345:. From spring 1921 he temporarily commanded a squadron of the regiment, then designated the 54th Cavalry Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Crimean Cavalry Division. It was renamed the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the Separate G. I. Kotovsky Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division in September. For distinguishing himself in the battle to destroy a large anti-Soviet force in the Zvizdal region, he was awarded a second Order of the Red Banner on 14 October 1921.
600:. In the course of combat actions, he carried out clear and direct management of elements of the corps and with the attached reinforcements. Boldly applying battlefield maneuvers, he captured separate enemy strongpoints interfering with the advance of our troops in a timely manner." For his actions, Lebedenko was made a
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December 1923 to November 1924, and on his return to the regiment continued to serve as an assistant squadron commander and assistant chief of the regimental school. In August 1925 he entered the Kiev Combined Military School, and upon graduation in August 1927 was appointed chief of the
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Hospitalized for treatment of illness from 13 March to 4 April 1942, Lebedenko returned to command of the 50th after recovering. During this period, the division held defensive positions west of
Gzhatsk. In August it transferred to the
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on 31 October 1920. In March 1920, the regiment was redesignated as the 98th
Cavalry and became part of the 1st Brigade of the 17th Cavalry Division. With the regiment, Lebedenko led a platoon in the
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378:. Lebedenko served as commander and commissar of the 41st Separate Reserve Cavalry Squadron from September 1929 and the 36th Separate Reserve Cavalry Squadron from August 1931.
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580:, he led the corps in the final stages of the Uman–Botoșani offensive. In early May the corps and army were relocated to Romania, then from 26 June withdrawn to the
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596:, Lebedenko, promoted to lieutenant general, "skillfully organized the repulse of an enemy tank corps counterattack, aimed at destroying the bridgehead on the
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and was reorganized into the 1st
Cavalry Battalion in May 1919 and renumbered as the 15th in June of that year. The unit joined the partisan detachment of
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upon graduation in April 1936. He commanded the 5th
Cavalry Brigade of the district from November 1937. In August 1939 he was appointed commander of the
664:. Placed at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces in March 1948, Lebedenko was sent to complete the Higher Academic Course at the
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445:, forming in the Siberian Military District and went to the front with the army on 15 July 1941. From 21 July it was part of the operational group of
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477:. On 23 September then-Major General Lebedenko handed over command of the division to Colonel Ivan Alekseyevich Volkov, and took command of the
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for his leadership of the division on 11 April. After the end of the war, the division was reorganized as a rifle division and returned to
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cavalry and infantry, preventing the capture of an artillery battery and taking 462 prisoners. For this action, he was awarded the
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in
September 1931, Lebedenko was appointed commander of the 108th Cavalry Regiment of the Buryat-Mongolian Cavalry Brigade of the
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and successfully acted in the army offensive operation. In early
February 1943 the division was shifted to the
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As a platoon commander of the 3rd
Squadron, Lebedenko distinguished himself in battle on 12 November near
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A Ukrainian, Nikita
Fedotovich Lebedenko was born on 28 May 1899 in the village of Chaykovka,
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After the end of the war, the regiment was redesignated as the 17th Cavalry Regiment of the
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on 19 October. At this time, the division was engaged in heavy fighting near
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and remained there until November, when he returned home. During the
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Lebedenko was a recipient of the following awards and decorations:
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on 23 September 1944. Subsequently, he commanded the corps in the
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453:, and from 26 July fought in fierce fighting while encircled in
773:Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь
660:. From October 1945, he served as military commandant of the
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regimental school of the 40th Cavalry Regiment of the
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497:region. During the winter counteroffensive in the
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485:as part of the 19th Army, then retreated to the
294:and Mayaki. The detachment was merged with the
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505:and Dorokhovo, launching on offensive towards
262:Early life, World War I, and Russian Civil War
869:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
421:. Then-Colonel Lebedenko was awarded a third
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429:in the Siberian Military District.
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854:Recipients of the Order of Lenin
584:. The corps and army joined the
355:3rd Bessarabian Cavalry Division
819:People from Kherson Governorate
814:Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery
529:, defending on the line of the
834:Frunze Military Academy alumni
592:. In August, in the region of
572:Lebedenko took command of the
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755:Tsapayev & Goremykin 2015
674:Belorussian Military District
614:Sandomierz–Silesian offensive
588:on 13 July and fought in the
537:, the division fought in the
387:Transbaikal Military District
372:Belorussian Military District
533:. From July, as part of the
413:and on 29 February attacked
701:Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
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23:Nikita Fedotovich Lebedenko
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829:Heroes of the Soviet Union
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543:Donbas strategic offensive
539:Izyum–Barvenkovo offensive
395:Siberian Military District
245:Никита Федотович Лебеденко
715:Foreign orders and medals
590:Lvov–Sandomierz offensive
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622:Upper Silesian offensive
618:Lower Silesian offensive
602:Hero of the Soviet Union
455:Dukhovshchinsky District
256:Hero of the Soviet Union
214:Hero of the Soviet Union
695:Order of the Red Banner
662:Soviet sector of Vienna
658:Central Group of Forces
574:33rd Guards Rifle Corps
567:Uman–Botoșani offensive
423:Order of the Red Banner
383:Frunze Military Academy
323:Order of the Red Banner
286:, Lebedenko joined the
225:Order of the Red Banner
157:33rd Guards Rifle Corps
670:9th Guards Rifle Corps
610:Vistula–Oder offensive
162:9th Guards Rifle Corps
547:Battle of the Dnieper
122:Years of service
563:Kirovograd offensive
555:Zaporozhye offensive
439:Operation Barbarossa
364:7th Cavalry Division
315:Podolian Governorate
125:1917–1919, 1919–1952
757:, pp. 583–585.
586:1st Ukrainian Front
479:50th Rifle Division
391:91st Rifle Division
304:45th Rifle Division
272:Kherson Governorate
152:50th Rifle Division
147:91st Rifle Division
48:Kherson Governorate
523:Southwestern Front
475:Battle of Smolensk
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604:and awarded the
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198:World War II
171:Battles/wars
90:Soviet Union
85:Russian SFSR
72:Soviet Union
63:(1956-06-16)
61:16 June 1956
809:1956 deaths
804:1899 births
703:, 1st class
638:Częstochowa
553:during the
473:during the
276:World War I
249:Soviet Army
178:World War I
46:Chaykovka,
44:28 May 1899
798:Categories
720:References
624:, and the
565:, and the
559:Kirovograd
551:Zaporozhye
545:, and the
403:Winter War
193:Winter War
108:Red Guards
78:Allegiance
725:Citations
519:33rd Army
463:19th Army
443:24th Army
415:Makslahti
288:Red Guard
274:. During
642:Radomsko
634:Stopnica
507:Mozhaysk
503:Tuchkovo
495:Tuchkovo
491:5th Army
471:Yartsevo
296:Red Army
292:Tiraspol
140:Commands
113:Red Army
99:Service/
672:in the
652:Postwar
646:Dresden
598:Vistula
594:Baranów
511:Gzhatsk
449:on the
427:Achinsk
370:of the
366:of the
339:Teterev
311:Snitkov
241:Russian
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712:Medals
680:Awards
630:Dębica
620:, the
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483:Vereya
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331:Olevsk
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343:Desna
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