd and 10th Armies were encircled in Minsk, what the fates of both commanders ?

General Filatov commanding the 13 Army died of wounds received in early July 1941:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Filatov/ ... Union.html
General Kuznetsov commanding the 3 Army ended the war in Berlin as CO of the 3 Shock Army:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Kuznetso ... Union.html
There is a cynical version that Korobkov was available to the investigators from Moscow while other senior officers like Filatov and Kuznetsov were hanging around in forests with their whereabouts unknown. As a more serious reason he evidently screwed up not evacuating troops from the Brest fortress and a field camp near it in due time. A later investigation couldn't find out whose fail was that as Korobkov and Pavlov both blamed each other.

Hi, Art, thank for your data, do you know the fate of 10th Army commander after that Minsk battle ? This Army suffered heavily as some sources tell me that, the commander of 6th Mechanized Corps was killed, commander of 6th Cavalry Corps was captured and 13th, 86th and 113rd Rifle divisions surrendered in mass.

Did Stalin punish him or he had been killed already.

[Kelvin]

According to the Russian history chronology Bialystok-Minsk operation (22.06-09.07.1941) the loss of the division commanders:
KIA- 2
MIA-2
POW- 6

Minsk-Bialystok battle was very important battles as Halder thought that it was no exaggeration that German have won the war within a couple of weeks but in terms of casualties in senior post, German encirclement tactics not function well as Russian done later in 1944.

Only 4 divisional commanders killed or MIA and 6 were captured. If you looked at Bagration in 1944. In first two weeks campaign, 7 German divsional commanders were killed or MIA, 15 divsional commander were captured. Also another 7 corps commanders killed or captured.

In Jassy-Kishinev, also in a couple of weeks, about 13 divisional commnaders were capturd plus 5 divisional commander killed or MIA. From this two battles, Russian encirclment tactics function more better than German,

Any member had other opinion ?

[Art]

Hi, Art, thank for your data, do you know the fate of 10th Army commander after that Minsk battle ?

That could be found online here:
http://www.generals.dk/general/Golubev/ ... Union.html

[Kelvin]

Hi, Art, thank a lot.

[Kelvin]

Some addition for general casualties :

Major General E.A.Egorov, commander of 4th Rifle Corps, 3rd Army was captured in Minsk on June 29 1941

Maj Gen Ivan Semenovich Nikitin, commander of 6th Cavalry Corps was captured in Minsk in June 1941

Maj Gen Mikhail Grigorevich Khatskilevish, commander of 6th Mechanized Corps was killed in Minsk 1941

Maj Gen Petr Grigorevich Makarov, deputy commander of 11th Mechanized Corps was captured in Minsk 1941

Maj Gen Nikolay Mihailovich Starostin, artillery commander of 11th Mechanized Corps was captured in Minsk 1941

Maj.Gen Aleskandr Vasilevich Garnov, commander of 5th Rifle Corps from 10th Army MIA in Minsk in June 1941

Maj.Gen.Bikzhanov, commander of 29th Mechanized division from 6th Mechanized Corps was captured in Minsk in July 1941

Maj Gen.Kristofor Nikolavich Alaverdov, commander of 113rd Rifle Division from 5th Rifle Corps was captured in Minsk in July 1941.

Maj Gen. Evdokimov, commander of 50th Rifle divison, MIA in Minsk in 1941

Major General Eybin, commander of 36th Cavalry Division was captured too.

General Lazutin, artillery commander of 61st Rifle Corps, 13th Army was captured also in Minsk in late June 1941

Maj Gen.Petr Nikolevich Akhliustin, commander of 13th Mechanized Corps was killed in Smolensk in July 1941

Liet Gen.Vasili Iakolevich Kachalov, commander of 28th Army was killed in Roslavl in Aug 1941.

Liet Gen. I.N. Muzyrchenko and Maj.Gen P.G. Ponedelin, commanders of 6th and 12th Armies were captured respectively in Uman in Aug 1941

Major General Kirillov, commander of 13th Rifle Corps and Maj,General Snegov, commander of 8th Rifle Corps were captured in Uman 1941

Maj Gen.Abramidze, commander of 72nd Mountain Rifle Divison was captured in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj Gen Nikolay Ignatevich Proshkin commander of 58th Mountain Rifle division was captured in Uman in Aug 1941

Colonel Semen Akimovich Tkachenko, commander of 44th Mountain Rifle Division was captured in Uman in Aug 1941

Zverev Grigory, commander of 190th Rifle Division was captured in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj.Gen Leonid Ivanovich Kotelnikov, commander of 60th Mountain Rifle Division was killed in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj.Gen.Sergei Vladimirovich Verzin, commander of 173rd Mountain Rifle Division was killed in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj, General Bogdanov, commander of 48th Rifle division was captured on June 25 1941 (North theatre)

Colonel Bessonov , commander of 102nd Rifle division was captured in Gomel on Aug 26 1941.

General Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos, commander of Southwestern Front was killed in Kiev in Sept 1941

General Mikhail Ivanovich Potapov, commander of 5th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941

Major Gen, Artemenko, commander of 27th Rifle Corps, 5th Army captured in Kiev on Sept 27 1941

Maj,Gen Alekseev, commander of 6th Rifle Corps, 26th Army was captured in Kiev Sept 1941

Maj. Gen Semen Mikhailovich Kondrusev, commander of 22nd Mechanized Corps of 5th Army, was killed in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj, Gen, Flipp Fedorovich Aliabushev, commander of 87th Rifle division of 37th Army was killed in Kiev in Sept 1941.

Liet Gen. Andrei Kirillovich Smirnov,commander of 18th Army was killed in battle of Azov in Oct 1941

Maj.Gen. Tsirul'nikov, commander of 51st Rifle division from 9th Army was captured on Oct 9 1941 in battle of Azov.

[Kelvin]

Any member has any addition to casualties list of Soviet senior post commanders ( division, corps and army commanders) either killed, MIA or captured in 1941 campaign ?

[Kelvin]

Some more :

Maj.Gen.F.I Trukhin, deputy Chief of Staff of Northern Front was captured in 1941

Maj Gen.F.G Sushchii, commander of 124th Rifle Division was killed in Border battle in Southwestern Theater in July 1941

Maj Gen.A.S Mitrofanov, commander of Artillery of 6th Mechanzied Corps was killed in Minsk in 1941

Major Gen.N.M. Starostin, commander of Artillery of 11th Mechanized Corps was captured in Minsk 1941

Major General,D.P. Safonov, commander of 143rd Rifle Division, 47th Rifle Corps was killed in Minsk in June 1941

Maj Gen. V. B Borisov, commander of 21st Rifle Corps, 13th Army was killed in Minsk in 1941

Maj Gen. A,V. Bondovskii, commander of 85th Rifle Division, 4th Rifle Corps, 3rd Army was captured in Minsk but escaped later in 1941

Maj.Gen.A.Z.Naumov, commander of 13th Rifle division, was captured in Minsk in July 1941

Maj Gen. M.T, Romanov, commander of 172nd Rifle Division, 61st Rifle Corps, 13th Army was captured in Mogilev in Aug 1941

Maj Gen. T. L. Vlasov, commander of Artillery of 16th Army was killed in Smolensk in July 1941

Maj Gen.P.M. Filatov, commander of 13th Army was killed in Smolensk area in July 1941

Maj Gen. P.N. Akhliustin, commander of 13th Mechanized Corps was killed in Smolensk in July 1941

Maj Gen S.I Eremin , commander of 20th Rifle Corps was killed in Smolensk in July 1941

Maj Gen. M.A Kuznetsov, commander of 126th Rifle Division, 29th Rifle Corps, 22nd Army was killed in Smolensk in Aug 1941

Maj Gen.A M Stepanov, commander of 27th Rifle Divison was killed in Smolensk in Aug 1941

Maj.Gen. G. I. Fedorov, commander of 6th Army Artillery was killed in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj Gen,V.I Prokhorov, commander of 80th Rifle Division, 37th Corps, 6th Army was captured in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj.Gen.I.I. Tonkonogov, commander of 141st Rifle Division, 37th Corps, 6th Army was captured in Uman in Aug 1941

Maj.Gen. I.E.Turnov, commander of 169th Rifle division of 18th Army died of wound after evaucation from Uman in Aug 1941

Maj.Gen.V.N.Sotenskii, commander of Artillery of 5th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941.

Maj Gen.P.D.Artemenko, deputy Chief of rear service of 37th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj.Gen.K.L Dobroserdov, Chief of staff of 37th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj.Gen.F.B Rustov, commander of 66th Rifle Corps, 21st Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj.Gen.I.M.Gerasimov, commander of 146th Rifle Division, 37th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941.

