Vasily Gerasimenko
Vasily Gerasimenko | |
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| Born | 24 April 1900 |
| Died | 13 February 1961 (aged 60) Kiev, USSR |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Service years | 1918–1953 |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Kiev Military District Volga Military District 21st Army 13th Army Stalingrad Military District 28th Army Kharkov Military District |
Vasily Filippovich Gerasimenko (Russian: Василий Филиппович Герасименко, Ukrainian: Василь Пилипович Герасименко, Vasyl Pylypovych Herasymenko) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general who held field army command during World War II.
A Ukrainian, he was nominally and temporarily appointed the People's Commissar of Defense of the Ukrainian SSR in 1944-45.