Mikhail Khatskilevich
Mikhail Georgyevich Khatskilevich | |
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Khatskilevich, after his 1938 promotion to Komdiv | |
| Born | 21 November 1895 |
| Died | 25 June 1941 (aged 45) Near Białystok, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army Soviet Red Army |
| Service years | 1916–1917 (Russian Empire) 1918–1941 (Soviet Union) |
| Rank | Major general |
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Mikhail Georgyevich Khatskilevich (Russian: Михаил Георгиевич Хацкилевич; 21 November 1895 – 25 June 1941) was a Red Army major general. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. Khatskilevich commanded the 6th Mechanized Corps in Belarus at the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa, and was killed in action three days into the war during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk.