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Nikolay Veryovkin-Rakhalsky

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Nikolay Andreevich Veryovkin-Rakhalsky
Born1893
Russian Empire
Died1984
Moscow, Soviet Union
AllegianceRussian Empire
Soviet Union
Service / branchImperial Russian Army
Soviet Red Army
Battles / warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War
Basmachi Revolt
World War II

Nikolay Andreevich Veryovkin-Rakhalsky (1893–1984) was a Soviet general. He fought in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I before going over to the Bolsheviks in the subsequent civil war. He was promoted to Komkor (corps commander) in 1939. He was a recipient of the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of Kutuzov, the Order of the Red Star, the Order of the October Revolution and the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union). He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He retired in 1958 at the age of 65.

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