Fyodor Ivanovich Truhin was a Soviet major general during World War II.
18 Facts About Fyodor Truhin
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Fyodor Truhin was born on 29 February 1896, in Kostroma.
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Fyodor Truhin graduated from primary school in 1906, enrolling into the 2nd Kostroma Gymnasium from which he graduated in 1914.
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Fyodor Truhin then went on to study law at the Moscow State University, dropping out after finishing his second semester.
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In 1916, Fyodor Truhin graduated from the 2nd Moscow Praporshchik School.
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On 5 June 1940, Fyodor Truhin was promoted to major general.
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On 28 January 1941, Fyodor Truhin was promoted to deputy staff commander of the Baltic Military District.
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Six days after the Soviet Union entered World War II, Fyodor Truhin became deputy staff commander of the Northwestern Front.
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Fyodor Truhin's car was attacked by several German armored vehicles 8 kilometres south of Jakobstadt.
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Fyodor Truhin's adjutant was killed while he was wounded and captured.
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On 30 June 1941, Fyodor Truhin was taken to the Schtalulelen prisoner of war camp and later transferred to Oflag XIII-D in Hammelburg.
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In October 1941, Fyodor Truhin signed a document declaring his allegiance to Nazi Germany and joined an anti-communist collaborationist organization founded by Soviet prisoners of war, the Russian People's Labour Party, in which he later became "the head of the military department".
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On 15 March 1942, Fyodor Truhin was transferred to the Wustrau special camp along with fellow major general Dimitry Zakutnyi, where they underwent a course for propagandists.
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In February 1943, Fyodor Truhin conducted a meeting with Andrey Vlasov, accepting his offer of becoming the headmaster of ROA's Dabendorf school.
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Fyodor Truhin actively recruited his students into the NTS and hired 10 NTS members as teaching staff, despite the fact that it had been outlawed by the German authorities.
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In October 1944, Fyodor Truhin was appointed staff commander of Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia's armed wing.
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In January 1945, Fyodor Truhin took part in the talks between Vlasov and Pyotr Krasnov regarding the formation of a Cossack unit within KONR, advocating the incorporation of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps into KONR.
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Fyodor Truhin was sentenced to death in December 1945, sentence was canceled on 26 March 1946 in order for SMERSH to continue their investigation.