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Portrait of Lieutenant-General of Artillery Petr Alekseevich Degtiarev

Degtiarev, Petr Alekseevich

Lieutenant-General of Artillery

* 18th of October 1903

† 14th of September 1985

(Петр Алексеевич Дегтярев)

Promotions

1938-06-24 Battalion-Commissar
1940-06-02 Regiment-Commissar
1941-12-01 Brigade-Commissar
1942-03-24 Division-Commissar
1942-07-25 Major-General of Artillery
1943-09-28 Lieutenant-General of Artillery

Service

1941-07-XX 1941-09-08 Military Commissar, Main Artillery Directorate
1941-09-08 1943-04-29 Member of the Military Council, Mortar Troops Command
1943-04-29 1944-04-02 Deputy People's Commissar of Defence
1943-04-29 1944-04-02 Commander in Chief Guards Mortar Units
1944-04-02 Deputy Commander in Chief of Artillery for Guards Mortar Units
1947-10-XX 1948-XX-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
Deputy Commanding Officer IX Artillery Corps
1950-05-XX 1953-04-XX Head of Personnel Directorate, Artillery
1953-04-XX 1955-06-28 Head of Main Personnel Directorate, Artillery
1955-06-28 1959-12-17 Assistant Minister of Defence for Combat Training of Missile Units
1960-02-XX 1963-03-22 Head of Military Educational Institutions Directorate, Strategic Missile Forces
1961-07-XX 1963-03-22 Assistant Commander in Chief of Strategic Missile Forces
1963-03-22 Retired
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