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Stepan Guryev






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Stepan Savelyevich Guryev
Born(1902-08-01)1 August 1902
Romanovo, Russian Empire
(now Lenino, Lipetsk Oblast, Russian Federation)
Died22 April 1945(1945-04-22) (aged 42)
Pillau, East Prussia
(now Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian Federation)
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Service/branch Red Army
Years of service1919–1945
RankMajor-general
Commands held
Battles/wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Stepan Savelevich Guryev (Russian: Степан Савельевич Гурьев; 1 August 1902 - 22 April 1945) was a Soviet Red Army officer and major-generalinWorld War II who led the 5th Airborne Corps, which was reformed into the 39th Guards Rifle Division in August 1942 and fought at Stalingrad.[1]

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Monument to Guryev in Guryevsk

Appointed commander of the 16th Guards Rifle Corps in 1944, he led the Corps into East Prussia and the Battle of Königsberg.

The general was killed in action at Pillau (today Baltiysk) on 22 April 1945, three days after being awarded the honorary titleofHero of the Soviet Union by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Guryev at an observation post in Stalingrad, 1943

The city Guryevsk in the Russian Federation's Kaliningrad Oblast is named after him.

References

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  1. ^ Walsh, Stephen (2000). Stalingrad: The Infernal Cauldron, 1942-1943. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-312-26943-9.
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