The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Veniamin Iakovlevich Gorbachev

Gorbachev, Veniamin Iakovlevich

Major-General

* 6th of April 1915

† 1st of July 1985

(Вениамин Яковлевич Горбачев)

Promotions

1943-10-09 Major-General

Service

1941-10-XX 1942-02-XX Chief of Staff, 119th Rifle Division
1942-02-XX 1942-05-XX Wounded and hospitalised
1942-05-XX 1942-08-XX Chief of Staff, 3rd Fighter Division
1942-08-XX 1942-09-XX Commanding Officer 165th Separate Rifle Brigade
1942-09-XX 1942-12-XX Hospitalised
1942-12-XX 1943-07-18 Commanding Officer 157th Rifle Brigade
1943-07-18 1945-09-XX Commanding Officer 383rd Rifle Division
1945-09-XX 1945-10-XX Commanding Officer 75th Guards Rifle Division
1945-10-XX 1945-11-XX Commanding Officer 171st Rifle Division
1945-11-XX 1946-09-XX Commanding Officer 16th Mechanised Division
1946-09-XX 1949-11-XX Senior Instructor at the Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1949-11-XX 1953-10-XX Head of Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1953-10-XX 1954-06-XX Commanding Officer 315th Rifle Division
1954-06-XX 1956-11-15 Commanding Officer LXIII Rifle Corps
1956-11-XX 1958-01-XX First Deputy Commanding Officer 25th Army
1958-01-XX 1958-07-XX Commanding Officer 25th Army
1958-07-XX 1959-09-XX First Deputy Commanding Officer 15th Army
1959-09-17 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko