Mikhail Meandrov

Mikhail Alekseyevich Meandrov (Russian: Михаи́л Алексе́евич Меа́ндров) (22 October 1894 – 1 August 1946) was an Imperial Russian and later Soviet officer. Taken prisoner by the Germans in World War II near Leningrad in 1941, he later became an important commander (general) in the Nazi-allied Russian Liberation Army. Taken prisoner by the Soviets, he was executed in 1946.

Mikhail Alekseyevich Meandrov
Михаил Алексеевич Меандров
General Mikhail Alekseyevich Meandrov (Probably mid 1944)
Chairman of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia
In office
May 1945 – February 1946[1]
Preceded byAndrey Vlasov
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1894-10-22)22 October 1894
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died1 August 1946(1946-08-01) (aged 51)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Political partyRussian People's Labour Party (1942–1943)
National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (1942–1945)
Military service
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Soviet Union
 Nazi Germany
KONR
Branch/serviceRussian Empire Imperial Russian Army
 Soviet Army
Russian Liberation Army
Years of service1915—1945
RankRussian Empire Staff captain
Soviet Union Colonel
Major general
Unit192nd Romanian Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War I

Winter War
World War II

Early career

Meandrov graduated from an officer academy at the time of World War I. During that conflict, he fought on the Southwestern Front. He originally commanded the 37th Rifle Corps, before being reassigned to the command staff of the 6th Army in 1941. He fought around Kiev and later was taken prisoner by German Army forces near Uman.

Defection and death

Meandrov joined Lieutenant General Andrey Vlasov, a Red Army defector, in the Russian Liberation Army (Русская освободительная армия, РОА; in Latin "ROA"), and was promoted to the rank of major general. He fought with the ROA until the end of the war, and was captured by the Red Army. He was found guilty of treason and was executed in Moscow, on 1 August 1946, with eleven other ROA officers, including Vlasov.[2]

References
  1. Михаил Алексеевич Меандров. Штрихи к портрету // К. М. Александров. Против Сталина. Сборник статей и материалов. СПб, 2003.
  2. From Heroes to Traitors: Vlasovites Archived 2014-03-18 at archive.today Zoomby.ru documentary.
  • (in Russian) Biography
  • (in Russian) K. M. Alexandrov, Офицерский корпус армии генерал-лейтенанта А. А. Власова 1944-1945, Moscow 2001
  • Russian Wikipedia
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