Pavel Gayev

Pavel Gayev
Pavel Gayev
	Photo taken in Warsaw on 11 March 1937
Native name	Russian: Павел Витальевич Гаев
Born	17 August 1901; Nizhny Tagil, Russian Empire
Died	5 October 1943 (aged 42); Dnieper shore near Kremenchuk
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Branch	Red Army
Years of service	1918–1943
Rank	guards colonel
Unit	13th Guards Rifle Division
Commands	a number of rifle companies (1918-1931, politruk, commander); 6th Andijan Rifle Regiment (1935, chief of staff); Odessa Military District (1939-1941, chief of military intelligence); 9th Army (1941-1942, chief of military intelligence); 13th Guards Rifle Division (1943, deputy commander)
Battles / wars	Russian Civil War Revolt of the Czechoslovak Legion; Liquidation of the Makhno Army; ; World War II Eastern Front Battle of Rostov; Barvenkovo–Lozovaya Offensive; Poltava-Kremenchuk Operation; Battle of the Dnieper †; ; ;
Awards	Weapon of Honour; Order of the Red Banner; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Relations	Gleb Baklanov; Filipp Golikov; Matvei Zakharov; Aleksey Zhadov
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Pavel Vitalyevich Gayev (Russian: Павел Витальевич Гаев; 17 August 1901 – 5 October 1943) was a Soviet military intelligence officer, guards colonel, deputy commander of the 13th Guards Rifle Division (1943).