Kirill Orlovsky
Belarusian Soviet partisan commander, intelligence officer, and farmer (1895–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Prokofyevich and the family name is Orlovsky.
Kirill Prokofyevich Orlovsky[lower-alpha 1] (30 January [O.S. 10 January] 1895 – 13 January 1968) was a Soviet partisan commander, a functionary of the Soviet state security agencies (Cheka-GPU-NKVD), and the chairman of a major kolkhoz. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award for courage during fighting the Nazi occupation behind enemy lines.[1]
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Native name | Кірыл Пракопавіч Арлоўскі |
Born | (1895-01-30)30 January 1895 Myshkovichi, Bobruysky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 13 January 1968(1968-01-13) (aged 72) Kirawsk District, Mogilev Region, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
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Years of service | 1915–1944 |
Rank | Podpolkovnik |
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