Minigali Shaymuratov
General Minigali Mingazovich Shajmuratov | |
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| Native name | Минигали́ Минга́зович Шаймура́тов |
| Born | 15 August, 1899 Bishtyaki, Ufa District, Ufa Province, Russian Empire |
| Died | 23 February, 1943 Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukranian SSR, USSR |
Minigali Mingazovich Shajmuratov (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-ba,, born 15th of August, 1899 - 23 February, 1943) was Bashkir General of the Second World War. He achieved it to Major-General Rank, and was awarded Hero of the Russian Federation on the 23 March, 2020 posthumously.
Biography
Shajmuratov was born in the village of Bishtyaki, (now Shaimuratovo) on the 15th of August, 1899. After the death of his mother at age 14, he went to Ufa to work as a sailor on the steamboat "Ural" for Ufa Shipping Company.
He joined the Red Army in June of 1919 to fight in the ongoing Civil War. He served in the 270th Beloretsk Rifle Regiment of the 30th Rifle Divison of the 5th Army of the Eastern front, in which he fought off soldiers of Admiral Alexander Kolchak. He participated in the offensives of Perm, Peter and Paul, and Omsk. He was sent off from the military in April 1920 to study.
In January 1921, he graduated from the 9th Kazan Cavalry Courses. After so, he became a platoon commander of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of the Separate Volga Cavalry Brigade, where he helped suppress the Tambov Rebellion. From October 1921 he was a platoon and eventually a squadron leader in the 6th Kirsanov cavalry courses, and again a squadron leader in the 7th Starozhilovsky cavalry courses.