Alexey Nikolayevich Krutikov
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Alexey Nikolayevich Krutikov (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Кру́тиков; 20 July 1895 - 23 April 1949) was a Soviet military leader.
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Born | (1895-07-20)20 July 1895 Kineshma, Kostroma Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ivanovo Oblast, Russian Federation) |
Died | 23 April 1949(1949-04-23) (aged 53) Moscow, Russian SFSR Soviet Union |
Allegiance | Russian Empire (1914-1917) Soviet Russia (1918-1922) Soviet Union (1922-1949) |
Service/ | Imperial Russian Army Red Army / Soviet Army |
Years of service | 1914 - 1917 1918 - 1949 |
Rank | Lieutenant-general |
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A veteran of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the Red Army in the Russian Civil War, Alexey Krutikov graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1931 and General Staff Academy in 1938. He was appointed 7th Army chief of staff in November 1940 and served as the commander of the 7th Army between January 1943 and August 1944.
He closely collaborated with Marshal Kirill Meretskov while chief of staff for the Karelian Front (September - November 1944), chief of staff for the Maritime Group of Forces (April - August 1945), and chief of staff for the 1st Far Eastern Front (August - October 1945).