Mikhail Khatskilevich

Mikhail Georgyevich Khatskilevich
Khatskilevich, after his 1938 promotion to Komdiv
BornNovember 21, 1895
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
DiedJune 25, 1941
Near Bialystok, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Years of service1916–1917 (Russian Empire)
1918–1941 (Soviet Union)
RankMajor general
Commands
Battles / wars

Mikhail Georgyevich Khatskilevich (Russian: Михаил Георгиевич Хацкилевич; 21 November 1895 – 25 June 1941) was a Red Army major general. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army in World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. Khatskilevich commanded the 6th Mechanized Corps in Belarus at the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa, and was killed in action three days into the war during the Battle of Białystok–Minsk.