Timofey Shapkin Explained

Timofey Shapkin
Birth Date:5 March 1885
Allegiance:Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Branch:Imperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Rank:lieutenant general
Commands:4th Cavalry Corps
Serviceyears:1906–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1943 (Soviet Union)
Battles:World War I
Russian Civil War
Polish-Soviet War
World War II

Timofey Shapkin (March 5, 1885 – March 22, 1943) was a Soviet corps commander. He served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks. He fought in the war against Poland.

In World War II, he commanded the 4th Cavalry Corps.
In March 1943, he fell seriously ill and died on March 22 in a hospital in Rostov-on-Don from a cerebral hemorrhage.

He was a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner and the Order of Kutuzov.

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