Alexey Kurkin

Alexey Kurkin
Alexey Kurkin
Native name	Алексей Васильевич Куркин
Born	30 March 1901; Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	16 March 1948 (aged 46); Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Red Army (to 1946); Soviet Army (from 1946)
Years of service	1918–48
Rank	Colonel general
Commands held	5th Tank Division; 3rd Mechanized Corps; 26th Army; 9th Tank Corps
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War; Soviet invasion of Poland; World War II Baltic Operation Battle of Raseiniai; ; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Kursk; Battle of the Dnieper; Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive; Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive; Battle of Debrecen; Siege of Budapest; Vienna Offensive; Prague Offensive; Soviet invasion of Manchuria;
Awards	; Order of the Red Banner (2); Order of Suvorov 1st class (2); Order of Kutuzov 1st class (2); Order of the Red Star

Alexey Vasilievich Kurkin (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Куркин; 30 March [O.S. 17 March] 1901–16 March 1948) was a Soviet Army colonel general.