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Portrait of Major-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Afanasev

Afanasev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich

Major-General

* 30th of August 1894

† 6th of December 1950

(Александр Николаевич Афанасьев)

Promotions

1942-11-10 Major-General

Service

1931-11-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, X Rifle Corps
1938-03-XX 1939-07-XX Senior Instructor at Gorkovsk Anti-Aircraft Artillery School
1939-07-XX 1940-01-XX Chief of Staff, 126th Rifle Division
1940-01-XX 1940-12-XX Commanding Officer 126th Rifle Division
1940-12-XX 1941-08-XX Deputy Commanding Officer 126th Rifle Division
1940-12-XX 1941-08-XX Commanding Officer Infantry, 126th Rifle Division
1941-08-XX 1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer 183rd Rifle Division
1941-XX-XX 1941-11-XX Chief of Combat Training Section, 34th Army
1941-11-XX 1942-04-13 Commanding Officer 449th Rifle Division
1942-04-13 1942-11-17 Commanding Officer 309th Rifle Division
1942-11-17 1943-02-18 Chief of Staff, 6th Army
1943-02-19 1943-03-XX At disposal of Personnel Section, Southwestern Front
1943-03-XX 1943-05-15 Deputy Chief of Staff, 3rd Tank Army
1943-03-XX 1943-05-15 Chief of Operations Section, 5th Tank Army
1943-05-15 1943-05-20 Chief of Staff, 57th Army
1943-06-XX Hospitalised
1943-10-XX Commanding Officer 47th Reserve Rifle Brigade
1943-10-XX At disposal of the Main Personnel Directorate
1943-10-XX 1944-04-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, Kharkov Military District
1943-10-XX 1944-04-XX Chief of Operations Section, Kharkov Military District
1944-04-XX 1946-03-XX Commanding Officer 17th Reserve Rifle Division
1946-03-XX 1948-10-XX Commandant of Orlovsk Suvorovsk Military School
1948-10-XX 1950-12-06 Head of the Military Department, Kiev Forestry Institute
1950-12-06 Died of illness
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