After returning from a stint in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Luchinsky became commander of the 83rd Mountain Rifle Division, which he led in the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and the Battle of the Caucasus.

Postwar, he led army and military district commands, ending his career as first deputy chief inspector of the Ministry of Defense.

Luchinsky was born on 23 March 1900 in Kiev, the son of an Imperial Russian Army officer, and studied at the Volsk Cadet Corps from September 1912.

Having commanded the 48th Mountain Cavalry Regiment since November 1936, Luchinsky served as an advisor in China between 1937 and 1938 and was awarded a second Order of the Red Banner on 19 October 1938 for his actions.

Returning to the Soviet Union, he became chairman of the 21st Remount Commission in September 1938 and chief of the 1st section of the 2nd staff department of the Central Asian Military District in October 1939.

Promoted to major general on 31 March 1943,[2] he became commander of the 3rd Mountain Rifle Corps of the North Caucasian Front on 25 April, fighting in the defeat of Axis troops on the Taman Peninsula.

Wounded in action in Crimea on 10 March 1944, Luchinsky stayed with his troops until the accomplishment of his unit's objectives before being evacuated to a hospital.

[3] Luchinsky led the 28th Army in Operation Bagration, in which it broke through German defenses in the Parichi sector and crossed the Western Bug near Brest, then fought on Polish territory.

The army was withdrawn to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command in September before being transferred to the 3rd Belorussian Front in mid-October, fighting in the Gumbinnen Operation.

For his leadership of the army in the East Prussian Offensive, Luchinsky was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 19 April.

In the latter, the 28th, in conjunction with the 52nd Army, attacked from the Niesky area towards Zittau and Česká Lípa and approached Prague from the northeast, accepting the surrender of surrounded German troops.

Continuing the offensive, elements of the army blockaded the Hailar fortified region while the main forces advanced further into Manchuria.