Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin
Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin
Native name	Алексей Александрович Гречкин
Born	26 March 1893; Karpenka, Novouzensky Uyezd, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	30 August 1964 (aged 71); Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Soviet Red Army;
Years of service	1914–1917; 1918–1954;
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands held	1st Division, Finnish People's Army; Operational Group, 56th Army; 318th Rifle Division; 16th Rifle Corps; 20th Rifle Corps; 9th Army; 70th Army; 28th Army; 48th Rifle Corps; 73rd Rifle Corps
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; Winter War; World War II;

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Гре́чкин, 26 March 1893 – 30 August 1964) was a Soviet army commander.^[1]

After serving in World War I as an Imperial Russian Army officer, Grechkin joined the Red Army in 1918 and fought in the Russian Civil War. He rose through the ranks in the interwar period and commanded a division in the Winter War. After the Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Grechkin temporarily commanded the North Caucasus Military District, and as commander of the 56th Army operational group, led troops in the Battle of Rostov. He commanded the 9th Army and the 28th Army in 1943 and was deputy commander of the 3rd Baltic Front in the summer of 1943. After the war, Grechkin successively commanded two rifle corps and the Vystrel commander improvement courses before his 1954 retirement.