Fyodor Korol

Fyodor Korol
Native name	Фёдор Петрович Король
Born	23 November 1894 Afanasevka, Gadyachsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	29 September 1942(1942-09-29) (aged 47) near Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR
Buried	Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army
Years of service	1916–1942
Rank	Major general
Commands held	331st Rifle Division 111th Tank Brigade
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II Battle of Moscow Stalingrad Strategic Defensive Operation
Awards	Order of the Red Banner

Fyodor Petrovich Korol (Russian: Фёдор Петрович Король; 23 November 1894 – 29 September 1942) was a Red Army major general. Korol was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army and became an officer. He fought in World War I and fought with the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. Korol became a tactics instructor during the interwar period, and became commander of the 331st Rifle Division after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. After leading the division in the Battle of Moscow, Korol became commander of the 111th Tank Brigade. He was killed leading the brigade in late September 1942 on the outskirts of Voronezh by a German bomb.