Aleksandr Maykov

Aleksandr Glebovich Maykov
Maykov in the late 1940s
Born	17 October 1902 Maykovo, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 1977(1977-01-00) (aged 74) Volgograd, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1924–1953
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	257th Rifle Division 13th Separate Guards Rifle Brigade
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Lenin

Aleksandr Glebovich Maykov (Russian: Александр Глебович Майков; 17 October 1902 – January 1977) was a Soviet Army colonel who held divisional command during World War II. Maykov rose through a series of command positions in the prewar Red Army, and commanded replacement units in the first months after Germany invaded the Soviet Union. He commanded a battalion in the Battle of the Caucasus and was seriously wounded when his unit was wiped out in early August 1942. After recovering, Maykov served as a regimental commander and brigade deputy commander as the battle for the Caucasus continued. In mid-1943, he became deputy commander of the 257th Rifle Division, and succeeded to command the division in early 1944. Maykov led the 257th in the Crimean Offensive and the Soviet advance into the Baltic states, ending the war in the blockade of the Courland Pocket. Postwar, he served as a brigade deputy commander before retiring in the early 1950s.