Sergei Bunyachenko

Sergei Bunyachenko
Bunyachenko after being captured by Soviet forces
Native name
Серге́й Кузьмич Буняченко
Birth nameSergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko
Born(1902-10-05)5 October 1902
Korovyakovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died1 August 1946(1946-08-01) (aged 43)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Nazi Germany
KONR
Service / branch Red Army
Russian Liberation Army
Years of service1918–1945
RankMajor General
Commands389th Rifle Division
59th Independent Rifle Brigade
600th Infantry Division
Battles / wars

Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko (Russian: Серге́й Кузьми́ч Буняче́нко, Ukrainian: Сергій Кузьмич Буняченко; 5 October 1902 – 1 August 1946) was a Soviet Red Army defector to the German side during World War II and a major general in the collaborationist Russian Liberation Army (ROA). He was convicted of treason and hanged in 1946.