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{{Infobox military person
| native_name = Александр Гаврилович Моисеевский
| image = Alexander Moiseyevsky.jpg
| birth_date = 18 October 1902
| death_date = {{deathdateandage|1971|3|18|1902|10|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Verniy|Verniy]], [[Semirechye Oblast]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
| placeofburial = [[Vagankovo Cemetery]]
| allegiance = [[Soviet Union]]
| branch = {{plainlist|
*[[Red Army]]
*[[Soviet Army]]
}}
| serviceyears = 1919{{endash}}1954
| rank = [[Major general]]
| commands = [[303rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|303rd Rifle Division]]
[[312th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|312th Rifle Division]]
| battles = [[Russian Civil War]]
[[Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)|1929 Sino-Soviet conflict]]
[[World War II]]
| awards = {{plainlist|
*[[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
*[[Order of Lenin]] (2)
*[[Order of the Red Banner]] (4)
*[[Order of Suvorov]] 2nd class
*[[Order of Kutuzov]] 2nd class
}}
}}

'''Alexander Gavrilovich Moiseyevsky''' ({{Lang-ru|Александр Гаврилович Моисеевский}}; 18 October 1902 {{En dash}} 18 March 1971) was a [[Soviet Army]] [[major general]] and a [[Hero of the Soviet Union]].

Moiseyevsky joined the [[Red Army]] in 1919 and fought in the [[Russian Civil War]]. Later, he became an officer and [[political commissar]], fighting in the [[Sino-Soviet conflict (1929)|1929 Sino-Soviet conflict]]. After the [[German invasion of the Soviet Union]], Moiseyevsky took command of the [[303rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|303rd Rifle Division]] in September 1941, leading it in the [[Yelnya Offensive]] and the [[Battle of Moscow]], during which it was destroyed in the [[Spas-Demensk]] pocket. After reaching Soviet lines and being screened in a [[NKVD filtration camp]], he became deputy commander of the [[160th Rifle Division]] in January 1942. In August, Moiseyevsky took command of the [[312th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|312th Rifle Division]], which he led for the rest of the war. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 6 April 1945 for his division's breakthrough during the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]]. Moiseyevsky retired from the army in 1954 and lived in [[Moscow]], working at the [[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name=":0">{{Ruheroes|id=6534}}</ref>

== Early life and Russian Civil War ==
Moiseyevsky was born on 18 October 1902 in [[Verniy|Verniy]] to a working-class family. His father became a [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]] in 1905 and was often in prison. Moiseyevsky later moved to [[Tomsk]], where he graduated from 2nd grade at the Tomsk [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]]. He then worked at a candy factory. In 1919, when the [[30th Rifle Division]] entered Tomsk during the Russian Civil War, Moiseyevsky and his father joined the Red Army. Moiseyevsky became a soldier in the 267th Rifle Regiment and was wounded near [[Krasnoyarsk]]. Upon recovering he returned to the regiment.<ref name=":0" />

== Interwar period ==
In 1921, Moiseyevsky graduated from several artillery training courses. He graduated from the commanders' refresher courses (KUKS) in 1922. Moiseyevsky became a [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] member in 1924. In December 1929, while a political commissar in the 21st Artillery Regiment of the [[21st Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|21st Rifle Division,]] Moiseyevsky fought in the 1929 Sino-Soviet conflict. In a battle south of [[Manzhouli]], he directed his battery in the repulse of a Chinese attack. When the Chinese reached a close range, the battery engaged in hand-to-hand combat. For his actions, Moiseyevsky was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]] on 4 April 1930. In 1934, he graduated from the [[Lenin Military-Political Academy]]. In 1940, Moiseyevsky completed two years of absentee courses at the [[Frunze Military Academy]].<ref name=":0" />

