Fyodor Bakunin

Fyodor Bakunin
Native name	Фёдор Алексеевич Бакунин
Born	2 March 1898 Staroye Ilmovo, Chistopolsky Uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	22 January 1984(1984-01-22) (aged 81) Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Provisional Government Russian SFSR Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army (later Soviet Army)
Years of service	1917 1919–1947
Rank	Major general
Commands	11th Rifle Division 2nd Rifle Corps 61st Rifle Corps 63rd Rifle Corps
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Order of the Red Star

Fyodor Alexeyevich Bakunin (Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Бакунин; 2 March 1898 – 22 January 1984) was a Soviet Army major general. Bakunin briefly served in the Imperial Russian Army in 1917 and in 1919 joined the Red Army, fighting in the Russian Civil War. He became an officer and in 1938 was appointed to lead the 11th Rifle Division. A year later Bakunin became commander of the 2nd Rifle Corps. Nearly a year later, he became commander of the 61st Rifle Corps. The corps fought in the Battle of Smolensk after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Bakunin led the corps during the Siege of Mogilev, in which it was destroyed. He escaped the encirclement and became a teacher at the Frunze Military Academy. In the fall of 1943 he was given deputy command of the 10th Rifle Corps and in May 1944 command of the 63rd Rifle Corps. Bakunin led the corps until 1947, when he retired.^[1]