Oka Gorodovikov

Oka Gorodovikov
Born1st October [O.S. 19 September] 1879
Mokraya Elmuta village, Don Host Oblast, Russian Empire
(located within present-day Rostov Oblast)
Died26 February 1960
Moscow, USSR
AllegianceRussian Empire Imperial Russia (1903–1907, 1915–1917)
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR (1918–1922)
Soviet Union Soviet Union (1922–1947)
Service / branchLand forces, cavalry
RankColonel general
Battles / warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War
World War II
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Other workCommunist Party of the Soviet Union (1919–1960?)

Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov (Russian: Ока Иванович Городовиков; 1st October [O.S. 19 September] 1879 – 26 February 1960) was a Red Army cavalry general and Hero of the Soviet Union of Kalmyk descent.