Pyotr Krasnov

Ataman Pyotr Krasnov
Krasnov before 1919
Born	(1869-09-22)22 September 1869 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	16 January 1947(1947-01-16) (aged 77) Lefortovo Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Allegiance	Russian Empire  Don Republic  Nazi Germany KONR
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army  Don Army (White movement)  German Army KONR
Years of service	1888–1945
Rank	Generalleutnant
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	see awards
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Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Краснов; 22 September [O.S. 10 September] 1869 – 17 January 1947), also known as Peter Krasnov, was a Russian military leader, writer and later Nazi collaborator.

Krasnov served as a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and later led anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War, where he served as the ataman of the Don Republic. Approximately 25,000 to 40,000 people were executed by Krasnov's White Cossacks, which lasted until the Red Army conquered the region following their victory at Tsaritsyn.^[1]

After the civil war, he lived in exile. During World War II, Krasnov collaborated with the Germans who mobilized Cossack forces to fight against the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Following the end of the war, Krasnov was repatriated and executed by the Soviet authorities.