Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro | |
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Born | Pashkovskaya, Russian Empire (now Krasnodar) | 19 January 1887
Died | 17 January 1947 Lefortovo Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 59)
Allegiance | Russian Empire White Movement Nazi Germany |
Service | Imperial Russian Army White movement 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division |
Years of service | 1907–1920 1943–1945 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Order of Saint Stanislaus Order of Saint Anna |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro (Russian: Андрей Григорьевич Шкуро; Ukrainian: Андрій Григорович Шкуро; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1887 – 17 January 1947) was a Russian military officer of Cossack origin. He was a lieutenant general (1919) of the White Army, and later a Nazi collaborator.