Korsun
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Korsun may refer to:

People
  • Nikolai Georgiyevich Korsun (1876-1958), a Soviet military historian
  • Nikolai Nesterovich Korsun (1911-1988), a Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
    Hero of the Soviet Union
    The title Hero of the Soviet Union was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.-Overview:...

  • Paweł Korsun a Warsaw-born musician, music journalist, Polish TV personality

Places
  • Korsun, Slavic name for the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea
  • Korsun-Shevchenkivskyy (or Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyy), a city in Ukraine

Other
  • The Battle of Korsun
    Battle of Korsun
    Battle of Korsun , was the second significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in central Ukraine, a numerically superior force of Cossacks and Crimean Tatars under the command of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Tuhaj-Bej attacked...

    in 1648 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising
  • The Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
    Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
    The Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive led to the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket which took place from 24 January to 16 February 1944. The offensive was part of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive...

    between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II
  • Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket
    Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket
    Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by the Strategic Studies Group . The game is part of the Decisive Battles of World War II series and was released on August 25, 2003. The game depicts the historical World War II battle of the Korsun Pocket,...

    - A computer game based on the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
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