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[[Order of the Red Star]]|image = Dmitry Onuprienko.jpg}}'''Dmitry Platonovich Onuprienko''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко; 25 October 1906 – 22 November 1977) was a [[Soviet Army|Soviet]] [[Soviet Army|Army]] [[Lieutenant general]] and [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]. Onuprienko fought during [[World War II]] at the [[Battle of Moscow]],<ref>{{Cite book|title = Moscow 1941: Hitler's First Defeat|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DO6j77x5mlgC|publisher = Osprey Publishing|date = 2006-01-01|isbn = 9781846030178|first = Robert|last = Forczyk}}</ref> the [[Battle of Kursk]] and the [[Battle of Berlin]]. He commanded several corps after the war.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Онуприенко Дмитрий Платонович|url = http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=3621|website = www.warheroes.ru|accessdate = 2016-01-08|language = Russian|trans-title = Onuprienko Dmitry Platonovich}}</ref>
[[Order of the Red Star]]|image = Dmitry Onuprienko.jpg}}'''Dmitry Platonovich Onuprienko''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко; 25 October 1906 – 22 November 1977) was a [[Soviet Army|Soviet]] [[Soviet Army|Army]] [[Lieutenant general]] and [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]. Onuprienko fought during [[World War II]] at the [[Battle of Moscow]],<ref>{{Cite book|title = Moscow 1941: Hitler's First Defeat|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DO6j77x5mlgC|publisher = Osprey Publishing|date = 2006-01-01|isbn = 9781846030178|first = Robert|last = Forczyk}}</ref> the [[Battle of Kursk]] and the [[Battle of Berlin]]. He commanded several corps after the war.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Онуприенко Дмитрий Платонович|url = http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=3621|website = www.warheroes.ru|accessdate = 2016-01-08|language = Russian|trans-title = Onuprienko Dmitry Platonovich}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Память народа: Боевой путь военачальника: Онуприенко, Дмитрий, Платонович, бриг. комиссар/генерал-майор|url = https://pamyat-naroda.ru/commander/873/|website = pamyat-naroda.ru|accessdate = 2016-01-09|language = Russian|trans-title = Memory of Nation: Battle commander path: Onuprienko, Dmitry, Rakhmanov, Brig. Commissioner / Major General}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Dmitry Onuprienko was born on 25 October 1906 in Shupyk village, Kanevsky Utezd in [[Kiev Governorate]] to a peasant family. In 1925, he graduated from seven grades and was drafted into the [[Red Army]] in September.<ref name=":0" />
Dmitry Onuprienko was born on 25 October 1906 in Shupyk village, Kanevsky Utezd in [[Kiev Governorate]] to a peasant family. In 1925, he graduated from seven grades and was drafted into the [[Red Army]] in September.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


== Military service ==
== Military service ==


=== Interwar ===
=== Interwar ===
In 1928, Onuprienko graduated from the Kiev Military Infantry School. He became an assistant outpost platoon commander of the [[Soviet Border Troops]] and then chief of the 23rd Border Detachment. Between 1932 and 1935, he was a drill instructor in the 2nd Border Detachment. Onuprienko graduated from the [[Frunze Military Academy]] in 1938. In November, he became senior assistant to the chief of the 1st Division of the educational institutions of the Main Directorate of Border and Internal Troops. In March 1939, he became deputy chief of [[NKVD]] Escort Troops.<ref name=":0" />
In 1928, Onuprienko graduated from the Kiev Military Infantry School. He became an assistant outpost platoon commander of the [[Soviet Border Troops]] and then chief of the 23rd Border Detachment. Between 1932 and 1935, he was a drill instructor in the 2nd Border Detachment. Onuprienko graduated from the [[Frunze Military Academy]] in 1938. In November, he became senior assistant to the chief of the 1st Division of the educational institutions of the Main Directorate of Border and Internal Troops. In March 1939, he became deputy chief of [[NKVD]] Escort Troops.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


