Nikolai Simoniak

Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak
Birth name	Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak
Born	(1901-02-17)17 February 1901 Berezovka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	19 April 1956(1956-04-19) (aged 55) Leningrad, Soviet Union
Buried at	Leningrad
Allegiance	USSR
Service/branch	Infantry
Years of service	1918–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	8th Rifle Brigade 136th Rifle Division 63rd Guards Rifle Division 30th Guards Rifle Corps 67th Army 3rd Shock Army
Battles/wars	Soviet-Finnish War World War II Battle of Hanko Peninsula Siege of Leningrad Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive Baltic Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin (3) Order of the Red Banner (3) Order of Suvorov, 1st Class Order of Suvorov, 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class Order of the Red Star

Nikolai Pavlovich Simoniak (Russian: Симоняк Николай Павлович, February 17 [O.S. February 4] 1901 – April 23, 1956) was a Soviet military commander.

Honours and awards

• Gold Star Medal (№ 558) Hero of the Soviet Union (10 February 1943)
• Order of Lenin, three times (10 February 1943, ?, ?)
• Order of the Red Banner, three times
• Order of Suvorov, 1st and 2nd classes
• Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
• Order of the Red Star
• Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
• Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
• Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
• Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

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