Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov (; – 26 February 1960) was a Soviet Red Army cavalry general.

Biography

During July and August 1920, he commanded the 2nd Cavalry Army. He served as Inspector-General of Cavalry from 1938 to 1941, and as Deputy Commander of Cavalry from 1943 until his retirement in 1947. The town of Gorodovikovsk in his native Kalmykia was named after him in 1971.

Oka Gorodovikov

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1879 births

1960 deaths

Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery

People from Proletarsky District, Rostov Oblast

People from Don Host Oblast

Kalmyk people

Communist Party of the Soviet Union members

First convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic people

Soviet colonel generals

Russian military personnel of World War I

Soviet military personnel of World War II

Heroes of the Soviet Union

Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner

Recipients of the Order of Lenin

Oka Gorodovikov