Karp Vasilyevich Sviridov was a Soviet Army lieutenant general and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Karp Sviridov
Sviridov's grave marker at the Baikove Cemetery
The 18th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Russian Civil War, Polish–Soviet War, Winter War and World War II. The division was formed a total of five times during this period.
Banner of the division