Hayk Bzhishkyan - Commands

Commands

Hayk Bzhishkyan commanded some regiments, divisions and higher military formations:

  • July–November 1918: 1st Samara Infantry Division, transformed into 24th Rifle Division that took over Simbirsk (Ulyanovsk) and was later known as "Samara-Ulyanovsk Iron Division" (Georgy Zhukov served under his command and highly praised him later in his memoirs).
  • January–May, 1919: 1st Army
  • August–September 1919: 42nd Rifle Division
  • September 1919-March 1920: 1st Caucasus Cavalry Division
  • During the Polish-Soviet War he commanded the 2nd Cavalry Corps and (from July) 3rd Cavalry Corps on the right flank of the Western Front. In August 1920 he covered the retreat of the 4th Army and was interned in East Prussia

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