Background
Valentin Malakhovsky was born on March 14, 1894 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Valentin Malakhovsky was born on March 14, 1894 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Valentin Aleksandrovich graduated from the Odessa Institute of National Economy.
After February 1917 Valentin Aleksandrovich was elected as a member of the regimental committee. Member of the October Revolution in Petrograd. In May 1918, the Bogucharsky regiment was formed from volunteers from the Bogucharsky and Pavlovsky districts. Since August 1919 the regiment commander. He took part in battles on the Middle Don with the Volunteer Army.
Valentin Aleksandrovich ended the civil war as the head of the 20th Cavalry Division. During the Great Patriotic War, the head of the garrison of Petrozavodsk (1941-1943). Military Commissar of the Latvian SSR (1943-1945). After the end of World War II, he worked in various staff positions.
In addition to his military career, Valentin Aleksandrovich is also the author of the Civil War memoirs ("Literary Voronezh" 1939. No. 3; "Commune" 1957. July 12).
