Dmitry Karbyshev

Dmitry Mikhaylovich Karbyshev
BornOctober 26 [O.S. October 14] 1880
Omsk, Russian Empire
Died18 February 1945(1945-02-18) (aged 64)
Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Nazi Germany
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service / branchRussian Imperial Army, Red Army
RankLieutenant General of Engineer Corps (1940)
Lieutenant Colonel (1916)
Battles / wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Alma materMilitary engineering-technical university, St. Petersburg

Dmitry Mikhaylovich Karbyshev (Russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Карбышев; October 26 [O.S. October 14] 1880 — 18 February 1945) was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, a Red Army general, professor of the Soviet General Staff Academy (Doctor of Military Sciences), and Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously).