Tagir Kusimov Military person

Tagir Taipovich Kusimov (Russian: Таги́р Таи́пович Куси́мов, Bashkir: Таһир Таип улы Кусимов; 14 February 1909 - 10 May 1986) was a Soviet military leader of Bashkir origin.A career cavalry soldier and officer since joining the Red Army in 1928, Kusimov won the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union as a colonel in the 58th Guards Cavalry Regiment of the 16th Guards Cavalry Division in 1944 for his command of the 58th during the Battle of the Dnieper in 1943.Promoted to major-general after World War II, he held various positions in the Soviet Army and Communist Party and was elected to the supreme soviets of the Russian SFSR, Turkmen SSR, and Bashkir ASSR.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 14, 1909
Birth place
Russia , Bashkortostan , Russian Empire , Kusimovo
Date of deathMay 10, 1986
Place of death
Russia , Soviet Union , Ufa , Bashkortostan , Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Resting place
Ufa

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Military person

allegianceSoviet Union
award
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
military operations
World War II
Battle of the Dnieper
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
military branch
Red Army
Soviet Army
military command
* 23rd Cavalry Regiment (1941-1942)
* 58th Motor Rifle Division (1956-1961)
* 9th Mountain Rifle Division (1953-1954)
* 275th Cavalry Regiment / 58th Guards Cavalry Regiment (1942-1944)
military unit
58th Guards Cavalry Regiment
4th Separate Guards Kuban Cossack Cavalry Division
58th Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
9th Mountain Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
service start1928
service end1969

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