Andrei Shkuro

Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro
Born(1887-01-19)19 January 1887
Pashkovskaya, Russian Empire (now Krasnodar)
Died17 January 1947(1947-01-17) (aged 59)
Lefortovo Prison, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Russian Empire
White Movement
 Nazi Germany
Branch Imperial Russian Army
White movement
1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
Years of service1907–1920
1943–1945
RankLieutenant general
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus
Order of Saint Anna
Cause of deathExecution by hanging

Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro (Russian: Андрей Григорьевич Шкуро; Ukrainian: Андрій Григорович Шкуро; 19 January [O.S. 7 January] 1887 – 17 January 1947) was a Russian military officer of Cossack origin. He was a lieutenant general (1919) of the White Army, and later a Nazi collaborator.