Kirill Orlovsky

Kirill Orlovsky
Kirill Orlovsky on a Soviet stamp.
Born	30 January 1895 Myshkovichi village, Bobruysk Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	13 January 1968(1968-01-13) (aged 72) Myshkovichi, Kirovsky Raion, Mogilyov Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Russia Soviet Union
Service/branch	Infantry State security
Years of service	1915–1944
Rank	Podpolkovnik
Battles/wars	World War I Polish–Soviet War Spanish Civil War
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour Order of Lenin (5) Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Star

Kirill Prokofyevich Orlovsky (Russian: Кирилл Прокофьевич Орловский; 30 January  [O.S. 10 January] 1895  – 13 January 1968) was a Soviet partisan commander, a functionary of the Soviet secret police, and the chairman of a major kolkhoz. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award for courage during fighting the Nazi occupation behind enemy lines. ^[1]

Early life and career

Kirill Prokofyevich Orlovsky was born in the village of Myshkovichi, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire, into a family of Belarusian peasants on 30 January  [O.S. 10 January] 1895. In 1906, he entered the Popovshchina parochial school, graduating in 1910. In 1915, he was drafted into the Imperial Russian Army, first serving as a private in the 251st reserve infantry regiment and from 1917, as a non-commissioned officer in the 65th Siberian rifle regiment, commanding a sapper platoon, seeing action at the Western Front of World War I.^[2] In January 1918, he was demobilized, returning to his native village.

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