The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Vasilii Akimovich Gorishnii

Gorishnii, Vasilii Akimovich

Lieutenant-General

* 29th of January 1903

† 15th of February 1962

(NKVD)

(Василий Акимович Горишний)

Promotions

1940-07-02 Colonel
1943-03-01 Major-General
1953-08-03 Lieutenant-General

Service

1940-XX-XX 1941-06-22 Chief of Combat Training Section, NKVD Border Troops, Belorussia SSR
1941-06-22 1941-08-04 Chief of Field Staff, NKVD Border Troops, Belorussia SSR
1941-08-04 1941-08-XX Assistant Chief of Combat Training Section, Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-08-XX 1941-09-XX Chief of Combat Training Section, Main Border Troops Directorate, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs NKVD
1941-09-XX 1942-02-05 Commanding Officer NKVD Command Regiment
1942-02-05 1942-04-XX Commanding Officer 8th NKVD Motorised Rifle Division
1942-04-XX 1942-08-26 Commanding Officer 13th NKVD Motorised Rifle Division
1942-08-26 1943-03-01 Commanding Officer 95th Rifle Division
1943-03-01 1946-07-XX Commanding Officer 75th Guards Rifle Division
1946-07-XX 1949-09-XX Commanding Officer 17th Separate Guards Rifle Brigade
1949-09-XX 1951-12-XX Commanding Officer 4th Guards Mechanised Division
1951-12-XX 1952-12-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1952-12-30 1956-06-09 Commanding Officer I Guards Rifle Corps
1956-06-09 1957-05-16 Commanding Officer LXXXII Rifle Corps
1957-05-16 1961-12-21 Commanding Officer XXXXV Special Rifle Corps
1961-12-21 1962-02-15 At disposal of the Commander in Chief of Ground Forces
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