Prokofiy Logvinovich Romanenko (Fall Grün)

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Prokofiy Logvinovich Romanenko Прокофий Логвинович Романенко
Rank:	Комкор
Military service
Allegiance:	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Years of service:	1917 - 1939
Commands:	8th Mechanised Corps
Biography
Date of birth:	February 2, 1897
Place of birth:	Romanenki, Sumy, Russian Empire

Prokofiy Logvinovich Romanenko (Russian: Прокофий Логвинович Романенко, born February 2, 1897) was a Soviet general and was the commander of the 8th Mechanised Corps, which participated on the side of Czechoslovakia in their war against Germany and Hungary between October and March 1939 until he was captured on March 15, 1939.

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Romanenko was born on February 2, 1897 on the Romanenki farm in the Sumy district of the Russian Empire. He attended the Cadets Graduate School in 1917 while participating in the First World War. In 1918 he joined the Red Army, and commanded a regiment during the Russian Civil War. In 1920 he became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

After the Civil War he attended the N achsostava Training Courses in 1925, the Superior Officers Training Course in 1930 and the Frunze Military Academy in 1933. In 1934 he was given the command of a mechanized Cavalry Regiment. In 1937 he volunteered to fight on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.

Later that year he was given the command of a mechanised brigade, and later a tank brigade. In 1938 he was given the command of the 8th Mechanised Corps.