Alexander Akimov (general)

Alexander Ivanovich Akimov
Alexander Ivanovich Akimov
Born	12 March 1895; Ivitsy village, Odoyevsky Uyezd, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	2 February 1965 (aged 69); Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Russian SFSR; Soviet Union;
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Red Army (later Soviet Army;
Years of service	1915–1917; 1918–1955;
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands held	73rd Rifle Division; 82nd Motor Rifle Division (became 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division and 6th Guards Mechanized Corps; 78th Rifle Corps; 73rd Rifle Corps;
Battles/wars	World War I; Russian Civil War; Polish–Soviet War; World War II;
Awards	Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner (5); Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (2); Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class (2); Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class;

Alexander Ivanovich Akimov (Russian: Александр Иванович Акимов; 12 March 1895 – 2 February 1965) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general.

Akimov fought in World War I and ended the war as an ensign before joining the Red Army, where he rose to battalion commander before the end of the Russian Civil War. During the interwar period, he served in both command and staff positions and commanded the 73rd Rifle Division when Operation Barbarossa began. Akimov was wounded and trapped behind German lines, but escaped after several months. He commanded the 82nd Motor Rifle Division, which became the 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division and the 6th Guards Mechanized Corps, between 1942 and 1944, and ended the war as commander of the 78th Rifle Corps. Akimov held corps command and military district staff postings postwar before retiring in the 1950s.

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