Mikhail Yenshin

Mikhail Alexandrovich Yenshin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Еншин; 3 December 1900 – 6 February 1984) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Yenshin joined the Red Guards in late 1917 and was among those absorbed into the Red Army upon the creation of the latter, serving as a sapper during the Polish–Soviet War after a brief period in reserve. After another transfer to the reserve in 1922, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the Border Troops, rising to command a border detachment by the end of the 1930s. Seconded to the army during the Winter War and decorated for his actions, Yenshin graduated from an NKVD school and taught at the latter until the beginning of Operation Barbarossa.

Mikhail Yenshin

Mikhail Alexandrovich Yenshin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Еншин; 3 December 1900 – 6 February 1984) was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Yenshin joined the Red Guards in late 1917 and was among those absorbed into the Red Army upon the creation of the latter, serving as a sapper during the Polish–Soviet War after a brief period in reserve. After another transfer to the reserve in 1922, he was drafted into the Red Army and sent to the Border Troops, rising to command a border detachment by the end of the 1930s. Seconded to the army during the Winter War and decorated for his actions, Yenshin graduated from an NKVD school and taught at the latter until the beginning of Operation Barbarossa.