Ivan Sidorovich Lazarenko information

Ivan Sidorovich Lazarenko
Born	8 October [O.S. 26 September] 1895 Staromikhailovka, Labinsky Otdel, Kuban Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	26 June 1944(1944-06-26) (aged 48) near Kholmy, Chavusy Raion, Mogilev Oblast, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army Red Army
Years of service	1915–1917 1918–1944
Rank	Major general
Commands held	Karelian Fortified Region 42nd Rifle Division 369th Rifle Division
Battles/wars	World War I Russian Civil War Spanish Civil War Winter War Eastern Front (World War II)
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Cross of St. George, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th class

Ivan Sidorovich Lazarenko (Russian: Иван Сидорович Лазаренко; 8 October 1895 – 26 June 1944) was a Red Army major general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.

From 1940 to 1941 he was the commander of the 42nd Rifle Division. After his division was destroyed near Brest, Belarus, during the German invasion of the Soviet Union (see also Defense of Brest Fortress), in 1941 he was court-martialed and condemned to death, but the sentence was canceled.^[1] In 1943 he became the commander of the 369th Rifle Division; he was killed in action in 1944. Lazarenko was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his leadership of the division in the Mogilev Offensive.