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A. A. Vlasov
1900-1946
A. A. Vlasov
Place of birth	Lomakino, Russia
Place of death	Moscow, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union/Nazi Germany
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Defense of Kiev Battle of Moscow Volkhov Front Armed forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia
Awards	Order of the golden dragon (Chinese) Order of the Red Banner

General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov or Wlassow (Russian: Андрéй Андрéевич Влáсов, September 14 [O.S. September 1] 1900 — August 2, 1946) was a Soviet Army General who collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Early career

Born in Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Vlasov was originally a student at a Russian seminary. He quit his study after the Russian Revolution, briefly studying agriculture, and in 1919 joined the Red Army fighting in the southern theatre in the Ukraine, the Caucasus, and the Crimea. He distinguished himself as an officer and gradually rose through the ranks of the Red Army. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... For the Ecuadorian artist, see Manuel Rendón Seminario. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... Motto Процветание в единстве(Russian) Protsvetanie v edinstve(transliteration) Prosperity in unity Anthem Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина(Russian) Nivy i gory tvoi volshebny, Rodina(transliteration) Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Location of Crimea (red) with respect to Ukraine (light blue). ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ...

He joined the Communist Party in 1930. Vlasov was sent to China as a military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek. He then returned to Soviet Russia and reorganized the 99th Soviet Army, earning him considerable respect. During the outbreak of World War II, he became one of Stalin's favored generals. Vlasov played an important role in the defense of Moscow, his picture was printed along with other Soviet generals in the Pravda newspaper as the "defenders of Moscow". Described by some historians as "charismatic", Vlasov was decorated following his efforts in the defence of Moscow on the 24. of January with an Order of the Red Banner. After this success Vlasov was put in charge of a group of strike troops that were to try and lift the Siege of Leningrad. His expedition was unsuccessful and this force, the 2nd Strike Army (2-ая Ударная Армия), was surrounded and destroyed in June 1942. In modern usage, the term communist party is generally used to identify any political party which has adopted communist ideology. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was the Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the death of Sun Yat-sen in 1925. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Combatants Nazi Germany Soviet Union Commanders Fedor von Bock, Heinz Guderian Georgy Zhukov, Aleksandr Vasilevsky Strength As of October 1: 1,000,000 men, 1,700 tanks, 14,000 guns, 950 planes[1] As of October 1: 1,250,000 men, 1,000 tanks, 7,600 guns, 677 planes[2... Pravda (Russian: , The Truth) was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Combatants Germany Spanish Blue Division Soviet Union Commanders Wilhelm von Leeb Georg von Küchler Agustín Muñoz Grandes Kliment Voroshilov Georgiy Zhukov Strength 725,000 930,000 Casualties Unknown Red Army: 332,059 KIA 24,324 non-combat dead 111,142 missing 16,470 civilians 1 million civilians... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Defection

After Vlasov's army was encircled, he was offered a plane for evacuation. Vlasov, refusing to abandon his troops, went into hiding in German occupied territory. After ten days, the Germans found him on July 12, 1942 when he was betrayed by a local farmer. Vlasov was questioned by his opponent in the battle, General Georg Lindemann. The two discussed the encirclement and details of the battle, after which Vlasov was sent to a special prison for high-ranking officers in occupied Vinnytsia. is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Vinnytsia highlighted. ...

Vlasov claims that it is during his ten days in hiding that he became affirmed in his growing anti-Bolshevik beliefs, believing that it was perhaps Stalin who was the greatest enemy of the Russian people. Vlasov's critics, such as Marshall Kirill Meretskov (who had originally supported Vlasov's promotion to 2nd in command of the Volkhov front) and virtually all Soviet historians, argue that Vlasov decided to adopt a pro-German stance in prison for reasons having to do with opportunism and careerism, as well as out of fear of Stalinist retribution over the loss of his last battle. Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Russian: Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков) (June 7, 1897 - December 30, 1968) was a Soviet military commander. ... The book The Commissar Vanishes by David King discusses falsification of historic photos in Soviet Union in depth, with numerous examples. ...

German prisoner

While in prison, Vlasov met Captain Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt, a German Balt who had been making attempts at fostering a Russian Liberation Movement. Strik-Strikfeldt had circulated memos to this effect in the Wehrmacht. Strik-Strikfeldt, who had been a participant of the White movement during the Russian civil war, persuaded Vlasov to become involved in aiding the German advance. Along with lieutenant colonel Vladimir Boyarsky, Vlasov wrote a memo shortly after his capture to the German military leaders, suggesting a cooperation between the anti-Stalinist Russians and the German Army. Wilfried Karl Strik-Strikfeldt (Russian: Вильфрид Карлович Штрик-Штрикфельдт, 1899, Riga - 7 September 1977, Oberstaufen) was a German Balt from Riga who attended a school in St. ... Russian Liberation Movement (Русское Освободительное Движение) is a term used to describe Russians during World War II who tried to create an anti-communist armed force which would topple the regime of Joseph Stalin. ... White Army redirects here. ... Vladimir Boyarsky was one of the generals leading the Russian Liberation Army. ...

