Semyon Krivoshein
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Semyon Moiseevich Krivoshein was a Soviet tank commander, who played a vital part in the World War II reform of the Red Army tank forces and in the momentous clash between German and Soviet tanks in the Battle of Kursk. Wikipedia
Born: November 28, 1899, Voronezh, Russia
Died: September 16, 1978 (age 78 years), Krasnogorsk, Russia
Battles/wars: Russian Civil War; Spanish Civil War; Soviet–Japanese border conflicts; World War II