Sergei Bunyachenko
Sergei Bunyachenko | |
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Bunyachenko after being captured by Soviet forces | |
| Native name | Серге́й Кузьмич Буняченко |
| Birth name | Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko |
| Born | 5 October 1902 Korovyakovka, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1 August 1946 (aged 43) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Nazi Germany KONR |
| Branch | Red Army Russian Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1918–1945 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | 389th Rifle Division 59th Independent Rifle Brigade 600th Infantry Division |
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Sergei Kuzmich Bunyachenko (Russian: Серге́й Кузьми́ч Буняче́нко, Ukrainian: Сергій Кузьмич Буняченко; 5 October 1902 – 1 August 1946) was a Soviet Red Army defector to the German side during World War II and a major general in the collaborationist Russian Liberation Army (ROA). He was convicted of treason and hanged in 1946.