Vlasov was taken to Berlin under the protection of the Wehrmacht's propaganda department where he, together with other Soviet officers, began drafting plans for the creation of a Russian provisional government and the recruitment of a Russian army of liberation under Russian command.

Vlasov founded the Russian Liberation Committee, in hopes of creating the Russian Liberation Army—known as ROA (from Russkaya Osvoboditel'naya Armiya). Together with some other captured Soviet generals, officers and soldiers, the army's goal was to overthrow Stalinism and create an independent Russian state. Vlasov offered a democratic system of government. Many Russian POWs as well as soldiers who received Vlasov propaganda leaflets were interested in becoming a part of this army. A soldier of the Russian Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army or ROA (Русская Освободительная Армия, Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya), also known as the Vlasov army, was a group of volunteer Russian forces allied with Nazi Germany during World War II. The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried... For architecture, see Stalinist architecture. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

In the spring of 1943, Vlasov wrote an an anti-Bolshevik leaflet known as the "Smolensk Proclamation" which was dropped from aircraft by the millions on Soviet forces. As a direct consequence, thousands of Soviet troops deserted.

Even though no Russian Liberation Army yet existed, the Nazi propaganda department issued Russian Liberation Army patches to Russian volunteers and tried to use Vlasov's name in order to encourage defections (a strategy they found effective). Several hundred thousand former Soviet citizens served in the German army wearing this patch, but never under Vlasov's command.

Hitler was very wary of Vlasov and his intentions. On April 3rd, 1943, he made it clear in a speech to his high command that such an army would never be created, then issued directives to dismantle any such efforts and to sequester all of Vlasov's supporters in the German army. He worried that Vlasov might succeed in overthrowing Stalin, which would halt Hitler's dreams of expanding Germany to the Urals. Hitler began taking measures against Eastern Volunteer units, especially Russian ones, arranging for their retransfer to the west. Hitler redirects here. ... Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ...

Vlasov was permitted to make several trips to Nazi-occupied Russia, most notably in Pskov where a parade of Russian volunteers took place. The population's reception of Vlasov was mixed. While in Pskov, Vlasov dealt himself a nearly fatal political blow by referring to the Germans as "guests" during a speech, which Hitler found belittling. Vlasov was put under house arrest and threatened with being handed over to the Gestapo. Despondent about his mission, Vlasov threatened to resign and return to the POW camp, but was dissuaded at the last minute by his confidants. The Trinity Cathedral (1682-99) is a symbol of Pskovs former might and independence. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ...

Only in September of 1944 did Germany - at the urging of Heinrich Himmler, initially a virulent opponent of Vlasov - finally agree to give Vlasov a green light for his Russian Liberation Army. Vlasov formed and chaired the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, proclaimed by the Prague Manifesto on the 14th of November, 1944. Vlasov also hoped to create a pan-Slavic liberation congress, but was denied permission to do so. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( ; 7 October 1900–23 May 1945) was the commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany in the Nazi hierarchy. ... A soldier of the Russian Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army or ROA (Русская Освободительная Армия, Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya), also known as the Vlasov army, was a group of volunteer Russian forces allied with Nazi Germany during World War II. The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried... General Vlasov (in glasses) and members of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia The Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (in Russian: Комитет Освобождения Народов России, abbreviated as КОНР) was a committee composed of military and civilian anticommunists from the Soviet Union. ... The Prague Manifesto (in Russian: Пражский Манифест) is a document that was created by several members of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, an anti-communist coalition of former Soviet military and citizens who aimed to overthrow Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and establish a democratic government in Russia... Pan-Slavism was a movement in the mid 19th century aimed at unity of all the Slavic people. ...

Commander of the ROA

Vlasov's one and only instance of fighting against the Red Army occurred on February 11, 1945, on the river Oder. After three days of battle against overwhelming forces, the First Division of the ROA was forced to retreat and march south towards Prague. For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Oder (or Odra) River (German: Oder, Polish/Czech: Odra, Ancient Latin: Viadua, Viadrus, Medieval Latin: Odera, Oddera) is a river in Central Europe (mostly in Poland). ... Nickname: Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: , Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area  - City 496 km²  (191. ...

On May 6, 1945, Vlasov received a request from the commander of the first ROA division, General Sergei Bunyachenko, to turn his weapons against the SS forces and aid the Prague uprising. Vlasov at first disapproved, then relunctantly sanctioned Bunyachenko to proceed. Some historians maintain it was the bitterness of the ROA against the Germans which caused them to switch sides again, while more critical historians believe the sole purpose of this action was to win favor from the western Allies and possibly even the Soviet side. is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... “SS” redirects here. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Two days later, the first division was forced to leave Prague in view of the communist Czech partisans who had begun arresting ROA soldiers with the intention of passing them on to the Soviets. At this point Vlasov was offered an escape route, through changing to civilian clothes and flying to Spain, but he refused to do so.

