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Mikhail Khozin

Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin
Native name
Михаил Семёнович Хозин
Born22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1896
Skachikha Village, Kirsanovsky Uyezd, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died27 February 1979(1979-02-27) (aged 82)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire (1915–1917)
 Soviet Russia (1917–1922)
 Soviet Union (1922–1963)
Years of service1915–1963
RankColonel-general
Commands32nd Rifle Division
34th Rifle Division
36th Rifle Division
18th Rifle Division
1st Rifle Corps
Leningrad Front
20th Army
33rd Army
54th Army
Volga Military District
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of Lenin (twice)

Mikhail Semyonovich Khozin (Russian: Михаи́л Семёнович Хо́зин; 22 October [O.S. 10 October] 1896 – 27 February 1979) was a Soviet general.

He was the commander of the Leningrad Front from October 1941 to June 1942, until he was relieved from command and replaced by Leonid Govorov for failing to relieve the 2nd Shock Army.


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