Mikhail Girshovich
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Mikhail Grigoryevich Girshovich | |
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Native name | Михаил Григорьевич Гиршович |
Born | Kutno, Russian Empire (now Kutno, Poland) | April 18, 1904
Died | July 26, 1947 Khabarovsk, Soviet Union (now Khabarovsk, Russia) | (aged 43)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service/ | Red Army |
Years of service | 1920–1947 |
Rank | Major general (from 18 November 1944 onward) |
Battles/wars | Russian Civil War World War II |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner Order of Lenin Order of Kutuzov |
Mikhail Grigoryevich Girshovich (Russian: Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Гиршо́вич, 1904–1947), was a major general in the Red Army.
Early life and education[edit]
Girshovich was born into a Jewish family of officials in Russian-occupied Poland. He finished 4 classes of Jewish schooling and moved to Belorussia.
Career[edit]
Red Army[edit]
Girshovich joined the Soviet Red Army in 1920. In 1926, he graduated Moscow artillery school and in 1938 graduated the anti-aircraft artillery course.
World War II[edit]
- Deputy commander of Army Air Defense.
Girshovich was head of Moscow Anti-aircraft warfare from 1942 to 1943.
Girshovich was the head of the Red Army Anti-aircraft warfare from 1944 to 1945.
He became the head of the Amur PVO Army, Deputy Far East PVO Commander in 1946 and died in 1947 serving in that capacity.