Kirill Orlovsky

Kirill Orlovsky
Kirill Orlovsky
	Kirill Orlovsky on a 1970 Soviet stamp
Native name	Кірыл Пракопавіч Арлоўскі
Born	30 January 1895; Myshkovichi, Bobruysky Uyezd, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	13 January 1968 (aged 72); Kirawsk District, Mogilev Region, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire; Russian SFSR; Soviet Union;
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army; Red Army; NKVD;
Years of service	1915–1944
Rank	Podpolkovnik
Battles/wars	World War I; Polish–Soviet War; Spanish Civil War; World War II;
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union; Hero of Socialist Labour; Order of Lenin (5); Order of the Red Banner; Order of the Red Star;

Kirill Prokofyevich Orlovsky (30 January [O.S. 10 January] 1895 – 13 January 1968) was a Soviet partisan commander, a functionary of the Soviet state security agencies (Cheka-GPU-NKVD), and the chairman of a major kolkhoz. He was a recipient of the Hero of the Soviet Union award for courage during fighting the Nazi occupation behind enemy lines.

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