Trofim Kolomiets

Trofim Kolomiets
Born September 16, 1894
Elisavetgrad, Russian Empire
Died April 1971
Volgograd, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Rank lieutenant general
Commands held 32nd Rifle Corps
Battles/wars

Trofim Kolomiets (1894 – April 1971) was a Soviet corps commander. He was born in what is now Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he was a major general. He fought against the forces of the Axis powers at Smolensk and Stalingrad.


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