=== World War II ===
=== World War II ===
During the [[Winter War]], Onuprienko was deputy commander of an NKVD special unit. In March, he became the NKVD's deputy chief of operations. He became the chief of staff of the [[Moscow Military District]] in June. In July, he was ordered to form the [[33rd Army (Soviet Union)|33rd Army]] in the [[Kalinin Oblast]] from NKVD units and militia divisions. On 17 July, Onuprienko formed the headquarters and assumed command of the army, which was positioned on the [[Mozhaysk]] defensive line. The army suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Vyazma during October, and Onuprienko was demoted to deputy commander, being replaced by [[Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov|Mikhail Yefremov]]. Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]] on 2 January 1942. He fought in the [[Battle of Moscow]] until March 1942, when he was sent to study at the Higher Academic Courses at the [[Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia|Higher Military Academy]]. <ref name=":0" />
During the [[Winter War]], Onuprienko was deputy commander of an NKVD special unit. In March, he became the NKVD's deputy chief of operations. He became the chief of staff of the [[Moscow Military District]] in June. In July, he was ordered to form the [[33rd Army (Soviet Union)|33rd Army]] in the [[Kalinin Oblast]] from NKVD units and militia divisions. On 17 July, Onuprienko formed the headquarters and assumed command of the army, which was positioned on the [[Mozhaysk]] defensive line. The army suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Vyazma during October, and Onuprienko was demoted to deputy commander, being replaced by [[Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov|Mikhail Yefremov]]. Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]] on 2 January 1942. He fought in the [[Battle of Moscow]] until March 1942, when he was sent to study at the Higher Academic Courses at the [[Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia|Higher Military Academy]]. <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


After graduation from them at the end of the year, he became chief of staff of the [[3rd Reserve Army]] on the [[Kalinin Front]] and was promoted to [[Major general]] on 7 December. On 15 January 1943, he became the chief of staff of the [[2nd Tank Army]] and fought in the [[Sevsk Offensive]]. On 28 June, he became the commander of the [[6th Guards Rifle Division]]. He led the division during the [[Battle of Kursk]], where it successfully defended [[Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District, Kursk Oblast|Ponyri]]. For his leadership at Kursk, Onuprienko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 14 July. Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of Suvorov]] 2nd class on 23 September 1943. During the [[Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive]], he organized the division's crossing of the [[Dnieper]]. On 30 September, the division crossed at the villages of Teremtsy and Verkhnye Zary. The advance elements of the division crossed the river and occupied a small bridgehead. German troops reportedly did not expect the crossing to take place in that area, but soon launched counterattacks. Elements of the division reportedly repulsed all of the counterattacks and then broke through the German line in the area between the Dnieper and the [[Pripyat River]]. The division then crossed the Pripyat, captured a bridgehead at [[Yampil Raion, Sumy Oblast|Yampil]] and continued to attack to the west. On 16 October, he was awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Order of Lenin]] for his actions during the offensive.<ref name=":0" />
After graduation from them at the end of the year, he became chief of staff of the [[3rd Reserve Army]] on the [[Kalinin Front]] and was promoted to [[Major general]] on 7 December.<ref name=":2" /> On 15 January 1943, he became the chief of staff of the [[2nd Tank Army]] and fought in the [[Sevsk Offensive]]. On 28 June, he became the commander of the [[6th Guards Rifle Division]]. He led the division during the [[Battle of Kursk]], where it successfully defended [[Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District, Kursk Oblast|Ponyri]]. For his leadership at Kursk, Onuprienko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 14 July.<ref>Order No. 105, Central Front, 14 July 1943, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie17562994/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of Suvorov]] 2nd class on 23 September 1943.<ref>Order of Suvorov 2nd class citation, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie27989574/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> During the [[Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive]], he organized the division's crossing of the [[Dnieper]]. On 30 September, the division crossed at the villages of Teremtsy and Verkhnye Zary. The advance elements of the division crossed the river and occupied a small bridgehead. German troops reportedly did not expect the crossing to take place in that area, but soon launched counterattacks. Elements of the division reportedly repulsed all of the counterattacks and then broke through the German line in the area between the Dnieper and the [[Pripyat River]]. The division then crossed the Pripyat, captured a bridgehead at [[Yampil Raion, Sumy Oblast|Yampil]] and continued to attack to the west. On 16 October, he was awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]<ref>Hero of the Soviet Union citation, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie150024234/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> and the [[Order of Lenin]] for his actions during the offensive.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


Onuprienko continued to lead the division during the [[Battle of Kiev (1943)|Battle of Kiev]], the [[Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive]] and the [[Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive]]. On 21 July 1944, he was awarded his third Order of the Red Banner. In August, he became commander of the [[24th Rifle Corps]] of the [[13th Army (Soviet Union)|13th Army]]. He led the corps during the rest of the [[Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive]]. On 3 November, Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of the Red Star]]. In 1945, the corps fought in the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]] and the [[Lower Silesian Offensive]]. On 6 April, he was awarded the [[Order of Kutuzov]] 2nd class.<ref name=":0" />
Onuprienko continued to lead the division during the [[Battle of Kiev (1943)|Battle of Kiev]], the [[Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive]] and the [[Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive]]. On 21 July 1944, he was awarded his third Order of the Red Banner.<ref>Order No. 86, 1st Ukrainian Front, 21 July 1944 available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie20705720/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> In August, he became commander of the [[24th Rifle Corps]] of the [[13th Army (Soviet Union)|13th Army]]. He led the corps during the rest of the [[Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive]]. On 3 November, Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of the Red Star]]. In 1945, the corps fought in the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]] and the [[Lower Silesian Offensive]]. <ref name=":1" />On 6 April, he was awarded the [[Order of Kutuzov]] 2nd class.<ref>Order of Kutuzov 2nd class citation, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie46445297/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref><ref name=":0" />


