Andrei Shkuro

Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro
Born(1887-01-19)19 January 1887
Pashkovskaya (now part of Krasnodar), Kuban Oblast, Russian Empire
Died17 January 1947(1947-01-17) (aged 59)
Lefortovo Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Kuban
Russia White Movement
 Nazi Germany
Service / branch Imperial Russian Army
White movement
Schutzstaffel 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
Years of service1907–1920
1943–1945
RankLieutenant general
Battles / warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War
World War II
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus
Order of Saint Anna

Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro (Russian: Андрей Григорьевич Шкуро, Ukrainian: Андрій Григорович Шкуро; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1887 – 17 January 1947) was a Russian military officer of Cossack origin, lieutenant general (1919) of the White Army.


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