Vlasov and the rest of his forces, trying to escape the overpowering Red Army and wishing to preserve their ranks for a future war of liberation, attempted to head west to surrender to the Allies in the closing days of the war in Europe. On May 10, 1945, Vlasov and his men surrendered to western Allied forces. is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Final days

Vlasov was taken into American captivity and held in a city in Tyrol. He and his generals continued talks with British and Americans, explaining the principles of the liberation movement and persuading them to grant asylum to its participants. The allied commanders were divided on the issue. Some were sympathetic but afraid of angering the Soviet Union and disobeying their superior officers who were in alliance with Stalin. Coat of arms of the Counts of Tyrol Austria-Hungary in 1914, showing Tirol–Vorarlberg as the left-most province, coloured cream Capital Meran (Merano), until 1848 Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Created County 1140  - Bequeathed to Habsburgs 1363 or 1369  - Joined Council of Princes 1582  - Trent, Tyrol and...

On May 12, on the way from talks with American captain Donahue, Vlasov's car was surrounded by Soviet troops. Vlasov's American escort refused to resist as Vlasov was taken under arrest. Vlasov, along with many of his men, was forcefully repatriated to the Soviet Union. Many were executed or interred in the Gulag. Operation Keelhaul was a programme carried out in Austria by British forces in May and June 1945 that decided the fate of thousands of post-war refugees fleeing eastern Europe. ... Gulag ( , Russian: ) was the government body responsible for administering prison camps across the former Soviet Union. ...

Soviet authorities sent Vlasov to Moscow, where over the course of a year he was held in the Lubyanka prison. A summary trial held in the summer of 1946 presided over by Viktor Abakumov sentenced him and eleven other senior officers from his army to death. They were hanged on August 1, 1946. This was one of the last death sentences by hanging in the Soviet Union (later a group of Cossack leaders allied with the Germans such as Pyotr Krasnov, Andrei Shkuro, and Helmuth von Pannwitz received the same fate). The Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters of the KGB and affiliated prison on Lubyanka Square in Moscow. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Viktor Abakumov Viktor Semyonovich Abakumov (Russian: Виктор Семёнович Абакумов) (1894 - December 18, 1954), Soviet police official, was a protege and subordinate of Lavrenty Beria, head of the Soviet political police aparatus from 1938 to 1953. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. ... Ataman Pyotr Krasnov Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (Петр Николаевич Краснов in Russian) (September 22 (10 O.S.), 1869 — January 17, 1947), sometimes referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was Lieutenant General of the Russian army when the revolution broke out in 1917, and one of the leaders of the counterrevolutionary White movement afterwards. ... Andrei Shkuro Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro (Shkura) (Андрей Григорьевич Шкуро (Шкура) in Russian) (January 19, 1887 (O.S.: January 7) – January 17, 1947) was a Lieutenant General (1919) of the White Army. ... Born in Silesia on October 14, 1898, Helmuth von Pannwitz was a Nazi General who commanded anti-partisan troops in Yugoslavia He was hanged by a Russian court on January 16, 1947. ...

Memorial

New York memorial

A memorial dedicated to General Vlasov and the participants of the Russian Liberation Movement was erected at the Novo Deveevo Russian Orthodox convent and cemetery in Nanuet, New York. Twice annually, a memorial service is held to commemorate Vlasov and the combatants of the Russian Liberation Army, once on the day of Vlasov's execution (August 1st) and once on the Sunday following Orthodox Easter. Image File history File links ROA_GeneralVlasov_Memorial. ... Image File history File links ROA_GeneralVlasov_Memorial. ... Nanuet is a census-designated place located in Rockland County, New York. ... “NY” redirects here. ... A soldier of the Russian Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army or ROA (Русская Освободительная Армия, Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya), also known as the Vlasov army, was a group of volunteer Russian forces allied with Nazi Germany during World War II. The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried... This article is about the Christian festival. ...

Review of his case

In 2001, a social organization, "For Faith and Fatherland", applied to the military prosecutor for a review of Vlasov's case. The military prosecutor, himself a Red Army veteran of World War II, concluded that the law of rehabilitation of victims of political repressions did not apply to Vlasov and refused to ever consider the case again personally. However, Vlasov's Article 58 conviction for anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda was vacated. For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Article 58 of the Russian SFSR Penal Code was put in force on February 25, 1927 to arrest those suspected of counter-revolutionary activities. ...

