Kuzma Galitsky

Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky (Russian: Кузьма́ Ники́тович Гали́цкий; 24 October 1897 – 14 March 1973) was a Soviet army general who earned the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

Biography

Kuzma Galitsky was born on October 24, 1897 in the city of Taganrog into a worker's family. He studied at the Taganrog Boys Gymnasium, which he graduated from in 1912, and worked at the Taganrog Train Station's depot. Galitsky joined the Bolshevik Party in 1918.

During Great Patriotic War, he commanded the 24th Rifle Division and the 67th Rifle Corps. Starting in September 1942, he commanded the 3rd Shock Army (Soviet Union), and from November 1943 to May 1945 he commanded of the 11th Guards Army. General Galitsky's army finished the war at Kaliningrad, where he built the first in the Soviet Union memorial to soldiers who fell during the war.

He was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, serving from 1946 to 1962, concurrently serving as the commanding officer of the Northern Group of Forces in 1955-1958 and the Transcaucasian Military District in 1958-1961.

He died in Moscow in 1973 and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Awards

Order of Lenin (4)
Order of the Red Banner (4)
Order of the Red Star (1)
Order of Kutuzov (1)
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)
Order of Suvorov
Gold Star

Bibliography (memoirs)

• «Годы суровых испытаний. 1941 - 1944 (записки командующего армией)»— М.: Наука, 1973.
• «В боях за Восточную Пруссию. Записки командующего 11-й гвардейской армией» — М.: Наука, 1970.

Commemoration

Streets in Taganrog and in Kaliningrad were named after General Galitsky.

External links and references

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• Kuzma Galitsky at War Heroes web site