1. Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko was a Soviet Red Army defector to the German side during World War II and a major general in the collaborationist Russian Liberation Army.
19 Facts About Sergei Bunyachenko
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Sergei Bunyachenko was convicted of treason and hanged in 1946.
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Sergei Bunyachenko joined the Communist Party in 1919, and graduated from the Odessa Military Academy in 1923.
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Sergei Bunyachenko was awarded a badge "For Military Merit" by the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Sergei Bunyachenko continued to serve in Soviet Central Asia into 1930.
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In 1937, Sergei Bunyachenko was expelled from the Communist Party for criticizing agricultural collectivization policies conducted by the Soviet Union, especially in Ukraine.
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Sergei Bunyachenko was appointed the assistant chief of staff of the 39th Rifle Corps, and fought in 1938 at the Battle of Lake Khasan.
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In 1942, Sergei Bunyachenko was appointed the commander of the 389th Infantry Division, which was engaged in fighting on the Transcaucasian Front.
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Sergei Bunyachenko followed orders as given, but some units of the Red Army had not yet crossed the river and were cut off from the main defensive formation.
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In September 1942, Sergei Bunyachenko was sentenced to death by a military tribunal.
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Sergei Bunyachenko's sentence was later commuted to 10 years in a gulag, to be served after the end of the war, and was reinstated as an officer.
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Sergei Bunyachenko was blamed for the loss of the brigade, and was threatened with a new arrest.
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Sergei Bunyachenko was held in a concentration camp in Crimea and Kherson from his capture until June 1943.
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Sergei Bunyachenko was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class for his actions on the Western Front.
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In February 1945 Sergei Bunyachenko was promoted to Major General, and was rotated to the Eastern front in March.
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One source alleges that Vlasov and Sergei Bunyachenko together intended to muster the ROA in Slovenia and strike against Josip Tito's partisans.
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Sergei Bunyachenko then withdrew to the West, towards the American frontlines.
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Sergei Bunyachenko's trial was held concurrently with other members of the Committee for the Liberation of the People of Russia and the ROA in the "Trial of the Suspected Vlasovites".
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All twelve defendants were found guilty, including Sergei Bunyachenko, and were executed by hanging on 1 August 1946.