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392:, Akhmanov was sent to study at the 1st Infantry Command Courses in Kazan. After graduating in March 1920, he became a platoon commander in the 4th Reserve Regiment, and in April transferred to command a company of the 113th Rifle Regiment. Akhmanov fought in Estonia and Finland, and after the end of hostilities with those countries was transferred to the
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December 1922 that allowed him to become a rifle and drill instructor at the 4th Kiev Artillery School upon graduation. Demobilized in September 1923, Akhmanov was again conscripted into the Red Army in December of that year and appointed an acting company commander in the 153rd Territorial Rifle Regiment at
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September 1932 when he transferred to become chief of the 2nd staff department of the 2nd Training Regiment of the 2nd Mechanized Brigade. Appointed commander of the separate tank battalion of the 8th Mechanized Brigade
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September 1925 and October 1926, he returned to the regiment to serve successively as commander of a company and battery and as acting assistant regimental chief of staff. In November 1929 Akhmanov was transferred to command a company at the Kiev Infantry Commanders' Refresher Courses and
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From April 1921, Akhmanov served as assistant chief of food reconnaissance in the 131st Rifle
Regiment of the 15th Rifle Division. After graduating from the Odessa Military Refresher School, he became company commander in the regiment and was sent to a physical education course in Kiev between
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Belarus that was destroyed, but managed to escape encirclement with the remnants of his unit. Akhmanov served in staff positions coordinating army and front-level armored troops for the next several years of the war and in early 1944 was given command of the
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999:[General Akhmanov: Hero-tankist who lost his life due to Stalin].
960:[Akhmanov, Aleksey Osipovich, 02/11/1942, missing: Loss report].
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1086:] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole.
1061:] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole.
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25 February] 1897 – 17 November 1949) was a
1035:] (in Russian). Moscow: Frunze Military Academy.
1048:] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Voenizdat.
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43:Alat village, Alatsky volost, Kazansky Uyezd,
1176:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
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788:Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
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1040:Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987).
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504:Operation Barbarossa
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