Vasily Korzh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Korzh

Russian general

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1899

Place of Birth: Khorastava, Belarus

Date of Death: 05-May-1967

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Vasily (Vasil) Zakharovich Korzh (Belarusian: ?????? ????????? ????, Russian: ??????? ????????? ????; 13 January 1899 – 5 May 1967), also known under the Soviet partisan nom de guerre "Komarov", was a Belarusian communist activist and Soviet World War II hero. A kolkhoz chairman, NKVD officer, and volunteer with the Spanish Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War, he is best remembered for organizing and leading one of the first Soviet partisan units during the 1941-1944 occupation of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic by Nazi Germany. On account of his partisan service, Korzh was made a major-general in the Soviet military in 1943 and was awarded the honorary title Hero of the Soviet Union in August 1944.