The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Iakov Pavlovich Gorshenin

Gorshenin, Iakov Pavlovich

Major-General

* 6th of April 1897

† 18th of May 1962

(Яков Павлович Горшенин)

Promotions

1945-04-20 Major-General

Service

1939-10-XX 1939-11-29 Commanding Officer Riazansk Reserve Regiment
1939-11-29 1941-07-15 Commandant of Smolensk Rifle-Machine-Gun School
1941-06-XX 1941-07-XX Commandant of Smolensk
1941-07-15 1943-05-XX Commandant of Sarapul Rifle-Machine-Gun School
1943-05-XX 1944-04-XX Attending the Military Academy of the General Staff
1944-04-XX 1944-09-22 Chief of Staff, CXXIX Rifle Corps
1944-09-22 1944-12-31 Deputy Commanding Officer CXXIX Rifle Corps
1944-12-31 1945-04-26 Commanding Officer 260th Rifle Division
1945-04-26 1945-07-XX Deputy Commanding Officer LXXVII Rifle Corps
1945-07-XX 1946-02-XX Deputy Commanding Officer CXXIX Rifle Corps
1946-02-XX 1951-12-XX Senior Instructor at the Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1951-12-XX 1952-04-XX Assistant Chief of Tactical Loop, Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1952-04-XX 1953-07-08 Chief of Training Section, Infantry Commanders Advanced Training Course 'Vystrel'
1953-07-08 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Mikhail Eremenko