Historical person
Aleksandr Georgievich Kotikov
1902–1981
Aleksandr Georgievich Kotikov was a Soviet major-general and political officer who served on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. From 1946 to 1950 he was commandant of the Soviet sector of Berlin and the Soviet representative in the Allied Kommandatura during the early occupation and blockade-era confrontation.
As Soviet commandant, Kotikov represented Moscow in the four-power administration of Berlin as cooperation between the wartime Allies deteriorated into Cold War confrontation. His tenure covered the disputes over access, currency and political authority that culminated in the Berlin Blockade of 1948–49, placing him opposite the American, British and French commandants during one of the first major crises of the post-war settlement.
In Giles Milton’s Checkmate in Berlin, the relationship between American commandant Frank Howley and Soviet commandant Aleksandr Kotikov becomes a close view of the widening conflict between the former allies.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Aleksandr Georgievich Kotikov (1 book)
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