== World War II ==
Moiseyevsky was posted to the [[Moscow Military District]] when [[Germany invaded the USSR|Germany invaded the Soviet Union]] in June 1941. At the beginning of September, he was appointed commander of the 303rd Rifle Division, part of the [[24th Army (Soviet Union)|24th Army]]. Moiseyevsky led the division during the [[Yelnya Offensive]], after which the division defended its sector. After holding its position for 15 days, the division was encircled after the beginning of [[Operation Typhoon]], the German attack on Moscow, on 5 October. Moiseyevsky and his division were encircled in the [[Spas-Demensk]] Pocket, only breaking out in December. After exiting the pocket he was screened in the Abinsky [[NKVD filtration camp]] to ensure his loyalty.<ref>CAMD, f.58 op.818883 d.1487</ref> In January 1942, Moiseyevsky became deputy commander of the [[160th Rifle Division]].<ref name=":0" />

Moiseyevsky became commander of the 312th Rifle Division in August. The division fought in fierce fighting during the [[Battles of Rzhev]], which lasted until March 1943. Moiseyevsky was awarded a second Order of the Red Banner on 30 March.<ref>Order No. 422 of the Western Front, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie11657156/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> On 1 September, the division began its advance on [[Smolensk]] during the [[Battle of Smolensk (1943)|Battle of Smolensk]]. Moiseyevsky's division broke through along with self-propelled guns and tanks. Soon after, [[Dorogobuzh]] was recaptured. On 24 September the 312th crossed the [[Dnieper]] and attacked Smolensk from the south. By the next day the town was recaptured. In late 1943 he was promoted to major general. By this time the division had advanced to the [[Pronya River (Belarus)|Pronya River]] in the [[Mogilev Region]]. On 3 June 1944, he was awarded the [[Order of Kutuzov]], 2nd class.<ref name=":0" />

During the summer of 1944 the division fought in the [[Lublin–Brest Offensive]]. On 18 June, the division's 1083rd Rifle Regiment broke through the first German line south of [[Kovel]]. Moiseyevsky then advanced the 1081st Regiment through the breach, and the rest of the [[69th Army (Soviet Union)|69th Army]] followed. He then committed his division in a 40-kilometer night march in the German rear, crossing the [[Western Bug]]. The division captured [[Dorohusk]] and then [[Chełm]].The division and the rest of the army advanced to the [[Vistula]], crossing on 4 August. The division participated in heavy fighting in the [[Puławy]] bridgehead. Moiseyevsky's division was able to expand the foothold by capturing [[Kazimierz Dolny]]. The fighting in the sector lasted until September. On 3 November, Moiseyevsky was awarded his third Order of the Red Banner.<ref name=":0" />

On 14 January 1945, the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]] was launched. The 312th advanced out of the bridgehead 18 kilometers, capturing [[Policzna, Masovian Voivodeship|Policzna]]. The division reached the [[Radomka]] on the third day of the attack. On 29 January the division captured the western part of [[Poznań]]. On 6 April Moiseyevsky was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin for his leadership.<ref>Hero of the Soviet Union citation, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie46545278/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref> After crossing the [[Oder]], the division fought in the [[Battle of Berlin]] as part of the [[8th Guards Army (Soviet Union)|8th Guards Army]]. On 30 April, Moiseyevsky was awarded a second Order of Lenin. The division ended the war in the German capital. On 29 May, he received the [[Order of Suvorov]], 2nd class.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Order of Suvorov 2nd class citation, available online at [https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_nagrazhdenie46557307/ pamyat-naroda.ru]</ref>

== Postwar ==
After the war, Moiseyevsky continued to serve in the Soviet Army. On 15 November 1950, he was awarded a fourth Order of the Red Banner. In 1951, he graduated from the Higher Academic Courses at the [[Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia|Military Academy of the General Staff]]. He retired in 1954 and lived in Moscow. Moiseyevsky worked for a long period at the Ministry of Defence. He died on 18 March 1971 and was buried in the [[Vagankovo Cemetery]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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[[Category:1902 births]]
[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Almaty]]
[[Category:Soviet major generals]]
[[Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd class]]
[[Category:Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery]]
[[Category:Soviet military personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:People of the Russian Civil War]]
[[Category:Lenin Military Political Academy alumni]]
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