=== Postwar ===
=== Postwar ===
From 1945, he was the commander of the [[10th Mechanized Division]] in the [[Carpathian Military District]]. On 27 June, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant general]] and awarded the Order of Kutuzov 1st class. He was awarded his fourth Order of the Red Banner on 6 November. Onuprienko was transferred to command the [[13th Rifle Corps]]. He then became the commander of the [[87th Rifle Corps]]. Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of Lenin]] on 15 November 1950 for 25 years of service. In 1952, Onuprienko grauduated from higher academic courses at the [[Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia|Higher Military Academy]]. From 1953, he commanded the [[3rd Mountain Rifle Corps]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Biography of Lieutenant-General Dmitrii Platonovich Onuprienko - (Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко) (1906 – 1977), Soviet Union|url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Onuprienko/Dmitrii_Platonovich/Soviet_Union.html|website = www.generals.dk|accessdate = 2016-01-09}}</ref> On 26 October 1955, he was awarded his fifth Order of the Red Banner. In March 1957, he retired.<ref name=":0" />
From 1945, he was the commander of the [[10th Mechanized Division]] in the [[Carpathian Military District]]. On 27 June, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant general]] and awarded the Order of Kutuzov 1st class.<ref>USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet award list for 27 June 1945, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie46806994/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> He was awarded his fourth Order of the Red Banner on 6 November. Onuprienko was transferred to command the [[13th Rifle Corps]]. He then became the commander of the [[87th Rifle Corps]]. Onuprienko was awarded the [[Order of Lenin]] on 15 November 1950 for 25 years of service. In 1952, Onuprienko grauduated from higher academic courses at the [[Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia|Higher Military Academy]]. From 1953, he commanded the [[3rd Mountain Rifle Corps]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title = Biography of Lieutenant-General Dmitrii Platonovich Onuprienko - (Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко) (1906 – 1977), Soviet Union|url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Onuprienko/Dmitrii_Platonovich/Soviet_Union.html|website = www.generals.dk|accessdate = 2016-01-09}}</ref> On 26 October 1955, he was awarded his fifth Order of the Red Banner. In March 1957, he retired.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


== Later life ==
== Later life ==
After his retirement, Onuprienko lived in [[Moscow]]. He died on 22 November 1977 and was buried in [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]].<ref name=":0" />
After his retirement, Onuprienko lived in [[Moscow]]. He died on 22 November 1977 and was buried in [[Kuntsevo Cemetery]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 10:09, 9 January 2016

Dmitry Platonovich Onuprienko
Native name
Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко
Born25 October 1906
Shupyk village, Kanevsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died22 November 1977
Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried
Kuntsevo Cemetery
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branchSoviet Border Troops
Red Army
Years of service1925-1957
RankLieutenant General
Commands33rd Army

6th Guards Rifle Division
24th Rifle Corps
10th Mechanized Division
13th Rifle Corps
87th Rifle Corps

3rd Mountain Rifle Corps
Battles / warsWinter War

World War II

AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Order of Lenin (2)
Order of the Red Banner (5)
Order of Kutuzov 1st class
Order of Kutuzov 2nd class
Order of Suvorov 2nd class

Order of the Red Star

Dmitry Platonovich Onuprienko (Russian: Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко; 25 October 1906 – 22 November 1977) was a Soviet Army Lieutenant general and Hero of the Soviet Union. Onuprienko fought during World War II at the Battle of Moscow,[1] the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of Berlin. He commanded several corps after the war.[2][3]

Early life

Dmitry Onuprienko was born on 25 October 1906 in Shupyk village, Kanevsky Utezd in Kiev Governorate to a peasant family. In 1925, he graduated from seven grades and was drafted into the Red Army in September.[2][3]

