Konstantin Nikolaevich Leselidze

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Konstantin Leselidze
Konstantin Leselidze

Leselidze Konstantin Nikolaevich (1903 – 1944) was a Soviet Colonel-General.

1938- 1941 Commanding Officer Artillery Rifle Division
1941 Commanding Officer Artillery Rifle Corps
1941- 1942 Commanding Officer Artillery II Rifle Corps
1942 Commanding Officer Artillery 50th Army
1942 Commanding Officer III Mountain Rifle Corps
1942- 1943 Commanding Officer 46th Army
1943 Commanding Officer 47th Army
1943- 1944 Commanding Officer 18th Army
Thombsone of Leselidze
Thombsone of Leselidze

In 1944, Gyachripsh (a town in Abkhazia) received the name of the Great Patriotic War general Konstantin Nikolaevich Leselidze. After the War, the village developed as a resort. In Leselidze a statue of K. N. Leselidze was installed in 1975,.

In Tbilisi (the capital of the Republic of Georgia), a street in the center of the city is named after General Leselidze. A statue of K.N. Leselidze stands on this street.