Alexander Sirotkin

Alexander Savelyevich Sirotkin was a Soviet lieutenant general and division commander. He fought for the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. He received the Cross of St. George, the Order of Saint Vladimir, the Order of Saint Anna, and the Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov). After the October Revolution in November 1917, he went over to the Bolsheviks and fought for them in the subsequent civil war. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, and, for his participation in the Great Patriotic War, the Order of Suvorov.