Military service

Interwar

In 1928, Onuprienko graduated from the Kiev Military Infantry School. He became an assistant outpost platoon commander of the Soviet Border Troops and then chief of the 23rd Border Detachment. Between 1932 and 1935, he was a drill instructor in the 2nd Border Detachment. Onuprienko graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1938. In November, he became senior assistant to the chief of the 1st Division of the educational institutions of the Main Directorate of Border and Internal Troops. In March 1939, he became deputy chief of NKVD Escort Troops.[2][3]

World War II

During the Winter War, Onuprienko was deputy commander of an NKVD special unit. In March, he became the NKVD's deputy chief of operations. He became the chief of staff of the Moscow Military District in June. In July, he was ordered to form the 33rd Army in the Kalinin Oblast from NKVD units and militia divisions. On 17 July, Onuprienko formed the headquarters and assumed command of the army, which was positioned on the Mozhaysk defensive line. The army suffered heavy losses during the Battle of Vyazma during October, and Onuprienko was demoted to deputy commander, being replaced by Mikhail Yefremov. Onuprienko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 2 January 1942. He fought in the Battle of Moscow until March 1942, when he was sent to study at the Higher Academic Courses at the Higher Military Academy. [2][3]

After graduation from them at the end of the year, he became chief of staff of the 3rd Reserve Army on the Kalinin Front and was promoted to Major general on 7 December.[4] On 15 January 1943, he became the chief of staff of the 2nd Tank Army and fought in the Sevsk Offensive. On 28 June, he became the commander of the 6th Guards Rifle Division. He led the division during the Battle of Kursk, where it successfully defended Ponyri. For his leadership at Kursk, Onuprienko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 14 July.[5] Onuprienko was awarded the Order of Suvorov 2nd class on 23 September 1943.[6] During the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive, he organized the division's crossing of the Dnieper. On 30 September, the division crossed at the villages of Teremtsy and Verkhnye Zary. The advance elements of the division crossed the river and occupied a small bridgehead. German troops reportedly did not expect the crossing to take place in that area, but soon launched counterattacks. Elements of the division reportedly repulsed all of the counterattacks and then broke through the German line in the area between the Dnieper and the Pripyat River. The division then crossed the Pripyat, captured a bridgehead at Yampil and continued to attack to the west. On 16 October, he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union[7] and the Order of Lenin for his actions during the offensive.[2][3]

Onuprienko continued to lead the division during the Battle of Kiev, the Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive and the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. On 21 July 1944, he was awarded his third Order of the Red Banner.[8] In August, he became commander of the 24th Rifle Corps of the 13th Army. He led the corps during the rest of the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. On 3 November, Onuprienko was awarded the Order of the Red Star. In 1945, the corps fought in the Vistula–Oder Offensive and the Lower Silesian Offensive. [3]On 6 April, he was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd class.[9][2]

Postwar

From 1945, he was the commander of the 10th Mechanized Division in the Carpathian Military District. On 27 June, he was promoted to Lieutenant general and awarded the Order of Kutuzov 1st class.[10] He was awarded his fourth Order of the Red Banner on 6 November. Onuprienko was transferred to command the 13th Rifle Corps. He then became the commander of the 87th Rifle Corps. Onuprienko was awarded the Order of Lenin on 15 November 1950 for 25 years of service. In 1952, Onuprienko grauduated from higher academic courses at the Higher Military Academy. From 1953, he commanded the 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps.[4] On 26 October 1955, he was awarded his fifth Order of the Red Banner. In March 1957, he retired.[2][3]

Later life

After his retirement, Onuprienko lived in Moscow. He died on 22 November 1977 and was buried in Kuntsevo Cemetery.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Forczyk, Robert (2006-01-01). Moscow 1941: Hitler's First Defeat. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781846030178.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Онуприенко Дмитрий Платонович" [Onuprienko Dmitry Platonovich]. www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Память народа: Боевой путь военачальника: Онуприенко, Дмитрий, Платонович, бриг. комиссар/генерал-майор" [Memory of Nation: Battle commander path: Onuprienko, Dmitry, Rakhmanov, Brig. Commissioner / Major General]. pamyat-naroda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  4. ^ a b "Biography of Lieutenant-General Dmitrii Platonovich Onuprienko - (Дмитрий Платонович Онуприенко) (1906 – 1977), Soviet Union". www.generals.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  5. ^ Order No. 105, Central Front, 14 July 1943, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  6. ^ Order of Suvorov 2nd class citation, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  7. ^ Hero of the Soviet Union citation, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  8. ^ Order No. 86, 1st Ukrainian Front, 21 July 1944 available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  9. ^ Order of Kutuzov 2nd class citation, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
  10. ^ USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet award list for 27 June 1945, available online at pamyat-naroda.ru
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