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 name	Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko
Born	October 5, 1902 Korovyakovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 2, 1946 (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 service	1918–1945
Rank	Major General
Commands held	389th Rifle Division 59th Independent Rifle Brigade 600th (Russian) Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Russian 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.

External links

• (in Russian) Буняченко Сергей Кузьмич