Frants Perkhorovich

Frants Iosifovich Perkhorovich
Native name	Франц Иосифович Перхорович
Born	27 May 1894 Zalazy village, Borisovsky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	11 October 1961(1961-10-11) (aged 67) Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army (later Soviet Army)
Years of service	1915–1917 1918–1951
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	100th Rifle Division 52nd Rifle Corps 3rd Guards Rifle Corps 47th Army 28th Army
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (3) Order of the Red Banner (3) Order of Suvorov, 1st and 2nd class Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Legion of Merit Knight's Cross of the Virtuti Militari Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class

Frants Iosifovich Perkhorovich (Russian: Франц Иосифович Перхорович; 27 May 1894 – 11 October 1961) was a Belarusian Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

Perkhorovich served in World War I as an Imperial Russian Army junior officer, then joined the Bolsheviks in the subsequent Russian Civil War. He became a Red Army officer and was briefly captured in the Polish–Soviet War. Perkhorovich continued to serve in the interwar period, but was dismissed from the Red Army during the Great Purge. Reinstated in 1939, he successively commanded two regiments after the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Perkhorovich took command of the 100th Rifle Division in May 1942, the 52nd Rifle Corps in June 1943, and the 3rd Guards Rifle Corps in May 1944. In November of that year he became commander of the 47th Army, and for his leadership in the Vistula–Oder Offensive in January 1945 was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest Soviet distinction. Postwar, Perkhorovich continued to serve, becoming chief of the General Staff's Combat Training Directorate before his 1951 retirement.