Alexander Sirotkin

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Alexander Sirotkin

Born| (1890-08-06)6 August 1890
Bochatino village, Tikhvinsky Uyezd, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire
Died| 17 January 1965(1965-01-17) (aged 74)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance| Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Branch| Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service| 1910–1917 (Russian Empire)
1917–1959 (Soviet Union)
Rank| Lieutenant general
Commands| 15th Rifle Division
Battles / wars| World War I
Russian Civil War
World War II

Alexander Savelyevich Sirotkin (Russian: Александр Савельевич Сироткин; August 6, 1890 – January 17, 1965) was a Soviet lieutenant general and division commander. He fought for the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. He received the Cross of St. George, the Order of Saint Vladimir, the Order of Saint Anna and the Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov). After the October Revolution in November 1917, he went over to the Bolsheviks and fought for them in the subsequent civil war. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star and for his participation in the Great Patriotic War, the Order of Suvorov.

Preceded by

Yan Latsis

|  Commander of the 15th Rifle Division
November 1919  | Succeeded by

Mikhail Sangursky

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