Kantemir Tsalikov information

Kantemir Aleksandrovich Tsalikov
Tsalikov, 1943
Born	10 April 1908 Nogkau, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	21 July 1944(1944-07-21) (aged 36) Near Dudy, Ukmergė County, Lithuania
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1929–1944
Rank	Major general
Commands held	377th Rifle Division 3rd Guards Rifle Division 13th Guards Rifle Corps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Order of the Red Banner (2) Order of Suvorov, 2nd class Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Kantemir Aleksandrovich Tsalikov (Russian: Кантемир Александрович Цаликов; Ossetian: Цæлыккаты Ахберды фырт Хъантемыр; 10 April 1908 – 21 July 1944) was an Ossetian Red Army major general who held division and corps command during World War II.

Tsalikov served as a junior officer in the early 1930s and held staff positions after graduating from the Frunze Military Academy. A division chief of staff when Operation Barbarossa began, he became a regimental commander in the first weeks of the war and was decorated for his performance. As a result, Tsalikov was given command of the 377th Rifle Division, which he led in operations to relieve the Siege of Leningrad. In late 1942 he was appointed commander of the 3rd Guards Rifle Division, leading it in the Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad. Tsalikov was decorated for his leadership of the division in the latter, the Donbas Strategic Offensive, and the Crimean Offensive. He rose to command the 13th Guards Rifle Corps after the end of the Crimean Offensive, but was killed by a mine during the Šiauliai Offensive in mid-1944.