Maj.Gen.A.E Budykho, commander of 171th Rifle Division, 37th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj Gen.K.E Kulikov, commander of 196th Rifle Division , 38th Army was captured in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj.Gen G.N, Mikushev, commander of 41st Rifle division of 26th Army was killed in Kiev in Sept 1941

Maj.Gen V. I. Neretin, commander of 266th Rifle division of 66th Rifle Corps from 21st Army was killed in Kiev in Sept 1941.

Maj.Gen.A.S.Titov, commander of Artillery in 18th Army was killed in the battle of Azov in Oct 1941

Maj.Gen. M.P Petrov, commander of 50th Army was killed in Bryansk pocket in Oct 1941

Maj Gen. I,.M Skugarev, commander of 160th Rifle Division was captured in Bryansk pocket in Oct 1941

Maj Gen S.E. Danilov, commander of 280th Rifle Division, 3rd Army was killed in Bryansk pocket in Oct 1941

Lie.Gen. N.F Lukin, commander of 19th Army was captured in Vizama in Oct 1941.

Lie Gen.F,A. Ershakov, commander of 20th Army was captured in Vizama in Oct 1941

Maj Gen,S.V. Vishnevskii, commander of 32rd Army was captured in Vizama in Oct 1941

Maj .Gen V.F, Malyshkin, Chief of Staff of 19th Army was captured in Vizama in Oct 1941

Major Gen.I.P.Prokhorov, commander of Artillery of 20th Army was captured in Vizama in Oct 1941

Maj.Gen.B.D Bobrov, commander of 139th Rifle division of 24th Army was killed in Vizama in Oct 1941

Maj.Gen I.S.Gorbachev, commander of 250th Rifle division, 30th Army was killed in Smolensk in July 1941

Maj Gen.E.N. Soliankin, commander of 2nd Tank Division was killed in Northern Theater in 1941

Maj Gen A A Zhurba, commander of 14th Rifle division was killed in a air attack in Northern Theater in 1941

Maj Gen.V.F. Pavlov, commander of 23rd Rifle Division, 16th Rifle Corps, 11th Army, was killed in Northern Theater in 1941

Maj. Gen V,V Kirpichnikov, commander of 43rd Rifle Division was captured in Finnish War Zone in 1941

Maj Gen.N A. Dedaev, commander of 67th Rifle Division was killed in 1941

Maj Gen.A.E. Fediumin, commander of 70th Rifle division ,16th Rifle Corps was killed in 1941 (Northern front)

Maj Gen A.S Zotov, commander of 128th Rifle Divison, 16th Rifle Corps was captured in 1941 ( Northern theater)



And some correction : commander of 22nd Mechanized Corps, 87th and 124th Rifle division were not killed in Kiev but in border battle in June/July 1941

[Kelvin]

Hi, I check wiki said battle of Uman , Soviet had 4 corps commanders and 11 divisional commanders, but right now, I only find out 8th and 13th Corps commanders and 80th, 141st , 190th Rifle Divisions and 44th, 58th and 72nd mountain rifle division commanders were listed as captured,

If any member has additonal data on another two corps commanders and five divisional commanders as captured for our reference ?

P.S. Soviet 13th Rifle division commander Naurov was captured in Oct 1941, not in June-July 1941 as he was left behind enemy lines for a couple of months.

[Kelvin]

Some addition :

Brig.Gen. S.P. Zibin and Maj.Gen.I.A. Kornilov, commander of 37th and 49th Rifle Corps respectively were captured in Uman in August 1941.

[Kelvin]

Addition :
Maj.Gen F.I.Budanov, deputy commander of 5th Rifle Corps , commander of 50th Rifle Division, V.P.Evdokimov and commander of 5th Rifle Corps, A.V Garnov, all were reported as missing in Minsk in June 1941.

Maj Gen.N.N Belov, commander of 15th Mechanized Division, 2nd Mechanized Corps, 9th Army was killed in Uman pocket in Aug 1941.

Maj Gen S.I Eremin, commander of 20th Rifle Corps was killed in Smolensk in Aug 1941

Maj Gen V.I. Chistiakov, commander of 24th Mechanized Corps, 12th Army was killed in Uman in Aug 1941.

Maj Gen.I.P Karmanov, commander of 61st Rifle Corps, 22nd Army was missing in Nevel encirclment, part of Smolensk battle 7/41

And correction : Maj Gen. S.E. Danilov, commander of 280th Rifle Division was captured rather than being killed in Bryansk pocket in Oct 1941