13 Facts About Igor Sakharov

Igor Konstantinovich Sakharov was a Russian emigre and collaborator with Nazi Germany during World War II.

Igor Konstantinovich Sakharov was born on 7 August 1912 in the city of Saratov.

Igor Sakharov's father was Konstantin Sakharov, a Tsarist general who went on to command White Army forces on the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War.

Igor Sakharov was involved in the training of the brigade's men, and, after Ivanov left the front for Berlin in June 1943, was effectively commander of the brigade, partaking in the capture of three villages which were under the control of Soviet partisans.

Igor Sakharov never returned to the brigade, but after its membership was arrested by German authorities in the autumn of 1943, he personally intervened to get them released.

Igor Sakharov next took over two battalions of the 714th Eastern Infantry Regiment in Denmark.

On 27 April 1945, Igor Sakharov participated in a meeting of the division's commanders in Schneeberg, Saxony, where it was determined to travel south to Linz to link up with the remainder of KONR.

Igor Sakharov's regiment followed the 3rd Regiment and entered Prague before reaching Smichov and splitting the city along the Vltava.

Igor Sakharov then pushed north from the Vltava, coming into contact with German forces around Strahov Monastery.

Igor Sakharov subsequently fled to the American occupation zone in Germany, where he avoided repatriation to the Soviet Union under Operation Keelhaul.

Igor Sakharov was a leading organiser of early post-war political activity among emigres, founding the Saint Andrew's Flag Union and serving as a member of its Military-Political Council and Main Directorate.

Igor Sakharov founded the Council of United Vlasovites in August 1950.

At some time in the 1950s, Igor Sakharov emigrated to Australia, where he lived until he died in a car crash in 1977.