Literature and film

Books:

• Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt: Against Stalin and Hitler. Memoir of the Russian Liberation Movement 1941-5. Macmillan, 1970, ISBN 0-333-11528-7
• Russian version of the above: Вильфрид Штрик-Штрикфельдт: Против Сталина и Гитлера. Изд. Посев, 1975, 2003. ISBN 5-85824-005-4
• Бахвалов Анатолий: Генерал Власов. Предатель или герой? Изд. СПб ВШ МВД России, 1994.
• Sven Steenberg: Wlassow. Verräter oder Patriot? Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, Köln 1968.
• Russian version of the above: Свен Стеенберг: Генерал Власов. Изд-во Эксмо, 2005. ISBN 5-699-12827-1
• Sergej Frölich: General Wlassow. Russen und Deutsche zwischen Hitler und Stalin.
• Russian version of the above: Сергей Фрёлих Генерал Власов. Русские и Немцы между Гитлером и Сталиным (перевод с немецкого Ю.К. Мейера при участии Д.А. Левицкого), 1990. Printed by Hermitage.
• Александров Кирилл М.: Армия генерала Власова 1944-45. Изд-во Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-15429-9.
• Чуев Сергей: Власовцы - Пасынки Третьего Рейха. Изд-во Эксмо, 2006. ISBN 5-699-14989-9.
• И. Хоффманн: История власовской армии. Перевод с немецкого Е. Гессен. 1990 YMCA Press ISBN 2-85065-175-3 ISSN 1140-0854
• Joachim Hoffmann: Die Tragödie der 'Russischen Befreiungsarmee' 1944/45. Wlassow gegen Stalin. Herbig Verlag, 2003 ISBN 3776623306.
• Russian version of the above: Гофман Иоахим: Власов против Сталина. Трагедия Русской Освободительной Армии. Пер. с нем. В. Ф. Дизендорфа. Изд-во АСТ, 2006. ISBN 5-17-027146-8.

Regarding the historian Joachim Hoffmann: You may want to look at his article from the German Wikipedia. Wilfried Karl Strik-Strikfeldt (Russian: Вильфрид Карлович Штрик-Штрикфельдт, 1899, Riga - 7 September 1977, Oberstaufen) was a German Balt from Riga who attended a school in St. ...

• О. В. Вишлёв(preface): Генерал Власов в планах гитлеровских спецслужб. Новая и Новейшая История, 4/96, pp. 130-146. [Historical sources with a preface]
• В. В. Малиновский: Кто он, русский коллаборационнист: Патриот или предатель?' Вопросы Истории 11-12/96, pp. 164-166. [letter to the editor]
• Martin Berger: Impossible alternatives. The Ukrainian Quarterly, Summer-Fall 1995, pp. 258-262. [review of Catherine Andrevyev: Vlasov and the Russian liberation movement]
• А. Ф. Катусев, В. Г. Оппоков: Иуды. Власовцы на службе у фашизма. Военно-Исторический Журнал 6/1990, pp. 68-81.
• П. А. Пальчиков: История Генерала Власова. Новая и Новейшая История, 2/1993, pp. 123-144.
• А. В. Тишков: Предатель перед Советским Судом. Советское Государство и Право, 2/1973, pp. 89-98.
• Л. Е. Решин, В. С. Степанов: Судьбы генералские. Военно-Исторический Журнал, 3/1993, pp. 4-15.
• С. В. Ермаченков, А. Н. Почтарев: Последний поход власовской армии. Вопросы Истории, 8/98, pp. 94-104.

Documentaries:

• General for Two Devils 1995
• Europe Central by William T Vollmann

See also

• Russian Liberation Army
• Russian Liberation Movement
• Operation Keelhaul
• Bronislaw Kaminski
• Constantine Kromiadi

A soldier of the Russian Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army or ROA (Русская Освободительная Армия, Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Armiya), also known as the Vlasov army, was a group of volunteer Russian forces allied with Nazi Germany during World War II. The ROA was organized by former Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, who tried... Russian Liberation Movement (Русское Освободительное Движение) is a term used to describe Russians during World War II who tried to create an anti-communist armed force which would topple the regime of Joseph Stalin. ... Operation Keelhaul was a programme carried out in Austria by British forces in May and June 1945 that decided the fate of thousands of post-war refugees fleeing eastern Europe. ... . Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski (Russian: Бронислав Каминский) (1899-1944) was the commander of the RONA (Russkaya Osvoboditelnaya Narodnaya Armiya) unit, a Russian armed force that fought against the Soviet forces in alliance with Nazi Germany and was later incorporated into the Waffen SS. Birth and early life Engineer Bronislaw (also spelled Bronislav) Kaminski... Image:ROA Zhilinkov Kromiadi Boyarski. ...

External links

• Władysław Anders and Antonio Muňoz: Russian Volunteers in the German Wehrmacht in WWII (describes role of Vlasov)
• Congress of Russian Americans article on Vlasov