Korsun

Korsun may refer to:

People
  • Nikolai Georgiyevich Korsun (1876-1958), Soviet military historian
  • Nikolai Nesterovich Korsun (1911-1988), Soviet army officer and Hero of the Soviet Union
Places
  • Korsun, Slavic name for the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea
  • a name of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukraine before 1944
  • Korsun, Donetsk Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Other
  • Battle of Korsun, in 1648 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising
  • Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II
  • Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket, a computer game based on the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
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