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Mikhail Girshovich

Mikhail Girshovich

Key facts

date of birth1904
date of deathJuly 26, 1947
occupationmilitary personnel
place of birthKutno
place of deathKhabarovsk
member of political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
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Born
Mikhail Grigoryevich GirshovichApril 18, 1904Kutno, Russian Empire(now Poland)
Died
July 26, 1947 (aged 43)Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union(now Russia)
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Service years
1920–1947
Rank
Major general (from 18 November 1944 onward)
Conflicts
Russian Civil WarWorld War II
Awards
Order of the Red BannerOrder of LeninOrder of Kutuzov


Mikhail Grigoryevich Girshovich (Russian: Михаи́л Григо́рьевич Гиршо́вич; April 18, 1904 – July 26, 1947) was a major general in the Red Army.

Early life and education

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

Red Army

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

  • 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.

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