Sergei Bunyachenko

Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko (Russian: Серге́й Кузьмич Буняченко, Ukrainian: Сергій Кузьмич Буняченко; October 5, 1902, Korovyakovka, Kursk Governorate – August 2, 1946, Moscow) was a Soviet Red Army defector to the German side during World War II and a major general in the anti-communist Russian Liberation Army (ROA) movement.

Sergei Bunyachenko
Native name
Серге́й Кузьмич Буняченко
Birth nameSergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko
Born(1902-10-05)October 5, 1902
Korovyakovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 2, 1946(1946-08-02) (aged 43)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Nazi Germany
Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia
Service/branch Soviet Army
Russian Liberation Army
Years of service1918–1945
RankMajor General
Commands held389th Rifle Division
59th Independent Rifle Brigade
600th (Russian) Infantry Division
Battles/warsRussian Civil War

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Battle of Lake Khasan
World War II

Life

A Red Army soldier since 1918 (at the age of 15), Bunyachenko fought during the Russian Civil War in Ukraine, the Basmachi Revolt in Central Asia, and the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars in the Far East. In 1942, during World War II, he was captured in North Caucasus by Romanians. He had the rank of Colonel (Polkovnik) in the Red Army.

In 1943 Bunyachenko agreed to collaborate with the Germans against the Soviet Union, but in May 1945, at the end of the war, he again changed sides and participated in the Prague uprising on the side of Czech resistance. Bunyachenko was captured 40 km south-east of Plzeň by soldiers of the Soviet 31st Army [1] and later was hanged for treason along with the other ROA leaders.

References
  1. Konev, Ivan S. (1971). "Year of Victory". Progress Publishers. pp. 230–231.


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