Robert Brichenok

Robert Ivanovich Brichenok
Native name	Роберт Иванович Бриченок
Born	January 17, 1893 Saint-Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	February 5, 1972 (aged 79) Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
Allegiance	Russian Empire→  Soviet Union
Service/branch	cavalry artillery
Years of service	1915 – 1953
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	World War I Civil War in Russia Polish–Soviet War Winter War World War II
Other work	painter
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Robert Ivanovich Brichenok (Russian: Роберт Иванович Бриченок Belarusian: 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]

Gallery

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  With counter admiral Philipp Bulykin (right)

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  With Bulykin's grandson in Pavlovsk Park painting, June 1968

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.^[1]

References

1. Baldwin's auction
2. Бриченок Роберт Иванович — Страницы российской истории (Russian)
3. Роберт Иванович Бриченок — ЦНИИ РТК (Russian)
4. "Указ Президиума Верховного совета СССР о награждении орденами Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого генералов и офицерского состава Красной Армии" (PDF) (in Russian). Krasnaya Zvezda. 24 May 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-10-01. (Russian)