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in 1924. In 1928 he finished the officer school in Kiev. Due to the rapid pre-war expansion of the military and 1937–1938 military purges, he quickly rose in rank. In 1938 he became commander of the 9th Light Tank
Brigade. In March 1941 he became the commander of the
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in Moscow in 1992. A monument to
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within pre-war borders of Poland, 40 miles away. General
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