Robert Brichenok Explained

Robert Ivanovich Brichenok
Native Name:	Роберт Иванович Бриченок
Native Name Lang:	lang-ru
Birth Date:	17 January 1893
Birth Place:	Saint-Petersburg, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Allegiance:	→
Branch:	cavalry artillery
Serviceyears:	1915 – 1953
Rank:	Lieutenant general
Battles:	World War I Russian Civil War Polish–Soviet War World War II Winter War Eastern Front
Laterwork:	painter
Signature:	Brichenok autograph.png
Signature Size:	130px

Robert Ivanovich Brichenok (ru|Роберт Иванович Бриченок be|Роберт Іванавіч Брычонак 17 January – 5 February 1972) was a Soviet artillery lieutenant general. He took part in World War I, Russian Civil war, Winter war and World War II.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Awards

Order of Lenin № 36030
- 4 orders of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st class № 198^[4]
Order of Kutuzov 2nd class № 711
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
Foreign awards:
- Commemorative Medal of the Battle of Dukla Pass (Czechoslovakia)
- Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 (Poland)
- Medal for Participation In The Patriotic War 1944-1945 (Bulgary)

Awards of Robert Brichenok was sold with documents at "Baldwin's" auction for $100 000 in 2006.

Notes and References

http://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms/auction-archive/auction-ny32-33/BALDWINS%20NewYorkSale%2033%20-%2006.pdf Baldwin's auction
http://russian-dossier.ru/taxonomy/term/5270 Бриченок Роберт Иванович — Страницы российской истории
http://www.rtc.ru/encyk/biogr-book/02B/0366.shtml Роберт Иванович Бриченок — ЦНИИ РТК
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