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and secretary of the regimental party bureau in the 167th Rifle
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Kozhanov was promoted to major general on 5 May 1945. From May to June the division was relocated to
Mongolia with the 39th Army in preparation for the
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and fought in fierce offensive battles on the eastern bank of the river with advancing German units in the area of
Ivashkina Gora and Borok. During the
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and Halun–Arshan fortified regions and the crossing of the
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and 29th Armies. On 26 October the division dug in on the line of
Gorodishche, Perlevo, Pachino, halting the German advance at
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at Port Arthur. From July 1946 he was deputy commander of the 39th Army for civil administration and commandant of
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on 30 July. In August then-Major
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and on 10 August crossed the
Urlengui-gol river and by 19 August concentrated 10 km southeast of
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Vasily Ivanovich Kozhanov was born in the village of Verkhnekizilskoye, Verkhneuralsky Uyezd,
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From 11 March then-Lieutenant Colonel Kozhanov commanded the 1196th Rifle Regiment of the
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and was sent to the front, where it joined the front of reserve armies, which became the
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on 18 January and captured 26 fortified points, then on 22 January assault-crossed the
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After the end of the war, Kozhanov continued to command the division as part of the
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Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
463:. In the face of multiple counterattacks, the division assault-crossed the
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in January 1921 and became a cadet of the 21st Siberian Infantry Course at
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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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Kozhanov was a recipient of the following awards and decorations:
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in October, the division fought in rearguard actions towards
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1007:] (in Russian). Vol. 4. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole.
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Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
562:, then from July 1947 served as deputy commander of the
538:. For distinguishing itself in the breakthrough of the
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on 19 April 1945. In April, the division fought in the
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Kozhanov transferred to the 29th Rifle Regiment of the
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Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
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began, the 178th Rifle Division was at the Omsk and
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522:. During the operation, the division crossed the
803:Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
655:Order of Suvorov, 3rd class (12 February 1943)
487:. For its actions the division was awarded the
321:camps. On 29 June 1941 the division joined the
1097:Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class
1092:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 3rd class
1087:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
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1052:Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
451:During October, the division fought in the
289:but was not arrested and instead lived in
212:; 22 March 1904 – 24 November 1988) was a
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1082:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner
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518:and the army, the division fought in the
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491:on 19 February and Kozhanov was made a
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999:Tsapayev, D. A.; et al. (2015).
713:Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
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977:(in Russian). 5 May 1945. p. 1
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440:on 2 July, and for the capture of
406:Voroshilov Higher Military Academy
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412:and on 8 May took command of the
333:. The unit entered battle on the
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357:, covering the retreat of the
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436:the division was awarded the
227:Early life and prewar service
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685:, 1st class (11 March 1985)
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512:Soviet invasion of Manchuria
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556:Primorsky Military District
448:, 2nd class, on 12 August.
257:Leningrad Military District
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683:Order of the Patriotic War
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414:91st Guards Rifle Division
351:Vyazma defensive operation
303:Siberian Military District
156:91st Guards Rifle Division
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202:Vasily Ivanovich Kozhanov
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520:Khingan–Mukden offensive
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221:Hero of the Soviet Union
210:Василий Иванович Кожанов
179:Hero of the Soviet Union
626:Order of the Red Banner
438:Order of the Red Banner
418:Vitebsk–Orsha offensive
190:Order of the Red Banner
16:Soviet military general
402:Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive
373:of the Kalinin Front.
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410:3rd Belorussian Front
279:Military Commissariat
125:Years of service
918:Honorary Citizen of
501:Konigsberg offensive
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233:Orenburg Governorate
48:Orenburg Governorate
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457:Gumbinnen Operation
281:Training Center at
275:10th Rifle Division
253:56th Rifle Division
46:Verkhnekizilskoye,
331:Battle of Smolensk
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1037:1988 deaths
1032:1904 births
536:Port Arthur
287:Great Purge
283:Arkhangelsk
249:Vladivostok
214:Soviet Army
118:Soviet Army
1026:Categories
926:References
568:Voroshilov
477:Baltic Sea
473:Königsberg
424:, and the
89:Allegiance
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540:Manzhouli
485:Seerappen
371:30th Army
367:39th Army
343:29th Army
323:24th Army
319:Slavgorod
261:Leningrad
134:1939–1959
131:1921–1937
909:Mongolia
544:Jalainur
503:and the
455:and the
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339:Nelidovo
337:west of
266:politruk
237:Red Army
152:Commands
114:Red Army
108:Service/
981:30 June
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363:Torzhok
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206:Russian
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532:Mukden
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481:Pillau
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